Category Archives: News and Announcements
Public Hearing for Zoo April 20 2015
Dear Neighborhood Leaders: Attached is the Denver Zoo’s final building plan that illustrates their plans for physical building locations and future construction as part of their new long-term 2015 Master Plan. Also attached, per Denver’s Revised Municipal Code (D.R.M.C., Sec. 39-212; Sec. 12-96), is an official notice that Denver Parks and Recreation has received the building plan from the Denver Zoo and that a public hearing to discuss the plan will … Continue reading →
Update on Dustin Redd Playground in City Park from Parks and Rec
In 2014, we invested approximately $40,000 to replace all poured-in-place surfaces at the playground, as well as a slide and missing swings. We also repaired all of the rope climbers, added 30 yards of wood fibar surface, sanded and stained all the wood surfaces, and painted all of the remaining surfaces purple. · In the coming month, we will be doing additional maintenance at the playground in preparation for a … Continue reading →
Variance hearing for the the Rec. Center
Variance hearing for the the Rec. Center at the corner of Colfax and Josephine across from East High School is set for 11:00am on 4/7/15 at the Webb Building room 2, H, 14. By Aaron Goldhamer Here is some of the information concerning the City’s requested variance within existing C-MS-8 zoning for the Central Denver Recreation Center I mentioned today at our meeting. I’ve attached the … Continue reading →
Audio Meet & Greet – District 10 Candidates
On Feb 18 2015 Congress Park Neighbors hosted a District 10 Candidate “Meet and Greet” Moderator Lisa Bingham: Lisa is a sustainability professional with over ten years of experience. She is currently the Program Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law where she develops educational programs on land use issues. Despite being surrounded by lawyers and aspiring lawyers, Lisa does … Continue reading →
Facility Improvements and Plans for Denver Zoo
There has been discussion concerning some of the features of the Zoo spilling into City Park. In this meeting a discussion as to plans, parking and improvement to the perimeter of the zoo will occur. In addition to the meeting on Feb 4, the Zoo will also be sharing this same information on Feb. 3, 6 p.m. at CPFAN’s regular meeting at the Ford-Warren Library, which also is an open meeting … Continue reading →