RECREATION & CULTURE / SHOPPING AREA / HOUSING / LIBRARY
RECREATION & CULTURE:
Lafayette offers a variety of cultural and recreational opportunities. The Bob L. Burger Recreation Center includes a gymnasium, racquetball courts, running track, dance studio, fitness atrium and 3-pool aquatics area with waterfalls and waterslide and an outdoor in-line skating area. Lafayette has 14 neighborhood parks. Waneka Lake has boat rentals, picnic facilities and a jogging-fitness trail and LaMont Does Park includes an outdoor swimming pool, picnic and play areas, tennis courts, and athletic fields. Our championship Indian Peaks Golf Course designed by Hale Irwin is rated one of the finest golf courses in the nation by Golf Digest Magazine.
Other amenities in Lafayette include the YMCA which contains an indoor ice-skating/hockey rink, gymnasiums and a fitness center, the Cultural Arts Center, Miner's Museum, Senior Services, Outdoor Classroom and Coal Creek/Rock Creek Corridor. Many choices await area residents when it comes to arts and entertainment. Big name performers, theater, museums, amusement parks, the symphony and opera present a never-ending array of things to do and see all year long...and all within a short drive from Lafayette.
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HOUSING:
Diverse housing options are available in Lafayette. Lafayette residents display pride in their community. Well-kept neighborhoods, tree-lined streets, and carefully planned parks and open space form a transition between all the neighborhoods in Lafayette. Home prices range from $150,000 to $1,000,000+ with the average home price at $350,000. In addition to single family homes there are many townhouse, condominium and apartment communities as well as four mobile home parks. Contact local Realtors in the Member Directory and our local papers for availability of all your housing needs.
LIBRARY:
The new Lafayette Library was completed in 1997. This 30,000 square-foot facility houses a cultural arts area, community meeting rooms, an extensive children’s area and is adjacent to a 2-acre community park