The city received $3.5 million towards the park from Edge Homes, and last week the Utah Outdoor Adventure Commission awarded $1.5 million for the project. 

“One of our objectives and goals was to try to fund the majority of this project through additional revenue sources, and right now our anticipated project budget is about $6.2 million, and we’ve secured about $5 million in different forms of revenue to help fund this project,” Mapleton Parks and Recreation Director Logan Miner said. “So we’re really excited about it and feel confident that we’ll continue to work other avenues to find additional sources to continue to fund it.”

Miner said the project is an effort to serve the values of the community identified by residents, including connection, active lifestyle and open space.

The proposed bike park will be nearly 50 acres and include mountain biking trails and jump lines, and BMX biking infrastructure such as a pump track and skills loop. 

The project is at 60% design phase, Miner said, with a goal of reaching 90% design and going out to bid for construction the beginning next year.

City Manager Cory Branch credited Mayor Dallas Hakes and the city council for their support on the project and efforts helping raise money.

“This pretty remarkable, as far as the donations and the grant money to be able to provide such a neat thing for for our community,” Branch said.

The funds from Edge Homes was a result of a renegotiation of the builder’s development agreement with the city.

Because the bike park was adjacent to Harmony Ridge Development — built by Edge Homes — and would contribute to the new neighborhood, Miner said Hakes and city staff approached Edge Homes to see if they would help pay for it. 

Though Edge Homes is funding over half the project, it will still be built and operated by the city, according to Miner. 

“We worked really well with development to come up with a common goal, which is to build the best possible park for our community,” he said. 

The project was also just one on eight projects selected in the Wasatch area to receive funds from Utah Outdoor Adventure Commission, and Mapleton received nearly half of the region’s total funding, according to the city. 

Miner said the bike park could be the first of many phases of creating recreation opportunities on city-owned open space at the bench of Maple Mountain.

“This project really is just a springboard for a lot of phases to come on building trails and building those connections, so generations can be out in the outdoors and recreate together,” he said.