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Ballot Will Determine Fate of Park Hill Golf Course

September 1, 2021 / Tracy Wolfer-Osborne / Community Issues, Community Organization, Denver News, Development, Parks/Open Space / 5 Comments

This November, two similarly-worded ballot initiatives with opposite intentions will decide the fate of the Park Hill Golf Course, a currently unused 155-acre open space that sits at the corner of Colorado Blvd. and E. 35th Ave.

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Tween Drug Use & Support: “I thought I was doing Percocet. It was fentanyl.”

September 1, 2021 / Martina Will, PhD / Community Issues, Community Organization, Families / 1 Comment

“If you start doing drugs you’ll probably like them. That’s the problem,” says Ben Stincer.

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Local Nonprofit Helps Refugees Who “Just want to stop running”

February 1, 2013 / Laurie Dunklee / Community Organization / No Comments

Project Worthmore works with Lutheran Family Services and other agencies to provide short-term emergency help and cultural education.

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Safe Outdoor Space

August 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / Community Issues, Community Organization, Health & Wellness / No Comments

One month after the first residents began occupying the tents at the Safe Outdoor Space (SOS) encampment at the Park Hill United Methodist Church, Pastor Nathan Adams says he’s been pleased at how neighbors have responded, volunteering to bring two meals a day and other necessities for the residents.

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AKA: Offering An Image to Emulate

August 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / Community Organization / No Comments

The Denver chapter, which was founded 73 years ago, has more than 100 active members, who proudly wear the sorority’s pink and green colors.

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Stopping Youth Gun Violence

May 1, 2021 / Mary Jo Brooks / Community Issues, Community Organization, National Issues, Politics, Public Safety, State Issues / No Comments

Just three weeks after a mass shooting at a Boulder King Soopers store left 10 people dead, Governor Jared Polis signed two bills into law designed to reduce gun violence: one mandates the safe storage of weapons, the other requires owners to report lost or stolen guns.

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Working for Smiles

May 1, 2021 / Carol Roberts / Community Issues, Community Organization / No Comments

Are you over 55 and have a desire to give back to the community in a way that fits with your level of time, energy and interests? “We’re a matchmaker for those people,” says Cathy Law, Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) project manager.

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Why does Central Park have two special districts?

March 1, 2021 / Central Park, Community Issues, Community Organization / 1 Comment

The Park Creek and Westerly Creek Metropolitan Districts were created in 2000 to establish governmental entities that would fund and construct infrastructure for the redevelopment of the abandoned Stapleton airport.

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WCMD Board–Notice of Vacancy

March 1, 2021 / Announcements, Central Park, Community Organization, Denver News / No Comments

Notice is hereby given that one or more vacancies currently exist or will exist on the Board of Directors of the District effective March 1, 2021.

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Knitting4Peace Projects and Fundraiser Nov. 2

October 1, 2020 / Carol Roberts / Arts/Culture, Community Organization, Events, Recognitions / No Comments

Knitting4Peace volunteers across the U.S. make and deliver hand-crafted items to provide hope, comfort and support to marginalized or vulnerable people in local neighborhoods, as well as to individuals in global areas of conflict or suffering.

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