Pinata-friendly poles have been incorporated into the redesign of Astoria Hot Springs Park.It’s just one example of how the Trust for Public Land is making an effort to consider the needs and wishes of Jackson Hole’s Latino community while planning the new park, scheduled to open in fall 2018.

“We, as a Latino community, feel proud that they’re taking us into account,” Hitzia Garnica said in Spanish, “that they ask for our point of view and what we would like to see in the park. For us it’s really big, this consideration.

Contact Allie Gross at 732-7063, county@jhnewsandguide.com or @JHNGcounty.

Allie Gross covers Teton County government. Originally from the Chicago area, she joined the News&Guide in 2017 after studying politics and Spanish at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

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