March 2013 Volume 52, Issue No. 3 A Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. Publication INSIDE THIS ISSUE March 2013 Blockworker Tom Jensen on Neighborliness 14 Community Garage Sale: April 27 15 Guide to Park Hill Summer Camps 9 NEXT GPHC MEETING: THURSDAY, MAR. 7 AT 6:30PM By Erin Vanderberg Editor Last year, the ‘Fax Partnership, a nonprofit organization working to support the revitalization of East Colfax, launched a pilot façade grant program which awarded $10,000 in grants to businesses from Colo- rado Boulevard to Yosemite Street for their storefront beautification efforts. is February, the program received $30,000 from the Denver Office of Economic Development to keep the program going. “I spent $4,000 and received 1,750 from the program, which was great,” said Ibrahim Daleh, owner of the Phoenician Kabob, a Mediterra- nean restaurant at the corner of Colfax and Ivy. “Believe me, if it was not for the grant money, it would have been difficult to even go for it.” With this year’s grant, the ‘Fax Partnership will award up to 15 façade projects, and the West Colfax Business Improvement Dis- trict was awarded an identical grant to do the same. In addition, up to $100,000 in loan funds will be offered by the Mile High Com- munity Loan Fund for property owners undertaking larger projects. Funds may only be spent on exterior materials – paint, lighting, aw- nings and windows – and the applicant must match the funds with their own money. Last year, the $10,000 in grants spurred more than $80,000 worth of improvements to East Colfax businesses. “e goal here is to invest targeted public funds to incentivize larger private improvements,” said ‘Fax Partnership’s Executive Di- rector Hilarie Portell. “And those improvements add up – people start to notice positive changes, spruced up buildings and a sense of forward movement. at momentum speaks volumes to other busi- nesses or developers thinking of investing in East Colfax Avenue.” Portell says that the response from Colfax businesses has been great. “You’ve never met a nicer group of people, really committed to Colfax Avenue and serving the surrounding neighborhoods.” Grant applicants must turn in formal applications that include proposed project details. A professional Design Review Committee, consisting of an architect, an urban designer and a business owner, reviews each submission, often providing pro- fessional feedback to help an applicant improve their design within their bud- get constraints. e façade grant program is just one of many ‘Fax Partnership’ endeav- ors. Founded in 2006 by area residents and property owners under the guid- ance of then Councilwoman Marcia Johnson, the organization’s goal is to forge relationships that encourage East Colfax revitalization. Today, the ‘Fax Partnership’ board of directors is comprised of Col- fax business owners as well as residents from neighborhoods surrounding Colfax—Park Hill, Mayfair, Historic Montclair, East Montclair, Bellevue-Hale and Lowry. All of the sur- rounding RNO’s are also members of the Fax Partnership. Since 2006, the ‘Fax Partnership has: recruited businesses, including Weisco Motor Car and Marzyck Fine Foods; facilitated development, like Phoenix on the ‘Fax, the new mixed-use devel- opment at Colfax and Poplar; and supported existing businesses, through district branding and marketing, educational workshops, crime and graffiti response, access to financing, and networking op- portunities. is year, the organization is focused on how the ‘Fax district can become a more desirable consumer destination. e strategic plan includes a retail market study to seek out retail gaps, a survey of neighbors, business and property owner outreach, and organizing to make physical improvements to the streetscape. “It really is Denver’s main street, and should be a regular stop for people living in surrounding neighborhoods,” Portell said. “ere’s a lot to do, but much enthusiasm on Colfax. e ball is rolling, we just have to keep on it!” For more information and to register for e Fax Partnership’s monthly e-newsletter, visit thefaxdenver.com. The Signs They Are a-Changin’ By, Lynn Kalinauskas GPHC Education Chair Following the decision to phase-out Smiley Middle School within the next two years, Denver Public Schools held its first Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Community Meeting in Smiley’s cafeteria on February 6. The vast room was packed, with many people standing for the two hour meeting. This was the first in a series of meetings intended to give the com- munity a chance to voice its ideas, wants and concerns about middle school programs in the Greater Park Hill and Staple- ton communities. At issue is not only the program that will replace Smiley but also the configuration of Park Hill’s neighborhood school boundary. Tom Boasberg, DPS Superintendent, who was pres- ent at the meeting, explained that DPS’ “best thinking” at this time would be for Park Hill and Stapleton to have “one community enrollment zone” for middle school. That is, the two neighborhoods would have priority to choice into five schools: McAuliffe in the Smiley building on Holly Street, the new middle school that will replace McAuliffe at its present location, a new school to be built in Stapleton north of I-70, Denver School of Science and Technology-Stapleton and Bill Roberts. With the exception of DSST-Stapleton, Boasberg said most families would be able to choice into their preferred school. DPS Begins Community Process on Area Middle Schools A grant from OED and support from the ‘Fax Partnership is helping businesses to beautify east Colfax one storefront at a time See Smiley Community on page 5 Parents’ concerns: boundaries, space availability and co-location Contributed Photo/ ‘Fax Partnership’ “Everybody tells me it looks really great,” restaurant owner Ibrahim Daleh says of his new sign, which he was able to afford through the ‘Fax Partnership’ Façade Grant program. “It’s visible, it’s much more organized than the one I had before and it’s much nicer.” The program will continue this year with a goal to reach 15 more businesses along East Colfax If the expanded school boundary becomes a reality, Park Hill residents would have to choice their children into these five schools (or other preferred schools) with no guarantee of obtaining a first choice. The superintendent also noted that transportation would be provided but did not offer any de- tails about transportation logistics. Boasberg insisted that East High School would remain within Park Hill’s boundary for high school: “Let me say that even stronger, repeat it: There are NO plans to change the East High School boundary.” It remains unclear whether these meetings are to gauge the community’s interest or resistance to the proposal and the extent to which community voices will be taken into account when final decisions are made. Nonetheless, both Park Hill and Stapleton residents had questions. One Park Hill parent expressed her interest and wel- comed McAuliffe to the neighborhood, while another pointed to DPS’ chronic neglect of Smiley and the desire to see DPS support whatever school came to the Smiley building in the hopes of building a strong middle school for Park Hill. Several Stapleton families expressed frustration that they had bought into the K-8 model presented to them as Swigert- McAuliffe International School only to have that model dis- mantled and turned into two separate schools. Another Sta- pleton parent expressed concern about co-locations in general and how a co-location would work at Smiley given that the new school there would share the building with Venture Prep Neighborhood Safety on GPHC Meeting Agenda District 2 Police Station to host District 2 will host the Greater Park Hill Community’s regular neighborhood meeting on ursday, March 7, 2013 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the District 2 Police Station’s Com- munity Room, 3921 Holly Street. District 2 Commander Michael Calo, City Councilman Albus Brooks, and representatives from the City Attorney’s and Excise and License offices will be in attendance to discuss a host of issues relating to neighborhood safety on the 2800 block of Fairfax. All are welcome. For more information greaterparkhill.org e Prodigal Son Initiative, Inc. to Continue Building Communities like Holly Square By, Terrance Roberts Executive Director, Prodigal Son Initiative Last week when I pulled up to my office, one of my young friends from the neighborhood was sitting on his bike waiting for me on the street corner. “Doesn’t it feel good to look over there every day and see your words come to life?” he asked, nodding to Holly Square. I get asked that question all of the time, in various forms, but to have this particular kid ask me made me feel that much better about all we have accomplished. I looked across the street at the Holly Square Peace Courts and the construction of the Nancy P. Anschutz Center – as I do literally 30 times a day – and I shook my head up and down. I simply told him, “Yes it does”, and let him know that any time he wanted to get a good basketball or futsal soccer game going that I was more than willing to accept the challenge. It does feel good to see the construction of a brand new youth center and job training site, and those brand new courts and playgrounds have done wonders for the landscape and quality of life in the Holly Square area. Less crime, commu- nity beautification, and community assets to assist the schools – what community would not be proud of these accomplish- ments? After the arson in 2008 that left the Holly Square a burned and battered war zone, many good-hearted, profes- sional community warriors’ stepped up to the call of duty and helped the people of Northeast Park Hill climb from the ashes. e ‘forgotten community’ is now poised to show thousands of other communities the power of collaboration, willpower, resource sharing, and good neighboring principles! ese groups were: the Urban Land Conservancy, the Holly Area Redevelopment Project, the Hope Center, Pauline Rob- inson Library, Hiawatha Davis Recreation Center, the U.S. Post Office, Nancy P. Anschutz Center, Jack A. Vickers Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, Mi Casa Resource Center, G.R.I.D., State Senator Michael Johnston’s office, Mayor Mi- chael B. Hancock’s office, Governor John Hickenlooper’s of- fice, the Denver Foundation, the Prodigal Son Initiative, and all the locally owned businesses still located in the area. See Prodigal Son on page 4
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March 2013Volume 52, Issue No. 3 A Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. Publication
INSIDE THIS ISSUEMarch 2013
Blockworker Tom Jensen on Neighborliness
14Community Garage Sale: April 27
15Guide to Park Hill Summer Camps
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NEXT GPHC MEETING: THURSDAY, MAR. 7 AT 6:30PM
By Erin VanderbergEditor
Last year, the ‘Fax Partnership, a nonprofi t organization working to support the revitalization of East Colfax, launched a pilot façade grant program which awarded $10,000 in grants to businesses from Colo-rado Boulevard to Yosemite Street for their storefront beautifi cation eff orts. Th is February, the program received $30,000 from the Denver Offi ce of Economic Development to keep the program going.
“I spent $4,000 and received 1,750 from the program, which was great,” said Ibrahim Daleh, owner of the Phoenician Kabob, a Mediterra-nean restaurant at the corner of Colfax and Ivy. “Believe me, if it was not for the grant money, it would have been diffi cult to even go for it.”
With this year’s grant, the ‘Fax Partnership will award up to 15 façade projects, and the West Colfax Business Improvement Dis-trict was awarded an identical grant to do the same. In addition, up to $100,000 in loan funds will be off ered by the Mile High Com-munity Loan Fund for property owners undertaking larger projects. Funds may only be spent on exterior materials – paint, lighting, aw-nings and windows – and the applicant must match the funds with their own money. Last year, the $10,000 in grants spurred more than $80,000 worth of improvements to East Colfax businesses.
“Th e goal here is to invest targeted public funds to incentivize larger private improvements,” said ‘Fax Partnership’s Executive Di-rector Hilarie Portell. “And those improvements add up – people start to notice positive changes, spruced up buildings and a sense of forward movement. Th at momentum speaks volumes to other busi-nesses or developers thinking of investing in East Colfax Avenue.”
Portell says that the response from Colfax businesses has been great. “You’ve never met a nicer group of people, really committed to Colfax Avenue and serving the surrounding neighborhoods.”
Grant applicants must turn in formal applications that include proposed project details. A professional Design Review Committee,
consisting of an architect, an urban designer and a business owner, reviews each submission, often providing pro-fessional feedback to help an applicant improve their design within their bud-get constraints.
Th e façade grant program is just one of many ‘Fax Partnership’ endeav-ors. Founded in 2006 by area residents and property owners under the guid-ance of then Councilwoman Marcia Johnson, the organization’s goal is to forge relationships that encourage East Colfax revitalization.
Today, the ‘Fax Partnership’ board of directors is comprised of Col-fax business owners as well as residents from neighborhoods surrounding Colfax—Park Hill, Mayfair, Historic
Montclair, East Montclair, Bellevue-Hale and Lowry. All of the sur-rounding RNO’s are also members of the Fax Partnership.
Since 2006, the ‘Fax Partnership has: recruited businesses, including Weisco Motor Car and Marzyck Fine Foods; facilitated development, like Phoenix on the ‘Fax, the new mixed-use devel-opment at Colfax and Poplar; and supported existing businesses, through district branding and marketing, educational workshops, crime and graffi ti response, access to fi nancing, and networking op-portunities.
Th is year, the organization is focused on how the ‘Fax district can become a more desirable consumer destination. Th e strategic plan includes a retail market study to seek out retail gaps, a survey of neighbors, business and property owner outreach, and organizing to make physical improvements to the streetscape.
“It really is Denver’s main street, and should be a regular stop for people living in surrounding neighborhoods,” Portell said. “Th ere’s a lot to do, but much enthusiasm on Colfax. Th e ball is rolling, we just have to keep on it!”
For more information and to register for Th e Fax Partnership’s monthly e-newsletter, visit thefaxdenver.com.
The Signs They Are a-Changin’
By, Lynn KalinauskasGPHC Education Chair
Following the decision to phase-out Smiley Middle School within the next two years, Denver Public Schools held its first Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Community Meeting in Smiley’s cafeteria on February 6. The vast room was packed, with many people standing for the two hour meeting. This was the first in a series of meetings intended to give the com-munity a chance to voice its ideas, wants and concerns about middle school programs in the Greater Park Hill and Staple-ton communities.
At issue is not only the program that will replace Smiley but also the configuration of Park Hill’s neighborhood school boundary. Tom Boasberg, DPS Superintendent, who was pres-ent at the meeting, explained that DPS’ “best thinking” at this time would be for Park Hill and Stapleton to have “one community enrollment zone” for middle school. That is, the two neighborhoods would have priority to choice into five schools: McAuliffe in the Smiley building on Holly Street, the new middle school that will replace McAuliffe at its present location, a new school to be built in Stapleton north of I-70, Denver School of Science and Technology-Stapleton and Bill Roberts. With the exception of DSST-Stapleton, Boasberg said most families would be able to choice into their preferred school.
DPS Begins Community Process on Area Middle Schools
A grant from OED and support from the ‘Fax Partnership is helping businesses to beautify east Colfax one storefront at a time
See Smiley Community on page 5
Parents’ concerns: boundaries, space availability and co-location
Contributed Photo/ ‘Fax Partnership’“Everybody tells me it looks really great,” restaurant owner Ibrahim Daleh says of his new sign,
which he was able to aff ord through the ‘Fax Partnership’ Façade Grant program. “It’s visible, it’s much more organized than the one I had before and it’s much nicer.” The program will
continue this year with a goal to reach 15 more businesses along East Colfax
If the expanded school boundary becomes a reality, Park Hill residents would have to choice their children into these five schools (or other preferred schools) with no guarantee of obtaining a first choice. The superintendent also noted that transportation would be provided but did not offer any de-tails about transportation logistics. Boasberg insisted that East High School would remain within Park Hill’s boundary for high school: “Let me say that even stronger, repeat it: There are NO plans to change the East High School boundary.”
It remains unclear whether these meetings are to gauge the community’s interest or resistance to the proposal and the extent to which community voices will be taken into account when final decisions are made. Nonetheless, both Park Hill and Stapleton residents had questions.
One Park Hill parent expressed her interest and wel-comed McAuliffe to the neighborhood, while another pointed to DPS’ chronic neglect of Smiley and the desire to see DPS support whatever school came to the Smiley building in the hopes of building a strong middle school for Park Hill.
Several Stapleton families expressed frustration that they had bought into the K-8 model presented to them as Swigert-McAuliffe International School only to have that model dis-mantled and turned into two separate schools. Another Sta-pleton parent expressed concern about co-locations in general and how a co-location would work at Smiley given that the new school there would share the building with Venture Prep
Neighborhood Safety on GPHC Meeting AgendaDistrict 2 Police Station to host
District 2 will host the Greater Park Hill Community’s regular neighborhood meeting on Th ursday, March 7, 2013 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the District 2 Police Station’s Com-munity Room, 3921 Holly Street.
District 2 Commander Michael Calo, City Councilman Albus Brooks, and representatives from the City Attorney’s and Excise and License offi ces will be in attendance to discuss a host of issues relating to neighborhood safety on the 2800 block of Fairfax. All are welcome.
For more information greaterparkhill.org
Th e Prodigal Son Initiative, Inc. to Continue Building Communities like Holly SquareBy, Terrance RobertsExecutive Director, Prodigal Son Initiative
Last week when I pulled up to my offi ce, one of my young friends from the neighborhood was sitting on his bike waiting for me on the street corner. “Doesn’t it feel good to look over there every day and see your words come to life?” he asked, nodding to Holly Square. I get asked that question all of the time, in various forms, but to have this particular kid ask me made me feel that much better about all we have accomplished. I looked across the street at the Holly Square Peace Courts and the construction of the Nancy P. Anschutz Center – as I do literally 30 times a day – and I shook my head up and down. I simply told him, “Yes it does”, and let him know that any time he wanted to get a good basketball or futsal soccer game going that I was more than willing to accept the challenge.
It does feel good to see the construction of a brand new youth center and job training site, and those brand new courts and playgrounds have done wonders for the landscape and quality of life in the Holly Square area. Less crime, commu-nity beautifi cation, and community assets to assist the schools – what community would not be proud of these accomplish-ments?
After the arson in 2008 that left the Holly Square a burned and battered war zone, many good-hearted, profes-sional community warriors’ stepped up to the call of duty and helped the people of Northeast Park Hill climb from the ashes. Th e ‘forgotten community’ is now poised to show thousands of other communities the power of collaboration, willpower, resource sharing, and good neighboring principles! Th ese groups were: the Urban Land Conservancy, the Holly Area Redevelopment Project, the Hope Center, Pauline Rob-inson Library, Hiawatha Davis Recreation Center, the U.S. Post Offi ce, Nancy P. Anschutz Center, Jack A. Vickers Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, Mi Casa Resource Center, G.R.I.D., State Senator Michael Johnston’s offi ce, Mayor Mi-chael B. Hancock’s offi ce, Governor John Hickenlooper’s of-fi ce, the Denver Foundation, the Prodigal Son Initiative, and all the locally owned businesses still located in the area.
See Prodigal Son on page 4
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Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. (GPHC), one of the initiatives for my term is to increase partici-pation in the organization. What better way to share with you, the neighbors, who GPHC is and what GPHC does than an article in the newspaper the organization pub-lishes. So, let me start by introduc-ing GPHC!
GPHC is a volunteer-based Registered Neighborhood Organi-zation that: promotes the character and vibrancy of Park Hill; provides resources, information and advo-cacy; preserves the quality of life and history of the neighborhood; through community participation.
GPHC was incorporated in 1961 and is one of the oldest and largest Registered Neighborhood Organization in the City and County of Denver. It was a time of
racial unrest and fear. Th e church-es of Park Hill came together as a united voice for the neighbors to encourage acceptance and under-standing of all people regardless of ethnic background or economic status. As a way to communicate with neighbors, the churches and neighborhood activists published the Park Hill Action News, which is now the GPHNewspaper. Over the years, GPHC led the eff ort to desegregate the Denver Public Schools and successfully changed the fl ight paths of Stapleton Air-port due to noise violations.
More recently, GPHC in con-junction with the Northeast Park Hill Coalition, was instrumental in opposing the reissuance of the Hol-ly Liquor Store license, which set the stage for the redevelopment of the Holly by the Urban Land Con-servancy. In 2011, GPHC worked diligently to review and eff ect the new zoning code implemented by the City and County of Denver, safeguarding the Park Hill neigh-borhood.
GPHC hosts several fun neighborhood events, including the home tour, garden walk and the 4th of July Parade. GPHC provides emergency food assistance through its food pantry and serves as a re-source for neighbors navigating City processes.
Volunteers are the cornerstone of the organization. Volunteers serve as board members, chair com-mittees and host events. One of the best examples of the role that volunteers play is the newspaper, which is delivered by over 350 vol-unteers each and every month to over 10,000 Park Hill households.
One of the easiest and most vi-able ways you can contribute to the organization is to become a member of GPHC. Your membership allows GPHC to run the emergency food pantry, publish the GPHNews, support issues that aff ect the qual-ity of life in Park Hill and showcase our historic neighborhood. In ad-dition, as an RNO the organization is granted authority by the City to weigh-in on pending City decisions before they are decided. Your mem-bership allows GPHC to have a col-lective voice with elected offi cials
and government agencies. Please use the membership form on page 21 to become a member today.
Another great way to get in-volved is to attend the monthly board meetings which are open to the public. Th ey are a great way to learn about what is going in Park Hill and become engaged. Board meetings are held the fi rst Th ursday of the month, except for July and December, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Th e location varies and is posted in the GPHNews every month. Th e meetings are open to everyone and are a great way to get to know other Park Hillians.
GPHC has successfully served the neighborhood for over fi ve de-cades through neighbors, just like you, who see a problem and step up to fi x it, see a need and step forward to meet it, or see an opportunity for community engagement and seize it. Th ere are many ways to get involved. Please become a member today by completing a membership form, volunteer to donate your time, talent or ideas to support GPHC.
With your help GPHC can continue to accomplish great things!
LeAnn Anderson, GPHC Board Chair can be reached at [email protected].
GPHN Photo/Erin VanderbergMembers of the GPHC at the February 2 Board Retreat, from L-R: Robyn Fishman (Executive Director), Ryan Hunter (District 2),
Heather Shockey (District 3, Past Chair), LeAnn Anderson (District 10, Chair), Bernadette Kelly (District 5, Secretary), facilitator Bridget Morris (Mountain States Employers Council, Inc.), Shannon O’Connell (At-Large), Roberta Locke (District 7, Chair-Elect),
CORRECTION: In the February issue, we reported that the incom-ing Walgreens at 35th and Colorado would occupy an “abandoned” building. While Bethsaida Temple Christian Community had never
occupied the old District 2 Police Station, they purchased it from the City in September 2005 with the intent to start a school in the build-
ing. Th ey sold it to Walgreens in December 2012.
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Our community is on its way to speaking in the past-tense about the pain of urban decay, violence, unemployment and education gaps – we have risen so high above the ashes. Our youth have the oppor-tunity to be safe and comfortable until 9 p.m. every day, engaged in programming from the Boys and Girls Club, the Hiawatha Davis Rec Center or the Prodigal Son Ini-tiative, Inc., while they learn new skills and work side-by-side to heal their own community. Th e youth of our community will soon be the young men and women leading others into a positive and produc-tive future.
Growing up in North-east Park Hill, I quickly learned to work hard. Having a grandmother who still owns and operates a soul food restaurant (A & A Fish) seven days a week at 29th and Fairfax, I learned that those who work are the ones who set the tone for the block, not the ones loitering in the street standing in the various parking lots. Th e life that was on the block was coming from the many shops where the people of the commu-
nity came to visit. Th is is a life les-son I took with me into the Holly Square Redevelopment Process, as did many of the other community leaders who put so much eff ort into a process that I still can’t believe we were actually able to implement so eff ectively.
Recently, we at the Prodi-gal Son Initiative, Inc., had to make a hard, but realistic, decision to scale back our afterschool program-ming due to the lack of adequate funding to run it properly for the youth. But this decision has become another blessing in disguise, as was the case with the turmoil in Holly Square. We have been able to gar-ner support from a few sources who share our vision of Urban Beautifi -cation for the youth, and with the youth of the community. We at PSI, Inc., have now narrowed our focus to work with youth in vari-ous blighted communities. Along with our Northeast Denver Youth Leadership Committee team, we
are poised to help resurrect other communities suff ering from some of the issues we suff ered at Dahlia Square, before the demolition, and most recently at our beloved Holly Square Shopping Center.
Th e term that has now been coined from our work with the Holly Square Peace Courts is ‘Interim Use Development’. Th ese small community beautifi cation projects create positive gathering spaces as a direct message against the many ills that come from ur-ban decay issues. Having the youth beautify their own community gives them ownership that no street gang or anger from broken oppor-tunities could ever give them.
I am the kid who was on the honor roll for many years in school, and I am also the kid who joined the neighborhood street gang for many years. From getting gunned down in Northeast Park Hill in the ‘Summer of Violence’, to being incarcerated and being called a ‘Public Nuisance’ at a time in Park Hill, to be able to become a man who could even work on a process to help heal the Holly Square, and the rest of our commu-nity in Park Hill, this is more than
a dream, or vision come true! I’m honored beyond belief to be able to serve my community to where for decades to come we will have proper development and service for our humble but active Tribe.
Park Hill is rightfully where it should be, in my opinion, helping other communities heal their trauma by leading the way into the future for our youth and community members. We all appre-ciate the support and love shown to the Holly Square Redevelopment Process, which could not have hap-pened without the support of our community members. Congratula-tions to you, Park Hill, for being the best community in the nation! Please stop by Holly Square to see the progress, and while you’re there, say hello – we are always happy to see our neighbors.
To contact Terrance or learn more about the Prodigal Son Initiative,
visit prodigalsoninc.org.
Contributed Photo/Brother Jeff FardTerrance Roberts, Executive Director of the PSI, Inc., stands with youth mentees at the Hiawatha Davis Rec Center. Roberts’
organization is scaling back their afterschool program to focus on working with youth in blighted communities.
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Hentzell Park Protest Spurs City-Wide Park DesignationProtestors gathered at the mayoral
“Cabinet in the Community” at Harvey Park. Spurred by the controversy over Hentzell, Parks and Recreation proposes to promptly designate 18 properties as parks.
Hentzell approval pending
Mayor Michael B. Hancock’s plan to trade nine acres of Hentzell Park Natural Area in southeast Denver for an office building is expected to go before City Council’s Government and Finance Committee in March as a land transac-tion.
Hancock wants the building at 1330 Fox, owned by the Denver School District, to be remodeled for services to victims of domestic violence. Benefac-tor Rose Andom has pledged $1 million to the project. The city expects to spend at least $5 million to renovate the aging building. In exchange, the school district would get the park property.
Opponents argue that trading rare, irreplaceable natural area is wrong, espe-cially since both the city and the school district just got approval for massive tax
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increases. Despite an 11-to-6 vote by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to retain natural area status for the land, Parks Manager Lauri Dannemiller ap-proved de-designation.
Protest targets Hancock
At the February 9 mayoral meeting at Kunsmiller Academy in Harvey Park, about 30 protestors from all over Denver carried signs and conversed with city of-ficials. Hancock’s young community liai-son admonished the mostly older com-munity activists to “be respectful.” The activists said they only intended to convey a message, not to behave inappropriately.
Hancock read a prepared statement about Hentzell Park. One park advo-cate observed the statement had been “tweaked” to mention the new effort by Dannemiller to have the City Council formally designate many Denver parks. While the Mayor avoided his previous description of Hentzell Park Natural Area as “blighted,” he renewed his pitch that his plan would “activate” this underuti-lized area.
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“We are revisiting that process now and plan to have 90 percent of all parks and open space in Denver desig-nated within the next few years. We will immediately move to designate an ad-ditional 460 acres this year, bringing the total number of designated acreage to 3,966.”
Section 2.4.5 of the City Charter requires a vote before any park land can be disposed of. Hentzell Park advocates contend the provision should also apply to Natural Areas, sanctioned by a unani-mous vote in 2007 by the Parks Advisory Board.
Of 276 properties with park char-acteristics, 153 are designated. Nine more would be designated in the first round, including Gates Crescent, Green Valley, and Ruby Hill. An additional nine – in-cluding Stapleton Central Park and Bear Creek – would be in the second round. There are 31 properties not eligible, 53 candidates for designation, and 21 are partially designated.
Protest over Hentzell continues, Council hard to judge
Park advocates all over Denver still oppose the Hentzell Park trade. Re-nee Lewis ([email protected]) and Shawn Smith ([email protected]) lead the opposition in the immediate Hampden Heights neighborhood. Park support-ers say it is critical that everyone contact Mayor Hancock and City Council. In-formation on how to send a message and addresses are listed at denvernature.net.
Members of Council give little in-dication of how they might vote. Coun-cilwoman Peggy Lehmann of District 4, where the land is located, endorses the deal. Traditionally, when a matter involves one district, other members are inclined to be supportive. However, critics say this situation affects the whole city. Council-woman at Large Robin Kneich is known to favor assistance to victims of domestic violence, but has concern about the “pro-cess” of the transaction. Other Council members, including those representing Park Hill, still say they are trying to keep an open mind. Council is expected to conduct a “courtesy” public hearing on the Hentzell transaction.
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On Monday following the meeting, Press Secretary Amber Miller, speaking for Mayor Hancock, issued the following statement: “The proposed land swap provides a viable location for an early education center and elementary school in the Hampden Heights neighborhood, where our schools are experiencing sig-nificant overcrowding, while allowing the city to deliver a centrally located, easily ac-cessible domestic violence resource center. Further, by building a new school with shared recreational fields on a piece of this land and working to designate the rest as parkland, the city will activate the entire Hentzell Park area in a way that will bring significant value to our community by making it much more useable.
Park designations moving rapidly In the wake of the Hentzell con-
troversy, Parks and Recreation proposes almost immediate official designation of nine properties, soon followed by nine more. These lands, which everyone con-siders to be parks, were never fully desig-nated.
In a statement to the Greater Park Hill News, Dannemiller said:
“In 1956, all land in Denver that had been acquired or developed to be used as a park was designated as such by City Charter. This move gave approxi-mately 70 percent of all parkland in the City a designated status. A plan was put in place nearly a decade ago to designate all parks that had been added to the City’s system since 1956. Unfortunately, that process was put on hold by prior Parks and Recreation management for reasons that I am unaware of as they predate my appointment to the Department.
Contributed Photo/Lisa CalderonProtestors inside Mayor Michael B Hancock’s “Cabinet
in the Community” on February 9 at Harvey Park. Some community activists speculated that the Mayor intentionally
scheduled this meeting at the same time and date as the delegate meeting of Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation to
minimize opposition.
GPHN Photo/Dave FeliceActivists upset about the city’s plans to give up part of a city-owned natural area attended Mayor Michael Hancock’s “Cabinet in
the Community” meeting February 9 in Harvey Park. L-R: Rod Mullins, Kathleen Wells, Joe Halpern, Diane Mullins and Mary Ewing.
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CREEK RESTORATION WALKSBY BRIAN HYDE
A Proposal for Denver’s Emerald Spider’s WebIn the American Planning Asso-
ciation’s City Parks Forum Planning Briefi ng Paper 5, “How Cities Use Parks for Green Infrastructure”, au-thors Ed McMahon and Mark Benedict of Th e Conservation Fund’s Center for Conservation and Development make four “Key Points”. Two of those points are directly relevant to this column and the idea of an integrated system of re-stored stream corridors in the eastern portion of Denver.
“KEY POINT #1: Creating an interconnected system of parks and open space is manifestly more bene� -cial than creating parks in isolation.
No single park, no matter how large and how well designed, would provide citizens with the benefi cial infl uences of nature; instead parks need to be linked to one another and to surrounding residential neighborhoods. —Frederick Law Olm-sted”
Note: Olmsted is the noted land-scape architect who designed Boston’s Emerald Necklace, a seven-mile con-nected strand of parks and open spaces in a semi-circle around much of the city.
“KEY POINT #4: Cities can use parks to reduce public costs for storm-water management, � ood control, transportation, and other forms of built infrastructure.
Perhaps the greatest value of an inter-connected green space system is the fi nan-cial benefi t that may be gained when green infrastructure reduces the need for built infrastructure. When designed to include stream networks, wetlands, and other low-lying areas, a city’s green space system can provide numerous stormwater manage-ment benefi ts, including storing, carrying, and fi ltering storm runoff ….
Bellevue,Washington. Flood con-trol and stormwater management in ur-ban areas typically involve vast networks of underground storm sewers that feed into channelized streams or ditches and eventu-ally into natural waterways. Th ese systems are very expensive, and under extreme fl ood conditions they often fail. … Today (in Bellevue) two city agencies, the Storm and Surface Water Utility and the Parks and Recreation Department, use the same land to accomplish multiple objectives.”
In this column, to date I have talked about two watersheds, the West-
erly Creek watershed and the Montclair Creek watershed. Allow me to expand the conversation to address the majority of the territory in the eastern portion of the City and County of Denver:
• East of South Santa Fe Drive and Interstate 25,
• North of Hampden Avenue, and •South of Interstate 70. As well as including the two water-
sheds already discussed, and the South Platte River and Cherry Creek, this geo-graphic territory includes:
1) Th e Harvard Gulch watershed (tributary to the South Platte near Evans Avenue),
2) Th e Goldsmith Gulch water-shed (tributary to Cherry Creek near Mo-naco), and
3) Th e Park Hill Drainage Ba-sin (tributary to the South Platte near its confl uence with Sand Creek and near the crossing of the river by I-270).
Th is month’s column is presenting the general idea of mimicking Boston’s famed Emerald Necklace with Den-ver’s “Emerald Spider’s Web”. Speaking seriously, the notion is to interconnect fi ve (5) tributary watersheds along with Denver’s two crown jewel greenway corridors (the South Platte and Cherry Creek) to create a holistic network of parks, greenways and open spaces on Denver’s east side. With the exception of Harvard Gulch, Denver’s Gulch Master Plan (Department of Parks and Recreation) focuses on Denver’s west side waterways. Th e concept of that master plan is described in the Executive Summary
“Why was the plan developed? Viewing and appreciating nature while recreating adjacent to a waterway is truly a unique feature for a park system to have as a community amenity. Denver residents located on the west side of the city are for-tunate to have these wonderful natural resources. Parks and Recreation recognizes how the value of this resource can contrib-ute to the quality of life and be a catalyst for economic growth. To capture these ben-efi cial aspects, DPR’s planning eff orts are dedicated to creating environmental en-hancements for the fi ve gulches contained in this study.”
Th at vision is equally appropriate for the east side of our city.
At greaterparkhill.org you will fi nd a map showing these fi ve watersheds, the channel of the South Platte River, the channel of Cherry Creek and the existing network of parks, open spaces and trails on our side of town. Over the next three months, each of the three ad-ditional streams besides Westerly Creek and Montclair Creek will be explored in this column. Th at exploration will begin in the April 2013 issue with Goldsmith Gulch. If you, the readers, are interested in walks in each of those three additional watersheds, let me know. If you ask me, I will be happy to lead exploratory visits to see how appealing an Emerald Spider’s Web might be for this part of Denver.
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High School (its middle school is also phasing out).
To the concerns of co-location Boasberg answered, “Wherever McAuliffe is, they will be sharing. If they stay in Swigert, they will be sharing. If they go North of I-70, they will be sharing. And that’s sim-ply a fact of life … unless McAuliffe wants to grow by 500 kids, which they do not, wherever they go they will be sharing.”
His answer contradicted McAuliffe’s principal Kurt Dennis who, in a presentation to the Park Hill community on December 18, stated that he would be willing to see McAuliffe grow to the point of occupying the whole building, should Venture Prep no longer be there.
Co-locations seem to be fa-vored by the current DPS adminis-tration, the stated goal being to bet-ter utilize available space. But they are rarely a happy marriage and one school is often favored at the ex-pense of the other. One school gets the bigger gym, better access to the computer room, or the exclusive use of the band room, to name a few scenarios. Managing a co-locat-ed school also takes administrators’ time not to mention teachers’ time. Co-location is also difficult for
students as it cultivates a needless competition over resources.
It is difficult to estimate what percentage of the meeting’s attend-ees lived in Park Hill. Participants were asked to identify themselves as parents, students, DPS employees, but not as residents of one neigh-borhood or the other. If reorganiz-ing boundaries were to occur, it is important that both communities be equally represented at these meetings.
It remains to be seen what voice the community will truly have in shaping the new school that will occupy Smiley’s space and the boundary that will limit or open possibilities for Park Hill residents.
Lynn Kalinauskas has lived in
Park Hill for 12 years. Her children attend Park Hill Elementary and
Smiley Middle School. She works for an educational nonprofit and teaches at UC Denver. She can be reached at [email protected]. For ma-
terials from the DPS Greater Park Hill/Stapleton community engage-
ment process, visit communityrelations.dpsk12.org.
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Kelly Leid is the Director of Develop-ment Services for the City of Denver. He manages 200 employees, providing building and zoning review for all commercial and residential projects as well as neighborhood inspection services. On January 25th, Leid was appointed by the Mayor as the Project Manager for the Cornerstone Collaborative. Leid will serve in both positions until the project plan for the Collaborative is fully up and running, at which time he will transi-tion out of the his position as Director for De-velopment Services and a new staff member will take his place. GPHN talked with Di-rector Leid for this edition of the Z&P 500.
What is the Cornerstone Collaborative?
It is a collection of six projects along what Mayor Michael B. Hancock refers to as the ‘Corridor of Opportunity’. Th e corridor is a 23-mile stretch from Union Station east to D.I.A. Th e opportunity that the Mayor sees is one of economic development and job creation. Th is col-laborative is an umbrella project to lever-age the opportunities and get input from all internal and external stakeholders so that the total benefi t is that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, according to Leid.
Th ese six projects are identifi ed as:
1. National Western Stock Show – As-sess, in partnership with VISIT DEN-VER, Arts & Venues and the National Western leadership team, the NWSS site and current facilities to determine how to assure the NWSS’s long-term sustainabil-ity at the existing site.
2. Interstate-70 reconstruction – Col-laborating with the Colorado Department of Transportation and area stakeholders to ensure smart improvements to I-70 be-tween Colorado and Brighton boulevards that help reconnect Denver neighbor-hoods.
3. RTD station development – Working with the Regional Transportation District and city agencies to coordinate the plan-ning and implementation of the 38th Avenue and Blake Street (East Line) and the NWSS (North Line) stations that will serve the stock show area and connect downtown to the airport.
4. Brighton Boulevard redevelopment – Overseeing eff ective public infrastructure improvements to the boulevard — the gateway to downtown from I-70 – and continuing the momentum of reinvest-ment that is beginning to emerge along this important roadway.
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Introducing the Cornerstone Collaborative5. River North – Reclaiming the river via greenway and transportation improve-ments and identifying sustainable devel-opment opportunities along the riverfront.
6. Elyria-Swansea and Globeville neigh-borhood plans – Ensuring that the Elyria-Swansea and Globeville neighborhood plans are aligned with each other and with the myriad projects happening in and around these historic neighborhoods.
What developments for the Corner-stone Collaborative have come about
since the project was announced?
As the Project Manager, Leid has im-plemented his ‘90 Day Entry Plan’ which is in two parts: listening tours and project management development. On the listen-ing tours, he is meeting with stakeholders for each project. He is gathering input from them on their perspective of the proj-ects, to understand their concerns, to fi nd out what is important to them and also building more contacts for whomever else they feel needs to be included. Meanwhile, his project management team is talking to City staff in multiple departments on how to interface and create a framework for communication and collaboration. Th ey are developing a Community Outreach Plan for engagement and communication. By May 1, they plan to have the basic proj-ect management and project framework in place, at which time Leid will step down from his Director role and focus solely on Project Management for the Cornerstone Collaborative.
What can be expected in the near future?
Th e ‘90 Day Plan’ is the fi rst step of many in fi guring out how to support, link and fi ll in the gaps in these six proj-ect eff orts. A public meeting schedule and a website are part of the plan. Currently, meetings are taking place for each of the individual projects which Leid is attending and encouraging the public to engage in. Ultimately, the goal of the Cornerstone Collaborative is to have a team in place that monitors the projects and makes ef-fective use of resources by being responsive and proactively engaged. Leid will contin-ue to build relationships and work to stay connected to stakeholders.
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Spring in a Semiarid ClimateIt’s official. Spring arrives
this month – March 20 at 7:02 a.m. For the past ten or so years, spring has seemed to kick-in a lot earlier than that. It is be-coming more and more evident that our climate is changing. So far, along the Front Range, it has been a very dry and mild winter, with few snow showers. Winter watering has been prac-ticed like never before (hope-fully!). The weather is shifting and our gardens are responding accordingly. And, so must we. Rather than being resentful of our “new normal”, we must em-brace it and work with it, not against it. The fact is we live in a semiarid climate: wind; cold, crisp days; and the coveted sparse days of precipitation.
Some may be surprised to learn that Denver is, in-deed, a semi-arid climate. According to the National Oceanic and A t m o s p h e r i c A d m i n i s t r a -tion (NOAA), “Semiarid cli-mates are simi-lar to arid cli-mates, but are more moderate, experiencing less of the extreme high or low temperatures. These areas typi-cally surround the desert areas, separating them from the more humid climates beyond.”
To gracefully accept the re-ality that Denver is dry, prairie land, be mindful of your plant material choices. Follow Den-ver Water’s irrigation schedule. And, perhaps the most impor-tant tool for a happy Park Hill garden: amend your soil with organic compost. This is a low-cost – albeit, dirty – endeavor, but your gardens will thrive. The simple act of a soil amend-ment will assist in drainage and increase nutritional absorption.
Take an inventory of the wealth of plant material that flourishes in Park Hill. Orna-mental grasses, sedums, yuc-cas – they all have a spectacu-lar show at least three seasons of the year. They also thrive in our climate, offering structure,
color and texture in the winter and spring months. Though, ideally, by the end of March, the plants that offer winter in-terest are weighted down by the heavy spring snow storms.
Most obvious, however, are the early blooming bulbs that share their beauty with us. Cro-cus, hyacinths, daffodils and even tulips will be evident as the month proceeds. Look for the buds of trees and shrubs, as they slowly swell with new growth inside. At the end of this spring month, we may even witness some fruit blossoms – apples, cherries and pears. Red-buds, typically an April bloom-er, might even grace us with
its bright magenta blooms. Take note of the bulbs that peek through the snow cov-ered ground. And, delight in the lovely image of a semiarid, Denver spring!
Welcome the semiarid beauty that we are graced with. Work with our conditions, ex-panding your knowledge of how to properly grow plants that will thrive and flourish and bloom and offer us simple beauty – if even that means a single tulip peeping out of a heavy, wet March snow.
Marne Norquist is a profes-sional horticulturalist with 12 years of experience designing and installing gardens. A native of Park Hill, she now cultivates a plot on Dexter street, where gar-dens – edible and ornamental – and two kids grow. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Park Hill Chorus Rings in MayTh e Rocky Mountain Ringers will join One World Singers for the eventBy, Nick FrazerOne World Singers Marketi ng Chairman
Bells will be ringing in harmo-ny with the voices of One World Singers on Friday, May 10, and Sat-urday, May 11, as Park Hill’s com-munity chorus hosts the renowned Rocky Mountain Ringers in three performances at the historic St. Th omas Episcopal Church, 2201 Dexter Street.
“Turn Th e World Around” is the theme of the May shows, with music from many cultures and countries performed jointly and individually by the chorus and the Ringers.
One World Chorus direc-tor Dr. Keith Arnold has worked with the Rocky Mountain Ringers before, and says, “Th e chance to expose our audience to the stun-ning music of the Rocky Mountain Ringers is what excites me most about this collaboration”.
Claire Holtgrewe of the Rocky Mountain Ringers notes that the group’s previous work with Dr. Arnold, “allowed us to enter-tain and educate new audiences and, most importantly, provided the chance for everyone to push themselves into new creative areas”. Holtgrewe adds, “When there is a focus of combining musical art forms, philosophies, and educa-tion, everyone gains.”
Advance ticket information for the May concerts may be found at oneworldsingers.org, or by calling 303-355-7472 or 303-250-7202. Tickets will also be available at the door. Th ere will be 7 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday and a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee performance. Adult tickets are $15, senior and student tickets are $12 and un-der-12 tickets are $6. A free dance featuring the Rhinelander Band and an optional $6 meal follow the Saturday evening concert.
One World Singers changed its name in 2010 and moved to the St. Th omas church in 2011 after a long history as Th e Denver Turnv-erein Chorus. Th e chorus, currently featuring 51 members, presents two major concerts yearly, in May and December. In December of 2011, the fi rst chorus performance at the Park Hill church, “Las Posadas, A Christmas Journey” featured Stop Time Recorder Consort as spe-cial guests. Th e Langston Hughes poem, “I Dream A World” inspired the May, 2012 concert, and last December’s “Festival of Carols” fea-tured a rousing collaboration with
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By, Jason Malec, Atlanta transplant drawn to Park Hill’s new urbanism
New Urbanism is a relatively new city planning and architec-tural movement making its way across the country. According to newurbanism.com, it is defi ned by the “revival of our lost art of place-making, [which] promotes the creation and restoration of di-verse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-used communities.” In some cases, new urbanism reclaims aban-doned spaces. While in others, de-velopers can create new urban and semi-urban communities through breaking new ground. When Mer-edith, I, and our three kids moved to Denver nearly four years ago, I had begun studying new urbanism, and was attracted to the lifestyle and its principles.
During our home-fi nding research, Mer-edith discovered that the Greater Park Hill neighborhood had just been named one of the American Planning As-sociation’s Great Neighborhoods in America that year. We realized that New Urbanism is NOT a lost art after all. In fact, on my fi rst visit to the ‘hood, after a cup of coff ee at Perk Hill and a stroll down Ke-arney Street, I discovered that this extremely hot, desirable, and not inexpensive movement is actually based on prototypes like Park Hill.
So we set our sights on living here and becoming a part of this community. We were migrating from a typical Atlanta suburban neighborhood, which had a hand-ful of fl oor plans, a militant HOA, and bunches of people who looked just like us. But we wanted some-thing diff erent for our kids. Indeed, we desire for them to have friends who don’t look like them, and friends who hold diff erent beliefs than us. After hearing these desires, our realtor confi rmed that Park Hill was our place.
So, four years in, we still love our quirky, small house, which keeps us from accumulating too much unnecessary stuff . We love our stamped and cracked sidewalks, and seeing all the kids and parents walking and riding their kids to school each morning – which the recent “Mass Experiment 2012” study linked to better concentra-tion. We love our proximity to the Bike Depot, and city services like the museum, Viva Streets, City Park, and the library. We love walking into places like Cherry To-mato, Oblios, Spinelli’s, and Cake Crumbs, where somebody’s bound to “know your name.” We love the hundreds of front porches, which
encourage summertime afternoons, “jes settin.” We love the fact that we know Sgt. Ambrose Slaughter, our local police offi cer, and his friendly neighborhood patrols. And, con-sistent with our desire, we love the fact that our kids are getting edu-cated, in many cases, with people who have diff erent skin color and backgrounds than ours.
What we’ve realized is that “New Urbanism” is actually not new. It’s been alive and well for over 100 years, right here in Park Hill. And while it’s not for every-one, and it’s certainly not perfect, it’s my Park Hill.
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Contributed Photo/Malec FamilyThe Malecs – pictured here embracing the western lifestyle – moved from Atlanta to Park Hill four years ago and
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Spring Home Inspection
Care & Feeding of Old Houses
By Elizabeth Jeanne Wheeler
A sunny early March day is the perfect time to give your home’s exterior an inspec-tion because your view will not be obstruct-ed by leaves and fl owers. Also, the relative “brownness” of the surrounding grass and vegetation acts as a fl at palette, allowing you to see more clearly. Th e hour or so that you invest in this activity could save you thou-sands of dollars in future repair costs.
Before you begin, gather together these items: notebook, pen, binoculars, camera, a key, and a rock or small hammer. Begin at the front or back of the house and work your way around.
First, examine the roof (here’s where the binoculars come in handy) and ask yourself these questions:• Are there any missing, broken, or warped shingles or tiles?• Does the roof look lumpy or bumpy? • Are there a lots of mineral granules on the roof?• Any pools of water?• Is the roof sagging?• How’s the fl ashing around the chimney or steep-sloped areas? Is it sagging or wobbly?
Th en, take a look at the chimney, ask, note and photograph:• Is the chimney leaning?• How are the bricks? Have any fallen out?• How’s the mortar?
Next, with your binoculars, look at the gutters, parapet (if applicable) and cor-nice, and note:• Are there any missing, loose, rotted or debris-fi lled gutters?• What condition is the paint on the cor-nice?• What condition is the parapet? Has water damaged it or is there a potential for this to happen?
Now, bring your gaze down and take a look at the walls, windows and doors. Note and take pictures of any concerns. Here are some questions to ask:• Is decorative woodwork fi rmly in place and tightly caulked to prevent water dam-age?• What shape is the paint in? Is it peeling, curling, blistering or chalking?• Are there any loose, cracked or missing clapboards or shingles?
• Do I hear a hollow sound when I knock on the brick with the rock or small ham-mer? • When I take the key and run it along the horizontal mortar between the bricks, do white fl akes fl y?• If the brick has been painted, is it time to repaint to assure that the brick is not dam-aged by water?• Is there any water damage on window sills and any horizontal brick, stone or masonry areas?• How are the windows and doors? Any broken glass? • Do windows and doors fi t properly? • Is any of the wood rotted? Finally, look at the bottom of the house and ask yourself these questions:• Do any bushes, trees or vines need trim-ming?• Can water drain away from the house?• Any signs of cracking in the foundation walls?
Elizabeth can be reached through her website, historicgenie.com
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The Greater Park Hill News is hosting our own geocaching game, with the help of Kitty Migaki, local photographer and author of Alphabet Denver – a GPS Alphabet Hunt Book.
Learn more about Kitty and her books at
alphabetdenver.com or alphabetchicago.com.
A Yearlong Geocaching Adventure Series fromAlphabet Denver Author Kitty Migaki
PARK HiLL
“Can you fi nd me?” asks letters G and H
There is a letter named GA fi ne fellow obviously G stands guardAround the yardSoon to be found is he!G
N 39˚ 44.996W -104˚ 55.061
A community gardenNeighborhood pride placeWaiting for springs warm kiss
N 39˚ 45.864W -104 55.763H
Anyone can play the Park Hill Alphabet Hunt Game! If you don’t have a handheld GPS, take this month’s coordinates to the website itouchmap.com/latlong.html. On the bottom right corner, you’ll see the option to “Show Point from Latitude and Longitude”. Th e letter location will then be pin pointed on the map at the top of the itouchmap web page! You can zoom in by pressing the + symbol on the left margin of the map. Go fi nd the letter and send your photo to the paper! Happy Hunting!
Photos must be submitted electronically by March 20 to [email protected].
Denver Montclair International School (DMIS) offers day-camps throughout the summer for chil-
dren ages 3 13.
DMIS offers language camps in French, Spanish or Mandarin,
sports such as basketball, soccer, lacrosse, or fine arts including drawing, dance and drama.
Summer Camp Online Registration will open
February 2013.
Please visit www.dmischool.com,
or call (303) 340-3647. 206 Red Cross Way Denver, CO 80230
Denver Montclair International School
Summer Camp 2013
June 10 August 16
Local Park Hill Summer CampsArt Garage | 6100 E 23rd Ave1-week half- or full-day classes for ages 4-12 from 6/10-8/23 at $140 and up.Includes ceramics, painting, textiles and mixed media.Info: artgaragedenver.com or 303-377-2353.
Bike Depot | 2825 Fairfax St2-week camps for ages 10-14 from 6/4-6/15 & 6/18-6/29 at $400.Includes bike rides, bike maintenance, community building and mountain biking excursion.Info: bikedepot.org or 303-393-1963.
Cheyenne Fencing | 5818 E ColfaxM-Th training camps from 5/27-8/29 at $260/week.Includes footwork, blade work, bouting, lessons, games and fun activities.Info: coloradofencing.com/camps.htm or 720-838-4225.
Dardano’s School of Gymnastics | 2250 Kearney StDay, week or 4-week sessions for ages 3-5½ from 6/3-6/27 & 7/8-8/1 at $45, $150 or $400.Activities include gymnastics, games, arts & crafts, enrichment activities and story time.Info: dardanosgym.com or 303-355-0080.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science | 2001 Colorado BlvdDaylong camps for grades K-6 and half-days camps for ages 4-5 from 6/10-8/16 at $170 and $290.Campers journey throughout the museum and into City Park to experi-ment, create, build and learn.Info: dmns.org/summercamps or 303-370-6000.
Denver Zoo | 2300 Steele StHalf- and full-day Summer Safaris for ages pre-K through 8th grade from 6/3-8/9 at $155 and $275.Campers participate in hands-on activities, zoo exploration, animal en-counters, crafts, games, stories and more.Info: denverzoo.org/education/summersafari.html#summer or 720-337-1408
No one found Letters E and F last month, which would have led intrepid geocachers to the following street scenes.
E co-ordinates:39˚ 45’ 45.84”-104˚ 56’ 6.18”
F coordinates: 39˚ 46’ 10.2354”-104˚ 55’ 6.06”
Hint: itouchmap.com is a great website for converting cooredi-nates into another format. Th e
map on the website can also give you a good idea of what you are looking for before you get there.
The Greater Park Hill News | Mar. 2013Pg. 10
Altogether Outdoors | Denver, Boulder, MountainsDay and sleep away camps for ages 5-16 from 6/3-8/16 at $325 and up.Includes hiking, climbing, fi shing, teambuilding, crafts, stories and camp songs.Info: aocamps.com or 720-249-2997.
Bluff Lake | 3400 Havana WayWeekly camps for ages 6-12 from 6/10-8/2 from 8:30a-12:30p at $175.Th emes include: Take Flight; Dig Deep; and Dive In.Info: bluffl ake.org or 720-708-4079
Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club | Various1-week camps for players of all abilities ages 4-18 from 5/20-8/8 at $100-$300.Designed and led by qualifi ed technical staff and based on Colorado Rapids youth development curriculum.Info: rapidsyouthsoccer.org or 303-399-5858.
Local Park Hill Summer CampsCont. from page 9
Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families | 2052 Elm St4-day weekend camps for adoptive families at $95-$125/person.Includes a culturally-rich camp experience in urban and mountain settings. Info: heritagecamps.org or 303-320-4234.
Mizel Museum | 400 S Kearney St1-week sessions for grades preschool to 8th from 5/29-8/12 at $170-$245. Creative Journeys employ teaching artists to celebrate kids’ extraordinary capacity to imagine and innovate.Info: mizelmuseum.org or 303-749-5017.
Park Hill Golf Course | 4141 E 35th AveHalf- and full-day camps for junior golfers of all abilities from 6/5-8/30 at $225 and up.Learner’s camp covers basics of game; player’s camp teaches on-course skills; full-day combines both.Info: parkhillgc.com or 303-333-5411 x32 or [email protected].
Sol Vida Dance | 4926 E ColfaxDrop-in and weekly classes and camps for ages 3 to 18 from 6/15-8/2 at $75/week or $15 drop-in. Encourages movement while cultivating creativity, self-discipline and art apprecia-
tion. Info: solvidadance.com/summer-camps or 720-224-5990.
Summer in the Parks | City Park Picnic Area #2 or Fred Th omas Park8-week camps for ages 7-12 from 6/17-8/9 at $450.Includes active games, arts & crafts, fi eld trips, swimming and other day camps.Info: denvergov.org/recreation or 720-865-0840.
Honorable Mentions Outside the Boundaries
Cheyenne Fencing Society& Modern Pentathlon Club
Established 1981Elaine Cheris - Owner & Coach3 Time Olympian - 1980, 1988, 19962 Pan AmGold Medals
Classes: Mon-Fri 4:30-6 pm, Sat 7 am - 10 am, 10 am - 1 pm
5818 E. Colfax, Denver, CO 80220
720-838-4225www.coloradofencing.com
Photo: Dona Laurita
summer 2013Photo: D
ona Laurita
SUMMER CAMPS AT THE M I Z E L M U S E U MArtist-in-Residence Programsfor Preschool through 8th Grade
Visit www.mizelmuseum.org to read about our affordable, week-long sessions— journeys of discovery in music, space exploration,
improvisation, visual arts, and more.
Creative Journeys is a community devoted to celebrating and cultivating the extraordinary capacity of kids to imagine, be challenged and innovate.
Kids of all ages, talents and backgrounds come together with Mizel Museum’s esteemed teaching artists to make new discoveries and summer memories.
400 S. Kearney Street, Denver(303) 749-5018
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTNow Through April 15
$25 Off Your Registration
Whether an aspiring elite player or a young player just starting in the sport, our camp offerings will engage and challenge all participating players in a safe and enjoyable environment. Each Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club Summer Camp is designed and led by our highly qualified technical staff and are based on our Colorado Rapids youth development curriculum.
SUMMER CAMPSSUMMER CAMPSSUMMER CAMPSCOLORADO RAPIDS YOUTH SOCCER CLUB
SUMMER CAMP DATES
Striker/Goalkeeper Camp May 20-22
Development Camp 1 or 2 June 10-14 or June 24-27
Junior Academy Day Camp June 10-14 or July 8-12
Junior Academy Skills Camp June 17-20 or July 22-25
U9-U14 Skills Camp June 17-20 or July 22-25
Development Camp 3 July 8-11
Boys Elite Preseason Camp July 22-25
Boys High School Preseason Camp Aug. 5-8
Goal Keeper Camp 6/13, 6/27, 7/11, 7/25, 8/1
Girls Elite Preseason Camp July 22-25
To registervisit rapidsyouthsoccer.org/camps or call 303.399.5858
Denver Montclair International School | 206 Red Cross Way1-week camps for ages 3-13 from 6/10-8/16 at $250-$300.A variety of camps in French, Mandarin Chinese and Span-ish.Info: dmischool.com or 303-340-3647.
Young Writers Camp | Auraria Campus1-week camp for students going into 5th-12th grades from 6/10-14 at $185 ($200 after 5/15) Young writers hone their craft in courses facilitated by the Denver Writing Project.Info: ucdenver.edu or 303-556-8394.
DENVER ZOO SAFARI DAY CAMPSFUN AT THE ZOO WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT!
Mini Safari and Spring SafariA great alternative to sitting at home during those days out of school.
Participate in active tours, lively games and creative activities.Pre-K through 5th grades
Camp DatesMarch 25 - 29
SUMMER SafariCampers participate in hands-on activities, zoo exploration, animal encounters and observations, crafts, games, stories, projects, and more.Pre-K through 8th grades
Camp DatesWeekly, June 3 through August 9
*Sign up for Summer Safari by March 31 and receive one free ticket to Denver Zoo’s Ice Cream Social on August 10!
For more information on all camps and to register,visit WWW.DENVERZOO.ORG
Scholarships available!720-337-1408
Whether an aspiring elite player or a young player just starting in the sport, our camp offerings will engage and challenge all participating players in a safe and enjoyable environment. Each Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club Summer Camp is designed and led by our highly qualified technical staff and are based on our Colorado Rapids youth development curriculum.
SUMMER CAMPSCOLORADO RAPIDS YOUTH SOCCER CLUB
SUMMER CAMP DATES
Striker/Goalkeeper Camp
Development Camp 1 or 2 June 10-14 or June 24-27
Junior Academy Day Camp
Junior Academy Skills Camp June 17-20 or July 22-25
U9-U14 Skills Camp
Development Camp 3 July 8-11
Boys Elite Preseason Camp
Boys High School Preseason Camp
Goal Keeper Camp
Girls Elite Preseason Camp
To registervisit rapidsyouthsoccer.org/camps or call 303.399.5858
your passport to healthy living
Physical Fitness Sessions
be well Centers are closed the following weeks: 2013: May 26, June 30.
A 6-week physical activity program packed with fun & energizing activities. Reach your fitness goals fast. Must register for entire 6 week series at one Center.
The be well Centers are a free public service. Participants engage in all activities at their own risk. The Stapleton Founda-tion for sustainable urban communities, its be well Health and Wellness Initiative, the City and County of Denver nor any of its partners or affiliates will be responsible for any liability related to or arising out of participation in any of the activities of the be well Centers.
Class Descriptions & Program Calendar
Hiawatha Davis
Central Park
Mondays
Wednesdays
6 - 8 PM
6 - 8 PMHealthy Eating with Cooking Matters
A 6-week nutrition program will teach low-cost and healthy cooking to individuals and families. Must resgister for the entire 6 week series at one Center.
Hiawatha Davis
Central Park
Wednesdays
Mondays
6 - 8 PM
6 - 8 PM
Heart Health Screenings: Know Your Numbers
Blood pressure, height, weight, glucose, andcholesterol screenings with direct connections to treatment if needed. No registration necessary.
Hiawatha Davis
Central Park
2nd Saturday QuarterlyApril, July, November
2nd Tuesday QuarterlyApril, July, November
10 AM - 1 PM
4 PM - 8 PM
Hunger Free Colorado Application Assistance
Receive outreach, referrals, and application assistance to a number of important programs such as Food Assis-tance, WIC (Women, Infant, and Children), summer food, foodpantries, senior programs, and more.
Hiawatha Davis 2nd & 4th Wed. 2 PM - 6 PM
Affordable Care Act & Me! (Healthcare reform)
Learn how changes in our health system will impact you and your family at be well share sessions where health policy experts explain new opportunities available through the Affordable Care Act.
Location varies. Call a Center for details.
QuarterlyJuly, August, November Times vary.
Shopping Matters
A guided grocery store tour to help families by healthy, affordable foods.
At a local grocery store.
1st Wed. & Sat. monthly. Call a Center to register.
10 AM - 11:30 AM
Central Park Rec Center9651 E. MLK BlvdDenver, CO 80238
Call: 720-317-3802 formore information or to register
For more information call Kelly @ 303-229-8044or email: [email protected]
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E-WASTE BANNED FROM TRASH STARTING IN JULYadapted from Th e Recycler’s Corner from Denver Recycles
Last April, the state passed a law banning the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) in landfi lls eff ective July 2013. While e-waste disposal is already illegal for most industries, businesses, government agencies, institutions and schools, it is now illegal for Colorado residents and residential waste haul-ers to trash e-waste.
E-Waste Recycling Options:
Take it back. Many companies have programs that will accept your old electronics. Check the manufacturer’s website. You’d be surprised how many off er easy and convenient service. Also, use retail services such as Best Buy’s or Staples’ recycling programs.
Recycle it. Th e City of Denver off ers two convenient ways for you to recycle your electronics:
• E-CYCLE COUPON. Th e E-cycle coupon allows Denver residents to drop off their televisions, monitors and other electronic items at Metech Recycling at a sig-nifi cantly discounted rate. To request an E-cycle coupon go to www.denvergov.org/ecycle.• SEASONAL ECO-RALLY EVENTS. Denver Recycles periodically hosts drop-off recycling events for residents. Check our website or join us on Facebook or Twitter to be the fi rst to receive Eco-rally event information.
Why E-Cycling is Important:
Electronics contain harmful, and sometimes even toxic, substances which can pose risks to our health and the envi-ronment when put in the trash. On average, CRT (cathode ray tube) televisions and monitors each contain 4 to 8 pounds of lead. Flat panel televisions, laptops and monitors all have mercury-containing lamps inside, and power cords and cables contain signifi cant amounts of lead and cadmium. Recycling these materials also reduces our need to mine or extract more of the natural resources used to make electronics.
For more information on e-waste recycling options in Denver, visit denvergov.org/ecycle or call 311.
BLUFF LAKE AND SAND CREEK EARTH DAY CEL-EBRATION ANNOUNCED
Th e Sand Creek Regional Greenway and Bluff Lake Na-ture Center have announced the Race for Open Space 5K Fun Walk/Run to be held Saturday, April 20, followed by a kid’s run and Earth Day Festival with live music, local food, crafts, games, and more. More details coming soon. Volun-teers needed to organize the event.
For more information, contact Caroline at [email protected] or 303-468-3262.
BIKE DEPOT EXPANDS ITS HEADQUARTERS
In order to keep up with their programming, offi ce and stor-age needs, the Bike Depot has expanded their store south to a portion of 2823 Fairfax space, leased by the Greater Park Hill Community. Th e goal is to move the offi ces and a working class-room into the new space.
A crew of AmeriCorps*NCCC members, along with stead-fast Bike Depot volunteers, assisted with the cleaning, painting and setting up on Sunday, February 10.
In the demonstration space, which will be outfi tted with complete sets of tools and stands, summer bike camp partici-pants, people working with the Earn-A-Bike program and bike mechanics courses will have a place to meet separate from the retail and me-chanics shops. Dividing the classroom from the offi ce area are two double-decker bike racks.
As a result of the expansion, the BD’s sum-mer camp is quadrupling in size. Th ey will also off er an enhanced 6-week version of their Mas-ter Mechanics course, and they will have ample space to celebrate their upcoming fi fth anniver-sary in business.
As before, the Bike Depot remains busy connecting people to bicycles. Starting in the spring, they will be giving a bike to every Smith Renaissance School fi rst through fourth grader in need at monthly rodeos taking place at the school. Th ey are also starting an apprenticeship program for at-risk youth in partnership with the Gang Rescue and Support Project (GRASP) and the Beacon Center at Cole Arts & Sciences Academy.
For more information, visit thebikedepot.org.
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Th e Center of Light, a center for the practice of medi-tation and Christian mysticism, is now at a new temporary location at 2528 Clermont St. All classes and services remain at the same days and times.
For more information, visit denver.centersofl ight.org or call 720-384-3001.
DENVER SISTER CITIES’ EXCHANGES WITH AXUM, POTENZA, ULAANBAATAR
Denver Sister Cities International announces a series of three exchanges between Denver and Axum (Ethiopia), Po-tenza (Italy) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) -- three of Denver’s 10 sister cities. Th e delegate exchanges are open to all Denver communities’ participation. Each of the 2013 exchanges will include local historical tours, food and wine events, exotic local activities and cultural learning in each city; Potenza in May, Ulaanbaatar in August, and Axum in October.
For more information, visit denversistercities.org.
BIG CITY MOUNTAINEERS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers needed to work with under-resourced urban youth ages 13-18 on overnight and week-long wilderness ex-peditions focused on team-building, goal-setting and a “peak” experience.
For more information, visit bigcitymountaineers.org or 303-271-9200.
Contributed Photo/The Bike DepotBike Depot’s expansion will allow the nonprofi t bike shop at 28th and Fairfax to have a dedicated classroom space.
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A Classical Afternoon
Montview Presbyterian Church1980 Dahlia Street
Auditioning boys and girls in grades 1-‐‑4 this spring!Visit ChildrensChorale.org to register or for more information
Thrill to the sound of 200 voices ringing with the joy of clas
Tickets: $24 adult/$19 child ChildrensChorale.org or at the door
labor on all interiorjobs performedin March ’13
BLOCKWORKER BEAT.
Tom Jensenat 26th and Fairfax
By, Erin VanderbergEditor
Tom Jensen might just rank among North Park Hill’s neighbor-liest people. He doesn’t just know his neighbors names, he keeps a liv-ing spreadsheet of who lives in the houses on his block and the blocks east and west of him. It evolved, he says, from his duties as a block-worker.
“I felt was important that I should start to learn names. Th e map was my cheat sheet,” said Tom. “It’s a way to keep communication between neighbors because that’s what I love about Park Hill: we’re close to our neighbors, we interact, we hang out, we never get our yard work done because once we’re out-side, we’re talking to someone, and then we’re drinking wine on the porch.”
A native of Fowler, Colorado, Jensen fi rst moved to Park Hill in 1979 after traveling near and far. He graduated from the University of Denver, then set out on a journey to Ethiopia with the Peace Corps, and returned to Southern Califor-nia to work as a travel agent. When he decided to return to his native home state, he had a cousin who lived in Park Hill, but he was also drawn in by the way his old boss at DU’s Offi ce of Admissions use to regale him with stories of Park Hill neighborliness. He rented a small alley house in South Park Hill – the Dahl House, which has since been torn down – before he bought his craftsman home at 26th and Fair-fax. Th ese days, in the winter, you can fi nd Tom working in and out of the Visit Denver tour center at 16th and California, and during the summers, working as a tour di-rector at National Park Tours of the West.
In the 1990s, Tom’s position as blockworker morphed him into a community organizer.
“I took it upon myself to get more people involved and repre-senting the neighborhood at meet-ings at Greater Park Hill Commu-nity and with District 2,” said Tom.
Tom participated in the Elm Street marches that regularly took place on Wednesday evenings in the summers during the early 1990s.
“Our objective was to let the good neighbors know they had sup-port – that the neighborhood was behind cleaning it up,” said Tom. “We also let those people who were not good neighbors know that their days were limited.”
Th e signs they marched with on those evenings said things like, “No Guns, No Drugs, in Park Hill.” Th e marchers, organized by the GPHC, did not have a parade permit for these weekly marches, so they would walk along the side-walks. Tom remembers that when they would get to street crossings, the police would be there off ering their support by helping to stop traffi c so the marchers could pass.
When asked how the neigh-borhood has changed, Tom has noticed, especially in the last two years, more and more children coming into the neighborhood, which he considers really exciting after so many years of so few young people around.
Another big change he has seen in the neigh-borhood was the closing of Staple-ton. Being in the travel business, Tom was fre-quently at the airport. When Stapleton was on Quebec, he says, he could leave his house, park in the outlying parking lot on Smith Road and be at the gate in 30 minutes. Still, it was too close for comfort most days with the traffi c overhead. Tom once threat-ened to paint a big yellow arrow in his driveway and pretend that it was put there by the FAA to point the way to the airport.
“I remember the day it closed; I went outside and it was quiet,” Tom said. It wasn’t just the end of the fl ights overhead, Tom had never realized the hum the airport operations had caused the area even though the airport was a mile away.
“(Stapleton’s closing) gave this area a shot of adrenaline,” said Tom.
Th e blockworker beat highlights “blockworkers” – residents who
volunteer to deliver the Greater Park Hill News to their neighbors each
month. Th ere are currently around 370 blockworkers delivering to 408
of the 516 residential blocks that comprise Greater Park Hill. If your block isn’t receiving the newspaper,
consider volunteering. For more in-formation, contact Bernadette Kelly at [email protected].
GPHN Photo/Erin VanderbergTom Jensen at his custom bar created from his home’s original ice box. Tom, a 30-year-plus
Park Hill resident has great ideas on how to be neighborly.
The Greater Park Hill News | Feb. 2013 Pg. 15
|park hill moments| Reptiles, Pizza and Doctors…Oh My!
By, Tayo McGuirkSmith Renaissance School Math & Science Facilitator
Where in Park Hill could you find snakes, hula hoops and cho-lesterol testing all under one roof? The answer is surprisingly simple: at Smith Renaissance School’s Second Annual Family Health and Science Expo.
On February 4, approximately 275 family members, 30 teach-ers and 10 community partners gathered at the elementary school for an evening of science and health education. The Denver Public elementary school, located at 3590 Jasmine Street, invited organiza-tions from all over the Greater Park Hill area to share their expertise with families – free of charge.
Among the community partners present were block captains and volunteers from the Stapleton Foundation’s be well Health and Wellness Initiative. One of the organization’s wellness initiatives is to provide complimentary health screenings to adults in the com-munity.
“At Smith, we screened over 30 individuals in two hours time,” reported Frank Lucero, block captain manager. “That is a very good number. Our volunteers worked non-stop.”
One of the most popular events for kids at the Expo was the Family Fit Fest, hosted by the Museum of Nature and Science’s Passport to Health program. Families gathered in the gym, rotat-ing through nearly a dozen fitness stations. Participants tested their physical endurance with hula hoops, their coordination by volleying a beach ball and their flexibility with yoga stretches.
“I really liked trying to stand on the balance board while throw-ing a beanbag to my friend,” said student DJ Mills. “I realized that I can’t actually balance for as long as I thought I could.”
Depending on whether you asked a student or a squeamish mother, the live animals at the Expo were either adored or care-
Fourth grader, Samara McGhee, receives a raffle prize from Jason Krause, principal
Fourth grader, Ijayla Smith, poses with her sister, Chmura Smith, and a bald eagle
Community organizations and area businesses contributed to a successful 2nd annual Health & Science Expo at Smith Renaissance School
Above: First grader, Isabella Nuanes and her cousin, Danda Maestas, stretch their muscles together.Below: First grader, Julian Mandujano looks on while his grandfather gets his
blood pressure checked by a be well volunteer Jan Holloway
Above: Fifth grader, Dame’a Walker poses with Lutricia Walker while decorating Earth Day bags .Below: A be well volunteer nurse, Chris Bryant, checks the cholesterol level of a Smith parent.
Fourth graders, Aaron Mendoza and DJ Mills, examine a science fair display
4th of July Parade Planning UpdateBy, Justin BreslerParade Organizer
Plans are already underway for this year’s parade! As things slowly warm up in Denver this spring, here are a few ways you can get in-volved:
• Check out the Parade on Facebook at www.facebook.com/parkhillparade for photos and event updates
• Ready to register your group? Go to parkhillparade.org and fill out the entry form
• Interested in volunteering? Email the organizers at [email protected]
• Sponsor the parade for your business for $100. Email the organizers for info
Park Hill Community Garage SaleBy, Nina KuhlOrganizer
A community-wide garage sale will be held in the Park Hill neighborhood on Sat-urday, April 27 from 8 a.m. to noon. This event is sponsored by local real estate agents from Cherry Creek Properties LLC and the GPHC. This will be a great way for homeowners to go green by selling household items, clothing, records, furniture, artwork, etc. Don’t have anything to sell? Then enjoy a Sat-urday morning exploring Park Hill while shopping for some great deals.
This is a free event but homes participating in the garage sale need to register by Friday, April 19 to be included on the GPHC Garage Sale Google map and to receive a free garage sale kit that includes tips on how to hold a successful garage sale.
To register, please send your name, address, e-mail and top three items you are selling to [email protected] or call Nina Kuhl at 303-913-5858
Park Hill Garden Walk Abuzz
By, Barbara ArmendarizGarden Tour Committee
fully avoided. One classroom was transformed into a reptile sanc-tuary where Chad Brinkley of Party Safari, allowed an albino red tail boa, named Blondie, to slither in and out of his shirt. In the school auditorium, raptor handlers from the environmental aware-ness group, HawkQuest, introduced a live owl, an eagle and a hawk that swooped down over the heads of families, as they gasped in awe.
In addition, Community Resources served pizza and helped or-ganize speakers, King Soopers provided paper grocery bags for fami-lies to decorate as part of an international Earth Day project, resi-dents from the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency were on hand to provide healthy eating tips and ECE through fifth grade students proudly displayed their science fair projects.
“The highlight of the evening, for me, was seeing all of the hard work that went into the students’ science fair displays,” said Kathryn Johnson, Smith ECE teacher.
Overall, the community-supported event was a great success, offering something for everyone, including services and information from AmeriCorps, the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program and Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer. At the conclusion of the evening, Ja-son Krause, principal of Smith Renaissance, presented raffle winner, fourth grader, Samara McGhee, with a Wii Fit, video entertainment system.
“The Expo was not only fun, but it was educational and I real-ized that I need to take better care of my own health,” said parent, Cecilia Mandujano. “I learned and had fun with my family all under one roof, surrounded by the ones I love.”
For more information about Smith Renaissance School’s Annual Family Health and Science Expo or to find out how your organization could
become a community partner, contact Tayo McGuirk at [email protected].
“From sculpted landscapes to come-
hither gardens!”
“I learned about Colorado native plants, bees and
composting all in one day!”
‘‘The variety of gardens in Park Hill is wonderful!”
Come and see what everyone is talking about. The 2013 Park Hill Garden Walk is scheduled for Saturday, June 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets go on sale starting May 8 and can be purchased at King Soopers or online at parkhillgardenwalk-blogspot.com or greaterparkhill.org. Neighborhood locations for ticket sales will be announced next month. We have a new ticket price structure this year: $15 day-of, $12 advance and $10 for seniors 65+. We are still selecting gardens for the tour, so if you would like to share your garden with these excited visitors please contact Barbara Armendariz at [email protected] or call 303-842-7678. If you are interested in joining our committee, contact Catherine Byrne at [email protected].
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Park Hill Library Opens its Doors to DenverBy, Tara Bannon WilliamsonSenior LibrarianPark Hill Branch Library
Th e theme of the Doors Open Denver 2013 is “City Beautiful: Th en & Now.” Th ree Park Hill lo-cations have been selected to par-ticipate this year including City Park, Montclair Civic Building (formerly Molkerie) and the Park Hill Branch of the Denver Public Library.
Designed by Burnham Hoyt and built in 1920, the Park Hill Branch, located at 4705 Mont-view Boulevard, is a Spanish Re-naissance style building featuring cream-colored stucco warmly ac-cented by a red tile. Adding to the noteworthy detail, acanthus pilas-ters accent the lead glass windows. Inside, the high ceiling is graced with heavy oak beams while a charming bay window with seat-ing is framed by leaded, diamond pane windows.
Th e Park Hill Branch is the fi fth oldest Carnegie Library in Denver that is still in use to-day as a library. Th e building was remodeled and enlarged in 1964 by Smith and Th orson. In 1989, the Denver Landmark Preserva-tion Commission named Park Hill Branch Library a historic land-mark.
Another remodel in 1994 by David Owen Tryba Architects restored the original historic de-tails of the building, including the Robert Garrison sculpture, a clay medallion above the fi replace commemorating Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Th e Rime of the An-cient Mariner.” Th e 1994 renova-tion also added a patio, elevator and air conditioning! Another ren-ovation in 2008 added a new car-pet, new paint and a new checkout area. Built with an original capac-ity of 8,000 books, the library now houses almost 50,000 books, DVDs and CDs with 13 comput-ers available for public use.
Park Hill Branch Library is available for a self-guided tour on Saturday, April 13, 2013 dur-ing open hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff members also will be available to answer questions about the building.
Th e Park Hill Branch Library is lo-cated at 4705 Montview Blvd. For a complete listing of the community
library calendar at Park Hill and Pauline Robinson Branch Libraries,
see pages 20 and 21.
Modern HeirloomsPark Hill Journalist Documenting Family Histories through Video
By, Rebecca VollContributor
“I’ve spent my whole life trying to tell stories,” says Barry Bortnick, a skill he’s mastered over 30 years as a journal-ist, national news fi eld producer, media specialist and more recently as a docu-mentary fi lmmaker. It was through the latter endeavor that Bortnick learned to appreciate the story telling power of fi lm, an appreciation that led to his latest venture as owner and operator of True Blue Media in Park Hill, a pro-ducer of documentary fi lms for private clients.
In his career as a fi lmmaker, Bort-nick has produced documentaries on a wide range of subjects, from corrup-tion in the courts to Denver doctors who travel to Guatemala and operate on disabled locals as “Operation Walk” volunteers.
One particular documentary that was groundbreaking for Bortnick was “Tundra Teachers,” a fi lm about school-teachers in a remote part of Alaska, which he produced with the help of a single cameraman.
“When I say Alaska, you probably have something completely diff erent in
mind,” said B o r t n i c k . “Th ese are impoverished communities with no run-ning water.”
Th e fi lm was a recruit-ing tool, but one that gave
potential teachers a clear, honest view of the challenges of life in an isolated, rural location.
Soon after, Bortnick connected with the parents of Samantha Spady, a promising CSU student who died tragically of alcohol poisoning, and proposed making an educational docu-mentary about her life and death. Th e fi lm raised over $60,000 for the Spady family’s foundation and brought na-tional attention to the issue of college binge drinking.
“I know that in a small way it has actually helped to educate young peo-ple,” Bortnick said.
Realizing the impact of these fi lms, Bortnick has sought to bring the power of fi lm to individuals and small businesses in the community.
“What I struck upon was to use all my background as storytelling, in-terviewing, research, video, all of that, and put a new niche concept together.”
To that end, True Blue Media produces marketing fi lms for neighbor-hood businesses like Oblio’s and Cake Crumbs, as well as “Video Heirlooms,” personal tribute pieces about an indi-vidual’s life, which are popular gifts for birthdays and other milestones, and are frequently commissioned by the sub-ject’s family.
“Th ere’s not much that we can own in this life; everything comes and goes, but your story is your story. You’re the only one who has it,” Bortnick said.
Video Heirlooms, which were partially inspired by his wish to know more about his own grandparents, Rus-sian immigrants who came through El-lis Island. Bortnick has heard the family history, but says, “I would love to hear that guy’s voice, see his face, but I’ll never have that opportunity.”
“Th ere’s scrapbooks, there’s pic-tures, but this is the next progression. People are staring to get that. We’re in the ‘YouTube zone’ now.”For more information, visit trueblueme-
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Contributed Photo/Barry BortnickVeteran journalist Barry Bortnick
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family documentaries a way of taking the family scrapbook to a much more
sharable level. “You insure your life, your home and your car,” Bortnick
said. “Why not do the same for your life story?”
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Th e Denver Energy Challenge is still working to make Denver homes more energy effi cientBy, Erin Vanderberg with Julie Carlton, Program Administrator
What is it: Th e Denver Energy Challenge is a free energy program through the City and County of Denver available to any Denver resident.
How it works: An advisor makes house call to conduct a sur-face-level energy assessment and discuss a homeowner’s concerns (e.g. energy bills, drafty rooms, etc.). Homeowners receive neutral and free advice on measures that can reduce energy costs and im-prove indoor comfort.
Contracting improvements: A list of qualifi ed contractors is available at denverenergy.org/con-tent/contractors. Contractors on the list have been vetted through an application process; they must be licensed, have certain training, insurance, and the DEC does fre-quent quality checks on their work. Contractors are hired at the home-owner’s cost.
Low-cost loans: DEC launched low-cost loans in August 2012. Loans are specifi cally for en-ergy improvements. In addition to fi nancing, an advisor will help en-sure that all applicable rebates and/or tax credits have been captured.
Why participate?: “Th is pro-gram is unique to Denver in that energy advising, to level we pro-vide, could cost someone an av-erage of $400/home,” said Julie Carlton, Program Administrator. “While people might be afraid of the word free, a lot comes with this free program.”
Program scope. Th e funds for the Denver Energy Challenge came from the U.S. Department of En-ergy’s Better Buildings Neighbor-hood Program, a program made possible through stimulus funding. Th e program launched in 2010,
assisting residents and businesses. Denver’s Department of Environ-mental Health administers this program and will continue to do so even after grant funds end this year. Today, over 6,133 residences and 1,224 businesses have partici-pated – including 396 residences in Greater Park Hill.
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� e Denver Energy Challenge is chronicling the stories of indi-viduals who are choosing to make energy upgrades to their home at www.ripplemap.com/communi-ties/denver. Here, Mary of North Park Hill tells the story of her Denver Energy Challenge expe-rience to Ian Halpern, Larkspur Energy Group.
Mary describes her North Park Hill neighborhood as a “happy, friendly, inclusive place that you couldn’t pry me out of with a crow-bar.” And she is almost as keen to tout the virtues of fl exible mastic and air duct sealing as she is to tout her beloved neighborhood.
Mary has steadily completed renovation and improvement proj-ects to her three-bedroom, single-family home since she moved into it in 1994. Among the highlights: she swapped out old, rotted win-dows and replaced them with dou-ble pane, low-e Simonton windows (which she highly recommends); installed a central air conditioning system; weather-stripped cracks and doors; re-landscaped to intro-duce perennials and fescue grasses that require half as much water than her old lawn; and most recent-ly air-sealed the A/C ducts in her attic with the help of the Denver Energy Challenge and Xcel utility rebates.
“Of everything, the air duct sealing – or the lack of it – was the big nasty surprise,” Mary says. “My house was built in 1948 and we added an un-insulated 200 square foot sunroom after moving in. I knew I needed to add insulation but didn’t realize the impact that sealing the duct-work would have.”
An energy assessment com-pleted by Casey Staley from REen-ergizeCO earlier this year revealed that the contractor that installed Mary’s A/C system about ten years
ago had cut corners and used duct tape to seal the ducts. Despite the name, “duct tape is a wonderful tool for everything except sealing ducts,” Mary said of her learning experience.
When Casey went into the attic he found huge thumb-sized gaps in the duct sealing. “Th ese gaps meant that about 30 percent of the air-conditioned air was be-ing lost up into the attic,” Mary said. Th e A/C system worked hard, cost more to operate and Mary’s house was never quite comfortable enough. “After Casey re-sealed the attic ducts with fl exible mastic, I could sense the diff erence the very next day.”
Th e duct sealing was part one of a two-part eff ort. Mary also add-ed insulation to the attic and sun-room. REenergizeCO added R-40 loose fi ll fi berglass that took the total insulation level from about an R-4 to R-44. Th ough the insu-lation has been completed for only six weeks at the time of this writing, Mary has already noticed that her energy bill – which generally comes in north of $400 per month – was only $150. “I haven’t seen numbers
that low in years and I can’t wait to see the diff erence in my bills later in the summer,” she adds.
Mary is happy to share the secrets she uncovered from vetting contractors and researching rebates available to her. “Sign-up for the Denver Energy Challenge because they can help make sure you get all the rebates and incentives that are out there. Get a home energy assessment from a qualifi ed local fi rm so you know what to do that will really make a diff erence.” (She recommends REenergize CO but notes that Xcel and Denver Energy Challenge have good lists of local, approved professionals.)
Mary recommends choosing at least three contractors from the ap-proved list, and interviewing each of them. “Avoid hiring someone whose entire focus is on a single solution (e.g. insulation, windows, etc.). Look for someone who speaks of the quality of the air in your home, as well as the quantity of in-sulation and takes a more compre-hensive view,” Mary says.
“And above all else,” Mary adds before concluding the inter-view, “don’t forget to air-seal.”
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A Q&A with Editor Erin Vander-bergEditor
Tentiko is in the business of creat-ing experiences through activities, workshops and tours. Tell me about the process of growing your busi-ness?
I had the idea of creating a mar-ketplace for local, authentic experi-ences a couple of years ago. It struck me that there was a big gap there for several reasons. Th e economy and shifts in cultural norms meant that people are buying fewer “things”. Or at least it seemed that way to me. I was buying less “stuff ” and so were the people that I hang out with. And the reality is that we get a way bigger value out of dollars spent on experiences be-cause we are creating memories.
I was also infl uenced by Rachel Botsman’s book “What’s Mine is Yours” and the collaborative consump-tion movement. Basically, the premise is that we have all of these barely used assets lying around the house and that we can sell access to those things (car sharing, AirBnB, etc.). I loved those ideas and starting thinking about what other under-used assets people had that they could sell to make a second income. I started thinking that they could sell their knowledge, passion and expertise in the form of “experi-ences” that they could craft for other people to buy.
Th at’s about as far as I got with the idea before running it past my co-founder Cyd Crouse, who started helping me answer the question of “How to make it happen?”. We agreed that it was an idea worth pursuing and we’ve been working on it since.
What were you and the rest of the team doing before this? Was it daunting starting a business like this (web/experience-based)?
I was in product marketing with Digital First Media and Cyd was do-ing some consulting and living the good life on Curaçao. But our his-tory working together goes back to the late 1990’s. Cyd was the founder of a startup called ccgenesis. I was a customer of theirs when I was manag-ing our e-commerce at Gaiam. I then joined Cyd at ccgenesis. She left to
work with Whole Foods Market and I went to work for Corporate Express, but we reconnected in 2007 when she brought me back to work for Gaiam (she’d returned to be President of Gaiam’s direct division). We reconnected to pur-sue this project in late spring of 2012.
I see that Park Hill’s Jonathon Stalls of Walk2Connect is one of your guides. Where do you fi nd your hosts and do you think that the model will self-generate new hosts?
We found Jonathon through a referral. Sometimes you get lucky! We love word of mouth but we also have an experience curator that is working for us. His job is to help us uncover those individuals and experiences that make our neighborhoods and city unique. Working together, the experi-ence host and our experience curator come up with ideas, craft the experi-ence and then get it up on the site. We have already seen people reaching out to us directly because they found us and want to host an experience. We had a great experience for Valentine’s Day – our guests designed their own cards and learned to work an antique letterpress. Th en they worked the let-terpress to create their own cards. In that case, we reached out to a few lo-cal letter pressers until we found the perfect one.
Is this program happening only in Denver? Tell me about your connec-tion to the city.
We are focused only on Denver. We think that this is scalable, but we want to get the model right before we try to grow beyond our city. I’m origi-nally from California, but fell in love with Colorado and the Rockies when I came out to school in 1990. During grad school at DU I fell in love with Denver-proper (and my future wife) and made the decision to stay in the city. My wife and I have been Park Hill residents since 2007. We’re raising our family here because we love the ‘hood, the schools, the businesses, old homes
and the trees! What a neighborhood! You’ll catch my family riding around Park Hill most weekends on our yel-low Schwinn Twinn tandem, our giant yellow trailer in tow and my boy rac-ing his bike alongside.
We offi ce virtually. Cyd still lives on Curaçao and comes into town for a week or two every month. Th ose of us that are Denver-based are working out of coff ee shops and borrowed of-fi ce space for now.
What have you learned, who have you met... what are your Tentiko ex-periences?
We have learned that Denver is a deeply connected place and that it is growing and evolving on so many fronts – beer, spirits, crafts, fashion, art and food – to name a few. We have met many amazing people – like Chef Mark DeNittis, founder of II Mondo Vecchio-Salumi, or Mark Overly, founder of Kaladi Coff ee, then there are the great crafters – like Jaime and Amber from Fancy Tiger, Stu & Nicky from Ink Lounge and Britt & Ava from Banshee Press. It has been inspir-ing to meet people who are living their passion and happy to share it with the people of Denver.
Why the name Tentiko?
When we were coming up with the company concept we kept using the word “authentic”. In Papiamentu, the language spoken on Curaçao, the word for authentic is outéntiko. Out-éntiko seemed like a mouthful so we shortened it to Tentiko which still sounds a bit like authentic. Anyway… we liked it, bought the domain and ran with it.
Finally, talk about logistics. How does it work?
Once we fi nd somebody that wants to host an experience, we work with them to nail down the details and insure that it will truly be an awe-some experience. We work on copy and photography and then get it up on the site. We manage the marketing and transaction costs, etc. Th e host keeps 80 percent of the price. Most of our experiences are about $40, but some can be more expensive if they are considered premium and have higher costs for the host – for example, mak-ing porchetta (Italian pulled pork) with Chef Mark DeNittis where you go home with 6-7 pounds of meat.
Our guests book through the site. We keep them updated on the details as it gets close to the day of the expe-rience. Th e experience can be hosted at a business, a public place or some-body’s house. We see a mix.
Learn more at Tentiko.com or by calling 855-TENTIKO.
It’s All About the ExperiencePark Hill’s Jim Chesebro aims to be memorable with his new company, Tentiko
Discover, book and host Denver’s best local, authentic experiences. Join us on April 14th to Make Porchetta (Italy’s Pulled Pork) with Chef Mark DeNittis
Contributed Photo/Nicky Alden
The Greater Park Hill News | Mar. 2013 Pg. 19
Home...Sometimes It’s the Most Danger-ous Place for Your Pet
PARK HILL VETBY DR. MARGOT
VAHRENWALD
Don’t they say that most accidents aff ecting humans happen at home? Well, the same holds true for our pets. Poisoning from a variety of sources is high on the list of reasons your pet might need emergency veterinary care someday. Additionally, the care and treatment for a pet poisoning can lead to an expensive hospital stay and the risk of long-term complications. Th e best protection for your pets (and children) is to keep all the following items safely put away where intentional and unintentional contact cannot be made.
We’ll start in the kitchen. What dan-gers lurk here? First, many of us keep our own prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications along with our pets’ here. Accidental ingestion of human or pet medications is the number one call made to poisoning hotlines such as the ASPCA. And, if you’re like me, the purse or kids’ backpacks land here as well and might be hiding xylitol-containing gum – a baddie if eaten by your dog.
Many human medications are of sig-nifi cant danger to our pets if ingested. For example, a single tablet of acetaminophen can kill a small cat. And, many of the OTC topical parasite treatments also contain ingredients highly toxic to cats and some smaller dogs. To make the administration of medications easier, many prescription veterinary products are fl avored – great for taking needed medicine, but not good when Fido eats the whole vial of pills.
What else is in the kitchen? Foods such as bread dough, grapes, raisins and onions can make pets nastily sick and, for some dogs, grapes and raisins can lead to acute life-threatening kidney failure. Chocolate toxicity is another frequent poi-soning call. Th e darker the chocolate, the worse its eff ects can be on a pet. House-hold cleaning products are not necessarily life-threatening, but can cause burns and/or bad digestive upset that are painful for your pet and no fun to clean up after.
Medication-wise the bathroom is right up there with the kitchen, but the next most dangerous area of the home
is the garage. Where do you store many caustic or poisonous products? Check your shelves and garage fl oors for brake fl uid, antifreeze, rodenticides, pesticides, insecticides and other products. Th ese should be stored properly to prevent pets (and children) access.
Next, the garden, and if you have a green thumb, some indoor plants as well off er a smorgasbord of possible toxic delicacies along with the products used to keep those plants healthy. Avoid placing cacao bark mulch where dogs can access as its eff ects will be similar to chocolate toxicity.
Th e single best way to prevent poi-soning is to keep all medications, house-hold chemicals, etc. put away out of reach of pets. Th is article only skims the surface of potential dangers lurking in your home; to get more information, visit the websites below. In the event that your pet has in-gested something unknown, never hesitate to CALL, don’t Google™, your veterinar-ian, nearest veterinary emergency facility or the pet/people poison hotlines listed below. Stay safe!
ASPCA – Animal Poison Control Cen-ter 24 hour hotline – 888-426-4435 (fee ser-vice on involved calls)aspca.org/home/pet-care/poison-control
Pet Poison Helpline24 hour hotline – 800-213-6680petpoisonhelpline.com – also has an iPhone app
Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Cen-ter24 hour hotline – 800-222-1222rmpdc.org
Margot Vahrenwald, DVM and ASVJ, is the owner of Park Hill Veterinary Medical
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From the Th ursday, February 7 meeting of the GPHC
D2 Police Report Offi cer Reyes Trujillo reviewed crime stats, 2800 Fairfax street lights, and three recent thefts of electronics from motor vehicles. En-couraged neighbors to leave porch and back lights on to prevent crime. Non-emergency number: 720-913-2000.
4th of July Parade Parade organizer Justin Bresler discussed the plans under-way for the fourth annual 4th of July Parade. Th e Denver Police, who handle street closures, have two parade events before Park Hill’s, which necessitates the afternoon start. GPHC handles liability insurance for the event. Info: parkh-illparade.org.
be well Centers Th e Stapleton Foundation’s Ty Crawford touted the two be well centers at Hiawatha Davis and Central Park Rec Centers that are off ering free fi tness classes and health screenings to the community. Info: bewellcon-nect.net.
Denver Energy Challenge Program Administrator Julie Carlton discussed the City of Denver’s free energy advisement program, which also connects home-owners to qualifi ed contractors and low interest loans for energy improvements to their homes. Info: denverenergy.org.
Colfax Main Street Coalition Dave Wilmoth, Brownsfi eld Co-Coordinator with the Department of Environmental Health, presented information on the program, which is a partnership between the cities of Denver and Lakewood and the Denver Urban Renewal Authority. Th e partnership formed in 2011 with the purpose of applying for and utilizing a brownfi elds assessment grant from the EPA to perform environmental site assessments along the Colfax Av-enue corridor. Info: colfaxmainstreetcoalition.org.
Park Hill Garage Sale Cherry Creek Properties LLC’s Nina Kuhl discussed the collaborative eff ort between realtors from her offi ce and the GPHC to hold a community-wide Park Hill garage sale to take place April 27 from 8 a.m. to noon. Registrants will be included on the GPHC Garage Sale Google map and receive a free garage sale how-to kit. Info: [email protected].
Th e GPHC holds regular monthly community meetings on the fi rst Th ursday of every month. To receive an agenda in advance, sign up for the newsletter at
Th e New Airport Consultation Committee, which is not a decision-making body, will hold their next meeting at 8 a.m. on March 15 at DIA. Th e committee supports the spirit and intent of the 1988 IGA.
BYERS-EVANS HOUSE GALLERY1310 Bannock Street – 303-620-4933
Th e Denver Salon: Th en and Now through May 31, opening reception on March 1, 5-9 p.m. Free.
CHILDREN’S CORRIDORchildrenscorridor.org/service
Bus Tour and Day of Service in the Children’s Corridor: Bus tour on Saturday, March 9; Day of Service on Saturday, March 16, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration required.
THE COLORADO CHOIRcoloradochoir.org – 303-892-5922
Annual concert on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., features the works of Brubeck, Off enbach, Hogan and Britten. Tickets: $20 adults/$15 oth-ers.
Colorado Symphony Guild-Denver East meets third Th ursdays at St. Luke’s Church at 13th and Quebec, from 10 a.m.-noon. Th ose interested
in participating in projects that help support the Colorado Symphony are welcomed.
DENVER COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION1041 Acoma St – denvercommunity.coop – 303-573-1170
Business Solutions Night on Tuesday, March 12, 6-9 p.m., connects participants with local business resources. Registration required, free and open to the public.
DENVER COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING (CERT)1200 Federal Blvd. – denvergov.org/Denver-CERT
Emergency preparedness training includes plan-ning for an emergency, and learning basic response skills such as fi re safety, light search and rescue, team organization and emergency medical opera-tions. March 7 and 14, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; March 23, class exercise, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., location TBA.
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCEdmns.org – 303-370-6000
Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age continues featuring life-size models, interactive videos and hands-on activities to bring this fas-cinating time in Earth history back to life. Info: dmns.org/mammoths.
DENVER PARKS AND RECREATIONdenvergov.org/ReimaginePlay
Reimagine Play Stakeholder Public Meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Bo-gey’s restaurant in the City Park Golf Course, 2500 York St., continues the conversation about new “City Loop” conceptual design at City Park’s Dustin Redd playground site.
DENVER POLICE DISTRICT 23921 Holly St. – [email protected] – 720-913-1000
2CAB, the District 2 Community Advisory Board, takes place on fourth Th ursdays at 6 p.m. in the Community Room.
District 2 Citizens’ Police Academy is a free, 10-week seminar open to residents on topics related
to policing Tuesday evenings April 23-June 11 from 6-8 p.m. Event limited to 30 students. Ap-ply at denvergov.org under Denver Police Depart-ment/Programs.
DENVER RESTAURANT WEEK denverrestaurantweek.com
Denver Restaurant Week, continuing through March 8, includes the following area restaurants: the Cork House, Mataam Fez, Phoenician Kabob and Solera. Multi-course meals at a fi xed price of $52.80 for two or $26.50 for one (tax and tip not included).
DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS7111 Montview Blvd. – dsa.dpsk12.org – 720-424-1713
Th e Vocal Music Department and Stagecraft and Design Department will hosts its annual POPS show March 19-21, from 7-9 p.m. in the Shomp Th eatre. Th is year’s theme is “Love Will Keep Us Together” featuring a variety of songs from the 70’s. Tickets are $14+ adults, $10+ students and seniors.
DENVER ZOO2300 Steele Street – denverzoo.org
Do at the Zoo Gala Fundraiser: June 20. Th e Zoo’s largest annual fundraiser and popular favor-ite summer party supports the Zoo’s sustainability programs.
DOORS OPEN DENVERdoorsopendenver.org
“Th e City Beautiful: Th en and Now” is the theme of this year’s April 13-14 Doors Open Denver weekend. Th e free, two-day celebration of archi-tecture and design will include the following sites in and around Park Hill: the City Park Pavilion, East High School and Park Hill Branch Library.
Park Hill neighbors Rene and Nathan Moore hold fi rst annual Friends & Park Hill Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt in their yard at the southeast corner of 17th Avenue and Holly Street on Sat-urday, March 30 at noon. Bring your own basket. All ages welcome. Facepainting and refreshments provided.
THE FAX PARTNERSHIPthefaxdenver.com
Weisco Motorcars’ grand opening celebration includes a Colfax photo show “Traveling Route 40”, available for public viewing at Weisco from March 20-23, in conjunction with a wine tasting on March 20.
GREAT DENVER CLEAN-UPdenvergov.org/kdb
Denver Solid Waste Management’s Keep Den-ver Beautiful eff ort will off er free hauling from fi ve drop sites around the city at the 2013 Great Denver Cleanup, Saturday, April 6. Start planning your block cleanups now.
GREATER PARK HILL COMMUNITY, INC. greaterparkhill.org – 303-388-0918
Th is month’s GPHC meeting will take place at District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St. at 6:30 p.m. See page one for complete details.
HELEN WOLCOTT SPRING ART AND CRAFT SHOW2309 Clermont
Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Eleven artisans showcase glass, jewelry, silk, wood, ceramic, fabric, paper arts and more.
HOPE CENTERhopecenterinc.org
HOPE Center’s Million Lights of Hope 1920’s Hollywood-themed Casino Night fundraiser on March 9 at the 1770 Sherman Events Center will benefi t their low income ECE eff orts 51 years in the making.
ver Alumnae Chapter and Denver, Delta, Inc., with support from Center for African Ameri-can Health, the annual Impact Day program on Saturday, March 9 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. features health and nutritional booths, physical activities, prizes, fun and healthy snacks at Hamilton Middle School, 8600 E. Dartmouth Ave. $5. Ages 18+.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS DENVER (LWVD)[email protected] or 303-321-7571
Health care forum on Monday, March 4 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Montview Presbyterian, 1980 Dahlia, examines how health care coverage is and will be impacted by the Aff ordable Care Act.
MONTVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1980 Dahlia Street – montview.org – 303-355-1651
A Classical Afternoon with the Colorado Chil-dren’s Chorale (childrenschorale.org) on Sunday, March 10 at 3 p.m. features classical, sacred, folk and world music sung by 200 voices. $24/adults, $19/child.
MILE HIGH FITNESSinquiries@milehighfi tness.com
Zumba Class at the Park Hill United Methodist Church, Saturdays 9-10 a.m. First class free.
MY TEENAGE ANGSTEmceed by Park Hill’s Megan Nyce – myteenag-eangst.com
March 1 and May 3 at Th e Bar 554 S. Broadway at 8 p.m.
Parents of children with a variety of special needs of all ages support and nurture one another as we share resources and ideas. Th ird or fourth Friday from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
NORTHEAST PARK HILL COALITIONMichele Wheeler – 720-837-5492
Th e NEPHC hosts its monthly meeting on Th ursday, March 14 (second Th ursdays) at 6 p.m. at the District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St.
PARK HILL BRANCH LIBRARY4705 Montview Blvd. – 720-865-0250
Lit Wits Book Club: Saturday, March 12, 11 a.m.-noon. A diff erent type of book club for 4th- 6th graders, no required reading, just come and talk about the books you love.
Teen Advisory Board (TAB): Students in 6th-12th grades are invited to help plan library events and projects at the Park Hill Branch Library.
Regular storytimes (no registration required):
Storytime with a Craft – Th ursdays at 10:30 a.m.All ages are welcome who can sit for short stories and participate in songs and a simple craft.
Book Babies: Early Walkers – Th ursdays at 11:15 a.m.Stories, action songs, and rhymes developed to meet the needs of babies on the move and their caregivers. Playtime and socialization immediately follow the program.
Tales for Twos – Fridays at 10:30 a.m.Join us for a storytime just for two-year-olds and their caregivers. We will share books, sing songs, and provide movement activities.
Book Babies: Pre-Walkers – Fridays at 11:15 a.m.Stories, rhymes, and lap songs developed to meet the needs of infants and their caregivers. Playtime and socialization immediately follow the program.
PARK HILL GARDEN WALKparkhillgardenwalk.blogspot.com
Planning is underway for the 2013 Park Hill Garden Walk, taking place June 8. To enter a neighbor for garden selection, contact Barbara at [email protected] or 303-333-9353. To participate in the Garden Walk committee, contact Catherine at [email protected].
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We have a variety of memberships. All memberships are tax deductible.
___ Individual or Family ($20/year)___ Business or Sustaining ($50)___ Sponsoring Member ($100)___ Patron ($250)___ Other
If these membership levels are not suitable, GPHC will gratefully accept a donation for membership dues at a level that is comfortable for you and your family.
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PARK HILL HOME TOURgreaterparkhill.org
Th e next planning meeting for the Park Hill Home Tour is March 11. To enter a neighbor for home selection or to participate in the Home Tour committee, contact Roberta Locke at [email protected].
PARK HILL NEW PARENTS GROUPmeetup.com/Park-Hill-New-Parents-Group
Park Hill parents group off ers playdates, outings and Mommy Book Club. Th e selections for the next few months are April, Th e Last child in the Woods by Richard Louv; May She Matters by Susanna Sonnenberg; June, Th e Midwife’s Tale by Sam Th omas; July, Defending Jacob by William Landay.
PARK HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH5209 East Montview Blvd. – phumc.org – 303-322-1867
Th e Byron and Christine Johnson Lecture/Dis-cussion Series’ 2013 Th eme is “A Black Woman Speaks”. Saturday lectures take place from 10 a.m.-noon and are free and open to the public. March 23: “Insisting on the Center”, presenter Dominique Johnson Ashaheed; April 27: “In Se-cret Service of the Sacred Heart: Th e Life of Julia Greeley”, presenters Linda M. Chase and Richard Holmes; May 11, “Self-preservation: Art is the Sustenance”, presenter Li Hardison.
PAULINE ROBINSON BRANCH LIBRARY5575 E. 33rd Ave. – 720-865-0290
Regular events (no registration required):
Twilight Tales Family Storytime: Mon. 6:30-7 p.m. Families are invited to celebrate stories, songs, and more. Feel free to wear pajamas and bring your favorite stuff ed animal or blanket. Th en, stay to read and play together.
Computer Basics: Mon. 5:30-7 p.m. In this six weeks series, you will learn how to power the com-puter on and off , use a mouse, highlight and se-lect, minimize and maximize your screen, perform basic word processing, work with Microsoft Word
documents, use tool bars to change font, text size and color, cut and paste, save documents, navigate the Internet, create an email account, and much more.
Preschool Storytime: Wed. 10:30-11 a.m. Stories, songs, and fun for 3-6 year-olds with an adult.
Computer Basics: Th urs. 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m. In this six weeks series, you will learn how to power the computer on and off , use a mouse, highlight and select, minimize and maximize your screen, perform basic word processing, work with Mi-crosoft Word documents, use tool bars to change font, text size and color, cut and paste, save docu-ments, navigate the Internet, create an email ac-count, and much more.
After School is Cool: Mon-Th urs. 4-5 p.m. Crafts, board and video games, performances, and more for children in grades K-12.
Th e Pauline Robinson Book Club meets at the Park Hill Branch Library on the 4th Saturday of each month, 12-1:30 p.m. Light refreshments are provided. All are welcome to attend. Please call for the monthly book title.
Community input sought on eff ort to build a worker cooperative grocery store at 35th and Al-bion. Regular Sunshine Potlucks (monthly meet-ings) on third Tuesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m.
RTDrtd-denver.com or 303-299-2281
Stakeholder and Business Community Update on March 7 from 5-7 p.m., networking at 4:30, at Bogey’s restaurant in City Park Golf Course, for anyone that has done business with RTD or is interested in doing business with RTD. Updates provided on major projects, communication of RTD’s vision and an opportunity to meet key RTD offi cials. Registration required.
SAND CREEK REGIONAL GREENWAYsandcreekrregionalgreenway.org - 303-468-3260 - runningguru.com/event/RaceForOpenSpace-CO5K
Neighborhood Partners Environmental Team (NPET) meets on the fi rst Saturday of each month from 9 a.m.-noon. Work sites rotate be-tween Sand Creek, Westerly Creek and Bluff Lake Nature Center. Volunteer activities include trash pickup, painting over graffi ti, invasive species re-moval and general trail maintenance.
With Bluff Lake Nature Center, SCRG hosts the Race for Open Space 5K Walk/Run and Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 20 from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Festivities include prizes, live music, food trucks, environmental crafts and games, and a live raptor presentation from Wild Wings Envi-ronmental Education. $25 early-bird race registra-tion, $5 suggested festival donation.
SCIENTIFIC & CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT FREE DAYS:scfd.org
Denver Art Museum: March 2. Denver Botanic Gardens: March 27. Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfi eld: March 1. Denver Museum of Nature and Science: April 21.
SMILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL – DPS OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT2540 Holly Street – communityrelations.dpsk12.org/regional-community-meetings/near-north-east/ – 720-423-1109
Th e DPS Offi ce of Community Engagement continues to hold community meeting series around middle school options for the Park Hill and Stapleton communities. Th ird meeting ten-tatively scheduled in the Smiley cafeteria, March 19 from 6-8 p.m. (5:30 refreshments). Following meetings take place 4/16, 5/7 and 5/21.
SIE FILMCENTER2510 E. Colfax – denverfi lm.org – 303-595-3456
A Conversation with Edith Head, a stage pro-duction starring Susan Claassen in a one-woman show on Sunday, March 3 at 7 p.m. kicks off the Women and Film Voices Film Festival from March 3-10, featuring a mix of 16 short fi lms, documentaries and feature fi lms.
Tattered Cover-Colfax Travel Lovers Book Club 2013 schedule of books: March: Istanbul: Memo-ries and the City by Orhan Pamuk. April: Walking the Gobi by Helen Th ayer. May: I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuekaush. Meets monthly on second Mondays, 5:30-6:45 p.m.
TEMPLE MICAH2600 Leyden St. – www.micahdenver.org – 303-388-4239
Micah’s Wild West Saloon, a major spring fund-raising event, on Saturday March 16, 7 p.m. at the Crystal Rose on 9755 E. Hampden Ave. Dancing, gaming, food and drink and splurge for all that Temple Micah stands for and the faith it gives you.
Community Passover Seder on Monday, March 25, 6-8:30 p.m. at Park Hill United Method-ist Church, 5209 Montview Blvd. Led by Rabbi Morris with Hal Aqua, musician, this commemo-ration of Jewish freedom from slavery in ancient Egypt off ers innovative liturgy, rousing songs and a buff et feast. Reservations required.
UNITY ON THE AVENUE4670 E. 17th Ave. – unityontheavenue.org - 303-322-3901
March Movie Event, Friday, March 15. Potluck supper at 6 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. showing of From Jesus to Christ: Th e First Christians, (Part ii). Love off ering.
Breakthrough Breathwork Meditation Workshop on Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. will help you fi nd more of the love, peace and pas-sion of your true divine nature. $110, $190 for 2; Meditation only 2-5 p.m., $55, $95 for 2.
THE URBAN FARM10200 Smith Road – theurbanfarm.org
Swing Your Sweetheart barn dance on April 13 features Rudy Grant & the Buff alo Riders. Pony rides 4 p.m., dinner/dance (including lessons) 6-9 p.m. Adult/$25, adult couple/$45, children under 12/$10, under 2 free.
Unity on the Avenue4670 E 17th Ave, 303-322-3901unityontheavenue.org
Palm Sunday March 24 9:30 am Procession, 10:30 am Holy Eucharist with Haydn’s Lord Nelson MassMonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings Holy Eucharist at 6:30 pmMaundy Thursday March 28th Holy Eucharist with choir at 6:30 pmGood Friday March 29 services at Noon and 6:30 pmEaster Vigil Saturday March 30th at 6:30 pmEaster March 31st Festival Eucharist at 8:00 am with organ, and 10:30 am with choir and brass ensemble. Easter egg hunt for children following both services
Walk Holy Week with Us!All events at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 22nd and Dexter
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MARK DALLASTA303.420.0536
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GREATER PARK HILL NEWS CLASSIFIEDS
HANDPLUMBING &
HEATINGJH Edwards Plumbing & Heat ing Large or smal l jobs , qual i ty work at fa i r pr ices . From repair s to remodel ing, bath, k i tchen upgrades , & problem solv ing. Lic . & in-sured. Jim 303-883-9030Just Plumbing. Spr ing ki tch-en and bath upgrade. Star t -ing at $1,500. Al l types of repair s . 303-668-2154. Park Hi l l Res ident .
Repair or Replace : Faucets , Toi le t s , Sinks , Vanity, Dish-washers , Water Heater, Bro-ken Pipes , Spigot/Hosebib, Drain Cleaning, Dispos-a l s e tc . Spr inkler Star t -Up/Repair/Insta l la t ion. Swamp Cooler Star t -Up/Repair.Cal l West Tech (720)298-0880 FREE INSTANT QUOTE
HANDYMANHandyman/ Contractor- Licensed, Insured, Res i -dent ia l , Commercia l . Al l Maintenance i tems. J&K Enterpr i ses 303-921-3398 No job to smal l
HAULINGCut Rate Haul ing- A t rash, c lut ter, and junk removal ser v ice . Estate c lean up, ev ict ion c lean up, construc-t ion debr i s , act . Cal l Ruben today 720-434-8042
ELECTRICALRAY ’S ELECTRICAL SER-VICE 14 Years in Park Hi l l . Qual i ty work. Reasonable rates . Fr iendly, neat , re l i -able . Plenty of re ferences . 30 years exper ience . Li -censed and insured. 720-350-8282
HOME REMODELING
Master Bui lder, Nat ional ly Known Craf t sman, Afford-able Rates . Specia l i z ing in Histor ic Homes, Al l Phases . Restore , Remodel , Structur-a l , Des ign, Woodwork, Win-dows, Doors Repair s , e tc . No Job Too Smal l . Randal l 303-646-3461. www.rm-des ignconst .com
ROOFINGResident ia l reroof ing and repair s , 17 years exper ience , l i censed, bonded, and in-sured. Gutter replacement and c leaning. www.accu-ra t e roo f ingandmasonr y. com Cal l Shawn 303-907-9223
Park Hi l l res ident s ince 2006. Insurance c la ims ex-per ience . Licensed proper ty c la ims adjustor. Neighbor-hood re ferra l s ava i lable . Ask about promotions/dis -counts . Cal l Travi s Pember-ton for a f ree consul tat ion at 970-485-4223.
MASONRYMasonry Serv ices - Br ick, Stone, Concrete , res tora-t ion, tuck point ing, chim-ney’s , re ta ining wal l s , c i ty s idewalks . L icensed, bonded, and insured. www.t h e b r i c k a n d s t o n e g u y. c o m References . Cal l Shawn 303-907-9223
EXERCISECLASS
Beginning exerc i se c las s for adul t s’ f l ex ib i l i ty and ba l -ance . Tues . & Thurs . a t 2-3 pm, $10/c las s . Located at TDA, 23rd & Dexter. Ski l led Canadian and Colo-rado Bal le t pr inc ipa l dancer leads easy p l ies and s t retch-es a t the barre . Phone Br ian Bender 303-320-6659. www.thedancersadvantage .com
WISH LISTGreater Park Hi l l Commu-nity Wish Lis tDonat ions to GPHC of need-ed In-Kind g i f t s and ta lents he lp us of f se t expenses to ser ve the community more e f f ic ient ly. Please contact Robyn Fishman at 303-388-0918 i f you can he lp with any of the fo l lowing:
1. Volunteers are needed to he lp sor t & she lve food (any t ime) , and to he lp with food dis t r ibut ion on Wednesdays2. A “ l ibrary-s ty le” smal l ro l l ing car t that can accom-modate 4-6 mi lk crates fu l l of food3. Label -maker that can pr int a var ie ty of widths , and suppl ies4. Laminat ing machine or p las t ic laminat ing sheets5. Electr ic can opener6. 2 rubber-backed f loor mats , any s ize7. 13x9 or larger poster f rames8. 3 mousepads9. A paper towel holder, and ro l l s of paper towels
LANDSCAPINGGREATSCAPES: Landscape des ign and construct ion, fami ly owned and operated. Outdoor l iv ing spaces , xe-r i scaping, f lags tone, sod, i r r igat ion, re ta ining wal l s , mi l lwork, pergolas , t re l l i ses , p lanters and more . Oust-anding re ferences . Je f f 303-322-5613.
Spr ing Gardening. We wi l l des ign and plan, t r im and c lear, prune, per form weed-ing and maintenance. Pe-r iodic maintenance agree-ments ava i lable . Cal l Marger ie for on-s i te es t i -mate 303-941-9432.
GUITAR LESSONSIn-home guitar le s sons . 15 plus years exper ience , great with kids . Lots of loca l re ferences ava i lable . Paul a t 303-459-0146 or [email protected]
TUTORINGState and Montessor i cer-t i f ied to teach Elementary subjects and High School Engl i sh . Over 9 years expe-r ience with s tudents of a l l ages . Park Hi l l Res ident . References ava i lable . Can-dace at ccheung922@gmai l .com or 303-808-3278.
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