During a special business meeting on August 23, 2022, in partnership with key stakeholders, the Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to put a 15-year extension of the .17% Douglas County Open Space sales-and-use tax on the ballot in November. Funding from this Tax has been the cornerstone for parks, trails, open space, historic preservation, and conservation in the county since its original inception in 1994 and its last extension in 2002.