Disc golf will make its way to Erie after the board of trustees on Tuesday approved the Coal Creek Disc Golf Course master plan in a 5-0 vote.

Erie does not have a disc golf course, but that could change by the middle of the summer.

Erie Parks and Recreation staff has been working on a plan over the last several months to build an 18-hole course in Coal Creek Open Space, east of Coal Creek.

Over the summer, the department operated booths at the farmers market where people could learn about disc golf and offer feedback. In November, the department held an open house to present the final concept.

“I think we found a great location,” said Parks and Recreation Director Patrick Hammer.

The course will have a mid-grade level course with 18 holes as well as a nine-hole beginner course.

J.C. Culwell, senior associate with Wenk Associates, a company of landscape architects helping design the course, said the course will feature par 3 and par 4 holes.

“I would rate this as a mid-grade level course,” Culwell said. “It’s not going to be your advanced, but it’s not going to be your beginner (course). We want to get kids and beginners to be excited and interested before they bump up to this mid-level course so they get comfortable with putting.”

Hammer said once the plan is approved, the group will work on finalizing construction documents and a bid for construction could occur this spring.

“Best case scenario, we have the course open mid-summer,” Hammer said.

The board expressed excitement over the new amenity.

“As someone who helped create an amenity here on open space, I very much see the value in putting something like this out here for our residents,” said trustee Adam Haid.

Haid also asked whether the architects thought the course would draw in visitors.

“I think starting off with this 18-hole course will draw a lot of attention,” Culwell said. “We identified all the courses, but you’re in a bit of a disc-golf desert. We know people travel to go to these different courses.”

Trustees Dan Woog and Scott Charles were absent Tuesday night.

For information on the course, visit bit.ly/2SADlM6.

Other disc golf courses in the area include Waneka Lake in Lafayette, Autrey Park in Superior, Boulder’s Valmont City Park, Longmont’s Loomiller Park, and Broomfield’s East Interlocken Disc Golf Course.