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Congress Park Playground & Walks Improvements SURVEY

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From: Parks and Rec <parksandrecreation@denvergov.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 2:58 PM Subject: Congress Park Playground & Walks Improvements SURVEY | Denver Parks & Recreation Congress Park will be receiving upgrades to the playground and walks as a part of the Elevate Denver Bond Program and Denver Parks and Recreation’s Capital Improvement Program! Thanks to those who joined us for the second public meetings and other engagement opportunities. Please continue … Continue reading →

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Creating Balance in Our Parks & Neighborhoods

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Hello again! Many of you may have heard that the new Ofice of Special Events (OSE) is updating Denver’s procedures in regards to special events like races, walks, festivals and farmers markets that take place on city property. Like many other cities, Denver is experiencing a surge in special events. It’s been an exciting year. We’ve spent the past 10 months bringing Denver’s procedures up to industry standards by creating better internal and external communication mechanisms about special events; improving our processes; and providing better guidance to special event organizers so that we can ensure safe, compliant and successful events.

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Update on Dustin Redd Playground in City Park from Parks and Rec

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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 →

Central Denver Recreation Center Meeting

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A public meeting about the planned Central Denver Recreation Center including acquisition of land and next steps for planning and funding the project will be held June 27, 6:00-7:30 pm
It will be held at the Church in the City, 1580 Gaylord Street Denver CO 80206. Parking is available at the Church

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Hentzell Park Land Swap

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The Hentzell Park land swap between the city, parks, and schools is becoming a very heated topic. The city’s proposed exchange of the Hentzell Park property for a Denver Public Schools building at 1330 Fox Street will be considered in mid-February by City Council’s Government and Finance Committee, which meets Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. In the swap, the Fox Street address would be used to house a domestic violence center … Continue reading →