Denver Historians Colloquium c/o Dr. Thomas J. Noel https://dr-colorado.com/ 3 March 2023 An Open Letter to the Voters of the City and County of Denver Subject: Preservation of the Park Hill Conservation Easement in Northeast Denver We represent a group of Denver-based historians from many different walks of life – authors, educators, former officials, design experts, preservation advocates, and more. … Continue reading →
Statement of Steering Committee Members for CPD Visioning NEWS for RELEASE December 13, 2021: City and County of Denver Community Planning and Development Laura Swartz (720) 584-9137 laura.swartz@denvergov.org Denver Parks and Recreation Cyndi Karvaski (303) 819-0111 cyndi.karvaski@denvergov.org Dear Laura Aldretti, Happy Haynes, Courtney Livingston, David Gaspers, and Dr. Ryan Ross: Below (and attached) is a statement from members of the PHGC Visioning … Continue reading →
By Sara Fleming Westword December 26,2019 For the past few months, most of the Westword headlines that focus on the Park Hill neighborhood in northeast Denver have centered on a certain 155-acre stretch of land and a seemingly endless trove of historical and legal questions about it. The battle over the future of Park Hill Golf Course heated up when … Continue reading →
Andy Cross, The Denver Post The closed Park Hill Golf Club has been purchased by the developer Westside Development Partners despite a conservation easement. By WELLINGTON WEBB | Guest Commentary November 12, 2019 at 3:40 pm The definition of the word conservation is “prevention of wasteful use of a resource,” and Colorado conservation easements are voluntary, legal agreements that permanently limit uses … Continue reading →
DENVER August 10, 2019 – Denver’s Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (DenverINC) members overwhelmingly passed a Resolution in support of preserving the Park Hill Golf Course perpetual open space conservation easement defined in the City’s purchase in November 1997. The Resolution will be sent to Denver’s City Council. INC’s Resolution was also endorsed by former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, under whose administration the … Continue reading →
By SARA FLEMING | JULY 30, 2019 | 5:23AM Westword On a recent, blazing-hot Friday, the Educare campus at Clayton Early Learning is abuzz with children playing in t he halls and swarming their teachers. These children, from months-old infants to five-year-olds, enroll in Clayton’s programs through the summer months, receiving research-backed care and evaluation funded by a historic philanthropic trust. Nearly all of them … Continue reading →
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING THE PARK HIILL GOLF COURSE PERPETUAL OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHEREAS, on November 4, 1997 under the administration of Mayor Wellington Webb, the City and County of Denver (“Denver”) purchased a perpetual open space conservation easement covering the Park Hill Golf Course land from the George W. Clayton Trust (“Clayton”) in exchange for $2 million … Continue reading →
