Colorado Blvd Healthcare District notice
CBHD Board Members and Guests: Please join us on September 23rd for an update regarding redevelopment efforts for the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 9th and Colorado campus. Continuum will be joined by representatives from the Denver Urban Renewal Authority to discuss the project and the DURA process.Continuum will update the community on the master planning and design process, engage in a visioning and place-making discussion and will seek community input for naming … Continue reading →
Teller Elementary Food Backpack Program
Teller Elementary Backpack Families program needs your help. Last year Teller Elementary realized that it had hungry students in its classrooms and started a “backpack for families” program which allowed them to feed 40 people each week and Congress Park Neighbors made a donation to help.Through your generous support Teller Backpack Friends hope to feed 60 people a week, allowing students to concentrate on studies instead of a growling stomach. … Continue reading →
Walk Denver!!
This groundswell of support is having an impact: last week the WalkDenver team met with senior city officials to discuss our policy goals, and was very well received. We learned that the draft 2015 City budget includes funding for a Denver Moves Pedestrians plan. With support from Public Works and Community Planning and Development we have initiated the process of establishing a Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Now we are working to schedule a meeting with the Mayor, to emphasize the importance of walkability in Denver and ensure funding for a pedestrian plan is maintained in the final City budget.
9th and Colorado Meeting Slides July 15, 2014
These slides were from the July 15 meeting and provided by CBHD For larger version, please go here Click to access slides.9thColoradoMeeting.pdf
Continue reading →Paving in Congress Park
Congress Park Neighborhood Paving: Denver Public Works has contracted with a Hot-In-Place-Recycle (HIPR) crew to pave the Congress Park neighborhood from 6th Avenue to Colfax and Josephine to Steele. Hot-In-Place-Recycle heats the top inch of existing asphalt pavement and mixes this with new asphalt. This process is less expensive and more environmental friendly than mill and overlay and provides a pavement that will last 8 to 10 years. Work began … Continue reading →