Fall 2015
October - December
HARVEY PARK HARVEY PARK NEWS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Published by the Harvey Park Improvement Association Serving the Neighborhood since 1956
harveypark.org
Fall Issue, October-December 2015 HPIA Officers and Committees
Harvey Park News Staff
President Julia Bourlakov 720-231-7473 harveypark.president@gmail.com
Editor Cathy Heikkinen 303-921-5788 harveypark.articles@gmail.com
Vice President Communications Aaron Manhart 720-288-8562 harveypark.vicepresident@gmail.com
Advertising John Robinson 720-203-9783 harveypark.advertising@gmail.com
Secretary Xochitl Gaytan 720-838-3573 harveypark.secretary@gmail.com Treasurer Stephanie Manhart 720-299-4836 harveypark.treasurer@gmail.com Community Concern Susan Travers 720-205-3844 harveypark.contact@gmail.com Harvey Park Sustainability Jennifer Hale harveypark.sustainabilty@gmail.com Harvey Park History Atrom Stevens harveypark.history@gmail.com HPIA Scholarships Carlos Montoya 303-600-8254 carloscm33@comcast.net
Copy Editor Megan Key Graphic Designer Lyubov Strauss Community Contact Information Emergency 911 Denver Police Non-Emergency 720-913-2000 Denver City Services & Report Graffiti 311 Lt Jeff Martinez Denver Police District 4 720-641-3071 jeffrey.martinez@denvergov.org Bear Valley Cop Shop 3100 S Sheridan Blvd 720-865-2146
CONNECT WITH HPIA HPIA Meetings
Every 1st Wednesday, Sept-Jun, 7-9 pm in the Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy Cafeteria, 2250 S Quitman St
Upcoming Meetings
October 7, November 4, December 2
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WHO IS THE HPIA? The Harvey Park Improvement Association (HPIA) is a community of people who love their neighborhood and are committed to improving Harvey Park.
Join the HPIA
You’ll notice the remittance envelope in the middle of this issue of the Harvey Park News. On the top half, you’re urged to support Harvey Park Improvement Association’s (HPIA) work with our community and surrounding neighbors. The News is solely supported through ads, so also consider using advertised community services. You’re also encouraged to share opinions and become involved. Listed activities on the envelope are only suggestions; add your own. We’ll compile replies and highlight favored activities via Harvey Park News, Facebook, and HPIA’s website calendar. Once activity groups form, we’ll help by emailing notifications, identifying venues, and related assistance. HPIA also encourages interaction with neighbors bordering our community. Harvey Park’s Summer Festival is successful, thanks to those interactions. We welcome partnerships with neighborhood schools, faith-based groups, city services, and other non-profits. Please join HPIA as an owner, renter, or just as a nearby neighbor. We invite everyone to HPIA meetings at Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy cafeteria, the first Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m., September through June. It’s a great opportunity to learn about our neighborhood and to meet neighbors. See you there!
President’s Message volunteers. I know this change may not be welcomed by everyone, but I promise that we are still committed to providing relevant and high-quality content.
Julia Bourlakov, HPIA President
julia.bourlakov@gmail.com 720-231-7473
This is our first quarterly newsletter. Yes, you read that right! The Harvey Park News will now be produced on a quarterly schedule, with issues coming out in October, January, April, and July. This decision was not made lightly, but we came to the realization that it takes more time to put this publication together on a monthly basis than we have
We also want to focus more on electronic communication of additional material and timely updates via our Facebook group and HPIA page, our website www.harveypark.org, and an electronic newsletter delivered to you via email. As a matter of fact, one of our most important goals this year is to add 300 email addresses to our monthly distribution list. For your convenience, we have added a membership envelope to this newsletter, so please include your email address on your membership coupon along with your dues, or you can go online to http://eepurl.com/biB8mD. Speaking of membership dues, this year we will have an anonymous sponsor who will match up to $1,000 of your gracious contributions to our Harvey Park scholarship fund. In addition, $5.00 rechargeable King Soopers cards have been a huge help to us, and a gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to the five percent that King Soopers gives back to our community, the generous support of our sponsors and the enthusiasm of the events team, we were
able to host bigger and better events. The Sustainability team put together a great Live Green Fest in May, Cathy Heikkinen organized our second successful garage sale in June, and in July we had two highly attended events: the 4th of July bike parade and the Harvey Park Summer Festival with a municipal band concert and fireworks. Last, but not least, I am proud to say that on February 3, 2016 we will be celebrating 60 years of the Harvey Park improvement Association that was founded by L. C. Skipton, Dean G. Richardson, Harry D. McMullen, Dean L. Couch, Arthur H. Conroy, Dale Belse, and Gerald L. Stapp. This will be the theme that we will carry through the year: celebrating the rich history of our neighborhood, the interesting architecture and real-life stories. Come to our meetings, check the website and subscribe to our monthly email updates to see most recent information on events and guest speakers. I hope to see you the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy cafeteria.
Comic Relief
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State Legislature Update Representative Susan Lontine, HD-1 Fall is here, kids are back to school and after a summer hiatus, I am back at work. The legislature ended the 2015 Session on May 6th and I took some time to spend with my family and my yard. We have a lot of news in South West Denver, so I'll just get right to it. On August 12th, Sheridan Health Services, located on the campus at Ft. Logan celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony for their expanded facility that now houses a staff of 35 employees and adds Behavioral Health and Oral Health to their current services of Primary Care led by Advanced Practice Nurses. The clinic is operated with the cooperation of the University of Colorado School of Nursing at the Anshutz Campus and operates as a Community Health Center. Our network of Community Health Centers in Colorado are our safety net clinics that see patients who have not been able to obtain health insurance and charge patients on a sliding scale according to their ability to pay. If you would like more information about Sheridan Health Services, please go to sheridanhealthservices.com or call 303-797-4260. Also on August 12th, The Ruben Valdez Achievement Campus was dedicated. Many of you may remember former Speaker Valdez, elected in 1970 representing West Denver, serving as Speaker in 1975. Speaker Valdez was dedicated to educating our children, regardless of their family circumstance, a goal in alignment with the Strive Charter Schools that started here in Southwest Denver. The school is located at 2626 W. Evans Ave and houses two out of the nine schools in the Strive Prep network of schools. For more information about the school and other Strive Prep schools, please go to striveprep.org
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And an exciting announcement that Metro State University and Colorado Heights University (formerly Loretto Heights) have entered into a partnership that will expand educational opportunity in South West Denver. The multi-campus university is looking at programs that could include: global business, allied health and nursing, social work, teacher education, technology, and international hospitality. There will be more information coming as the details are worked out. I do have a little more info that I don't have room here to give, so please contact me by email if you would like to know more. I can tell you that classes are expected to start in the fall of 2016 on the Colorado Heights campus. My final news is to tell you about a referred measure from the legislature coming to you on the ballot this November. This is Proposition BB and it asks voters to allow the state to keep the tax revenues collected from the sale of recreational marijuana and not to refund this money. If the measure fails, the refund will go to the following: • • •
$25 million to Colorado taxpayers, ranging from $6-$16 each based on income level $24 million to recreational marijuana growers $17 million to recreational marijuana users through a temporary sales tax break from 10 percent to 0.1 percent starting in January Source: Colorado Legislative Council
I hope that you can support Proposition BB this November. For more information, please go to voteyesonbb.org I have started working on bills and have been knocking doors in House District 1. If you have any suggestions for bills or concerns, please send me an email. I'll fill you in my legislative agenda in the next edition of the Harvey Park Newsletter. I look forward to hearing from you and have a happy fall! Representative Susan Lontine, Colorado House District 1, 303-866-2966, susan.lontine.hd1@gmail.com
SW Denver Update Kevin Flynn Denver District 2 Councilman quality of life in southwest Denver You will find four city issues on your November ballot, and here is some information on them.
I love southwest Denver. Having lived in the area since the day I moved to Denver in 1981, I am humbled to be your newlyelected representative on the Denver City Council. Thank you to the voters who put their trust in me, and thanks to everyone who voted in the municipal elections. There were great candidates, and winning among that field is an honor I never will take for granted. I have kept the Council District 2 office in the same location, behind the Denver Motor Vehicle office in the Bear Valley Shopping Center. We are on the south side of Dartmouth Avenue at Yates Street. The phone is the same – 720-337-2222 – and I have kept Dana Montano as my council aide. I got to know Dana more than 25 years ago when she was hired as a staff member in city council’s central office and I was the City Hall reporter for the Rocky Mountain News. I know she will continue to do a great job for our residents. During all the years I spent in City Hall for the newspaper, I was continually struck by the passion and commitment everyday residents brought to their elected officials and the city agencies charged with serving them. My goal is to make sure that passion is heard downtown on improving public safety, economic development and
Question 1A asks for your approval to amend the 1988 Intergovernmental Agreement that accompanied Denver’s annexation of the new airport site from Adams County. The original agreement had restrictions on the type of commercial development that could take place on the annexed land. The city and Adams County have agreed to allow an expanded list of commercial development with tax revenue estimated to total up to $270 million over 30 years, to be shared 50-50 between the two jurisdictions. This does not include residential development – we sure don’t want houses near the runways again like at Stapleton. And it does not increase or add any new taxes. This was put on the ballot by the prior council, and I support it. Question 2A asks you to approve a 10-year increase in the city’s sales tax of eight-hundredths of a percent, raising an estimated $10.6 million the first year, to fund a program of college scholarships and student loan debt relief for Denver students up to age 25. The fund would provide reimbursements of up to $4,000 a year or 75 percent, whichever is less, to scholarship organizations based on satisfactory academic progress by the students. It would also pay for student support services such as tutoring, counseling or mentoring, subject to the same dollar limitations. I voted against referring this measure to the ballot because support for higher education should not be a municipal responsibility, but belongs with the state.
Question 2B asks your permission for the city to retain nearly $5.3 million in marijuana sales taxes collected in 2014 that exceeded the TABOR limit and otherwise would have to be refunded. Voters approved the tax rates in 2013 and sales exceeded projections. This was put on the ballot by the prior council, and I support it. Question 2C asks for your permission to eliminate the upcoming expiration of a 1.75% portion of the existing lodging and auto rental taxes. It would finance up to $778 million in bonds to improve and expand facilities at the National Western Center. Voters approved this portion of the taxes in 1999 to expand the Colorado Convention Center, and that will be paid off by 2022. The new improvements include transportation infrastructure that will reconnect the Globeville neighborhood with Elyria and Swansea, and clean up the South Platte River. It will pave the way for Colorado State University to establish an equine sports medicine clinic and other facilities, and provide modern facilities for the National Western Stock Show. It makes the old stockyards site a year-around events and educational center. And the tax is paid almost entirely by tourists and other visitors to the city. I support this measure. Kevin Flynn Councilman District 2 kevin.flynn@denvergov.org Phone: (720) 337-2222 3100 S. Sheridan Blvd., Bear Valley Shopping Center Denver, CO 80227
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The Thin Blue Line by Lt Jeff Martinez, Denver Police District 4 Hello Harvey Park Neighbors! I hope you had a fun and safe summer. Our neighborhood continues to be a great place to raise a family. Although every neighborhood has some crime, Harvey Park continues to be a low crime community. As I speak to neighbors throughout Southwest Denver, I am often asked what a person can do to prevent crime, so I will take this opportunity to once again remind all of us about the simple tips that make a big difference in deterring crime. Yes, I know you have heard most, if not all, of these tips before but these are the things that truly reduce crime for you and your neighbors. • • •
Keep your doors and windows to your car and home locked at all times. Do not leave items in your car that invite thieves to take advantage of an easy target Never leave your car running and unattended, and if you are in your car while it is running, please lock your doors.
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Communicate with your neighbors, because thieves hate to be in places where neighbors are watching out for each other. Do not hesitate to call the police if someone or something appears suspicious. Make sure the shrubbery around your house is trimmed and does not provide a place for criminals to enter your house without being detected. Keep a light on--criminals like the dark and they do their best work when we allow them to work in low lit areas.
I know that these tips are really nothing new, but because of the great area that we live in, we really don’t have to worry about more than these basic crime prevention tips. I am proud to be a lifelong resident of Southwest Denver along with many of you, and the reason we choose to stay here is because it’s a wonderful place to live. Let’s all do our part in reducing the easy targets that criminals look for and our community will only get better. Many of you have called me with questions or problems and I continue to welcome the calls, but please remember to call 911 in emergencies or 720-913-2000 if it is something that needs timely attention. Take care, stay safe and enjoy life! You may email Lt Martinez with any questions or concerns at jeffrey.martinez@denvergov.org
Celebrating 60 Years of Cliff May Homes
On Sunday, September 13, more than 350 Harvey Park residents and mid-century modern architecture enthusiasts toured five neighborhood Cliff May-designed
homes as part of Cliff Dwelling, Celebrating 60 Years of Cliff May in Denver. Harvey Park residents Mia Sorensen, Atom Stevens, and Adrian Kinney organized this splendid special home tour. Tour check-in was hosted by Alan Toulouse who kindly served non-alcoholic drinks from his backyard tiki bar. The home-owner hosts--Adrian Kinney & Kit Beikmann, Cole & Danielle St. Peter, Blake Romney & Eric Carlson, Jaime & Angela Kelly, Josh Downey & Tara Hixson—were all very welcoming, gracious, and enthusiastic regarding their homes and living in Harvey Park. Many Cliff May home-owners have researched 1950s-style home design and then added special 50s-era touches, as well as decks and fences themselves. Based on the tour, what great energy and commitment they possess!
New Police Commander Appointed in Police District 4 In August, Commander Mark Fleecs was appointed as Commander of Police District 4. For the three years prior to that, he was the Commander of the Investigative Support Division, which was home to many units including those responsible for investigating gang, human trafficking and vice related crime as well as marijuana
crime enforcement. Since joining the Denver Police Department in 1991, Commander Fleecs has served in a variety of assignments in both patrol and investigations. He is committed to crime prevention through problem solving and building police-community relationships.
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FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENING
Detecciรณn de cรกncer de Mama /Seno GRATIS On November 2, the Saint Joseph Mobile Mammography unit will be in the Harvey Park neighborhood to help women in southwest Denver receive these vital health screenings. Screening is important to early detection and successful treatment of breast cancer. The Susan G. Komen Foundation is providing the service for free as part of their quest to combat breast cancer. The brand new, state-of-the-art unit (which has the same diagnostic technologies as offered at Saint Joseph's breast care center) is being hosted by The Light of Christ Church.
The Light of Christ Church (TLC) has been hosting the Mobile Mammography unit for about three years, screening approximately 270 women. For callers who prefer speaking in Espanol, Spanish-speaking parishioners are happy to assist with answering questions and setting appointments. Appointments can be completed in as little as 15 minutes and results are usually delivered within 72 hours. The unit will be in the parking lot of The Light of Christ Church, which is located at 4000 W. Yale Ave. Only 26 screenings can be offered in one day and there is usually a wait list so call as soon as you can. For a reservation, call TLC at/Llama para una cita en 720-203-6855.
Brentwood United Methodist Holiday Fair Come to the Brentwood United Methodist Holiday Fair on November 6 and 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Attic treasures, Christmas items, baked goods and food items will be available, plus a great lunch. Join us at Brentwood United Methodist Church at 1899 South Irving St, Denver.
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Storytime at the Bear Valley Library
Walking to the library for Book Babies Miss Jeneice is reading a great story
If you have a little one in your life between 0 and 5 years old, there’s something special for you at the Bear Valley Library Storytime! The best things a parent or caregiver can do to get a child ready for reading are: talking, reading, singing, writing, playing, and laughing. Guess what? We do all of that at Storytime. It's a great opportunity for you and your child to have fun together while learning. Storytime isn’t a quiet time for children to just sit and listen. Storytime is full of activity. Sure, we read, and that’s super important, but we also dance, sing, and play. It’s important to do those things too. After Storytime you can hang out and look for books or play with toys together. If the weather’s nice you can even enjoy our garden or deck. Storytime is also a great chance for you and your little one to
Everyone loves playing with the parachute
meet other grown-ups and children in the neighborhood. You might end up making new friends together. There are three different Storytimes. On Monday at 10:30 a.m. there is Preschool Storytime for ages 3-5. On Wednesday at 10:30 there is Tales for Twos. This is a storytime designed for two-year-olds. Then on Friday there’s Book Babies. This is a special time for babies ages 0-24 months. Storytime is free and you don’t need to register. Just stop by and join the fun. Bear Valley Library, 5171 W. Dartmouth Ave., (720) 865-0975. Mon., Wed., Fri. 10a-6p; Tue. & Thurs. 10a-8p; Sat. 9a-5p. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BearValleyBranchLibrary
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2nd Annual Harvey Park Summer Festival a Big Success
What a great evening! On July 25, the Harvey Park neighborhood came out in force to attend the Second Annual Harvey Park Summer Festival. This free event, organized by the Harvey Park Improvement Association, is destined to become one of our neighborhood’s best traditions.
Denver Municipal Band along with a farewell to former City Councilperson Jeanne Faatz. Councilwoman Faatz received a spectacular flower arrangement by Arthur Williams from Babylon Floral and a framed cartoon by Ryan Grange. An awesome fireworks show by the Riviera Circle Lake Club closed out the night with a “bang."
There were 45 booths this year, including local businesses and community-based organizations such as the Bear Valley Library, the Harvey Park Rec Center, and the YMCA. A number of Harvey Park churches also participated. To everyone’s surprise and delight, Darth Vader and Captain America arrived in full regalia. Later, they were revealed respectively to be Pastor Brett Crimmel and Dan Gunn from Forefront Church.
A special thanks to the HPIA Festival Committee that made the event a huge success and so much fun for everyone. Committee members were John and Susan Robinson, Katrina Rueschhoff, Kat Alwyn, Lyric McKnight, Xochitl Gaytan and Cathy Heikkinen.
Kids were able to try their luck and win prizes at carnival games. There was free popcorn, a photo booth, and face painting. We are so grateful to all the volunteers who helped run the activities. A big thank you goes out to Boy Scout Troops 537 and 377, Girl Scout Troop 725 and the volunteers from local high schools, including Kennedy. Linda Sandoval had this to say about the festival: “I have lived in the Harvey Park neighborhood off and on for 35 years, and I have never seen so much participation. I believe the Harvey Park Festival is a great community event. The Municipal Band was excellent and the participants in the event made the whole experience enjoyable.” The festival was followed by a rousing concert by the
Of course, we especially thank our event sponsors. Their generous contribution and support made this neighborhood event possible. We could not have done it without you! Gold Sponsors Jeff Galligan, Harvey Park Realty Cynthia McLellan, Anton Hospitality Brokers, Inc. Vi Neuschwanger, Brokers Guild Cherry Creek Our Kids, Los Niños Dental Southwest YMCA Silver Sponsors Jeremy Wasko, Solar City Julia Bourlakov, Edward Jones Uniglobe Travel Partners Cathy Heikkinen, Brokers Guild Cherry Creek Copper Hound Coffee Bath Planet by Accessible Medical Bronze Sponsors Pedis 4 Pets Altitude Printing Bryan Dean, American Family Insurance Mia Sorensen, Distinctive Properties Alexis Adkins, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Bear Valley Coffee Denver Karate Academy Friends of Harvey Park Sponsors Lucky Bikes A&V Concrete Hernandez Enterprises 11. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
Here are just a few of the artifacts that Atom has gathered over the years, thanks to various sources, including longtime Harvey Park residents.
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Atom Stevens: Preserving Our Community’s Past, for Harvey Park’s Future by Aaron Manhart and Katrina Rueschhoff “The best way to preservation is education.” Atom Stevens shared that mantra as we sat in the courtyard of a 60-yearold Cliff May home. He moved into the Harvey Park neighborhood eight years ago, knowing very little about his house or the builder who constructed it. So he began a quest to uncover the secrets behind the home he had purchased. Atom started by looking through the Denver Public Library’s archives. He spent those early days diligently searching through Denver newspapers from the 1950s for anything related to Harvey Park’s origins and early years. Over time, he has become the neighborhood historian, and is now on a new mission: to educate the neighborhood about the legacy we’ve inherited. He's established a database of articles, photos, and interviews, providing fascinating glimpses of our neighborhood’s growth over the past 60 years. You’ll find this wealth of information on his website, harveyparkmodern.com. Atom, a trained architect, also helped organize and curate the Cliff May Home Tour in September. As an avid collector of Harvey Park history and artifacts, Atom continues to look for articles, brochures, photos, and other neighborhood memorabilia. Atom and the HPIA are now reaching out to Harvey Park residents to see whether you, or someone you know of in the
neighborhood, has any fascinating items to add to this growing collection. Our Harvey Park neighborhood encompasses more than 4,000 homes; we are interested in the history of all of them! Atom will take the greatest care with all borrowed items as he scans and catalogs them. We are searching for: • • • • •
Original advertisements and brochures featuring then-new Harvey Park homes for sale Any Parade of Homes brochures, but especially 1954-56 brochures News articles about our neighborhood published through the years -- the older the better! Vintage family photos showcasing Harvey Park homes and their early environment Interesting historical tidbits regarding your home or nearby street
Atom and the HPIA are also looking for original homeowners and long-time Harvey Park residents to interview about the history of their homes, and their memories of the community. In recognition of the HPIA’s upcoming 60th Anniversary (February 3, 2016), our January-March 2016 Harvey Park News will feature a history of Harvey Park as documented through ads, photos, articles, and oral histories. We’d love to feature your memorabilia, community memories, and experiences in that upcoming feature. Please contact us via email at harveypark.history@gmail.com or by phone at 303-921-5788.
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Harvey Park Resident Opens Boggy Draw Taproom and Brewery Craft-beer lovers of Harvey Park rejoice! In early July, long-time Harvey Park resident, David Miera, opened the Boggy Draw Taproom and Brewery in River Point. The brewery had its genesis in Harvey Park, where Miera and some friends initially brewed beer in his garage. A dream and a passion for producing exceptional craft beer were born. ”I’ve been a home-brewer for more than 25 years,” says Miera. “My dream of opening a brewery for those who share my love of craft beer started from the time I started brewing.” Formerly a carpenter by trade, Miera has been involved with Colorado’s rapidly growing craft-beer industry from its start. According to Miera, “There’s a great camaraderie among the craft brewers. We all know each other.” Miera constructed the bars for both Caution East and Kokopelli breweries. He also became certified in the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) that encourages knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the world's diverse beers. With his acquired knowledge and skills, David Miera designed and constructed the 78-seat Boggy Draw Taproom. The taproom conveys a laid-back, huntinglodge atmosphere with natural wood everywhere. Miera, a native of Mancos, in southwestern Colorado, comments that he’s bringing residents a taste of the Colorado wilderness they love. He constructed the handsome bar with oak-log inserts and all table tops with wood from the Mancos Hill Sawmill. The tree-log beams are from the same location. “The name, Boggy Draw, comes from an area where I’ve been hunting for 17 years in the San Juan National Forest,” Miera says. Miera and Boggy Draw’s Head Brewer, Todd Williamson (previously with Brewery Rickoli), specialize in English-
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style ales, including the brewery’s already-popular cream ale aged in gin barrels. Boggy Draw’s 7-Barrel system can brew 600 barrels of craft beer. On any given day, patrons have their choice of 10 to 15 beers with names like Elk Mane Cream Wheat and Belgian Wit Boy. If you prefer to sample, there’s a flight available with your choice of six beers. There are even Growler fills available on select beers. Of course, some beer options change with the seasons. This fall’s offerings, for example, include a pumpkin beer and a marshmallow cream sweet potato beer. Meira intends to make the Boggy Draw Taproom a community gathering place. “Craft breweries draw people together in a social setting that’s much needed in today’s society, where some folks spend far too much time looking at screens,” Miera says. The taproom is already a popular stop among hikers, bikers, and dog-walkers, who use the nearby South Platte River Trail. This fall, Meira invites folks to watch Monday night football. He also plans to schedule movie nights, with the first film being The Princess Bride. Miera invites residents to attend a Harvey Park night on Wednesday, October 21 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Boggy Draw Taproom and Brewery, 3535 S. Platte River Dr., off Hampden Ave. and River Point Parkway. Visit www.boggydrawbrewing.com
Metro State University to Open New Campus at Loretto Heights Metropolitan State University (MSU) recently announced a partnership with Colorado Heights University (CHU) at Loretto Heights that will shift the higher education landscape in the Denver-metro area, expanding educational opportunity in the southwest corridor and creating a multicampus university. Last month, MSU signed a letter of intent with CHU, defining the initial parameters of the partnership. The agreement would include the transfer of ownership of significant portions of the historical Loretto Heights campus located at Federal and Dartmouth to MSU Denver. “This was a values-based decision for CHU,” said MSU Denver President Stephen M. Jordan. “Our two institutions have a mutual respect for each other’s role and mission. CHU was especially supportive of our 2012 decision to offer a special tuition rate for undocumented students. We are extremely grateful and honored to have been selected by CHU for this remarkable opportunity and collaboration.” The five stated goals of the partnership are: • •
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CHU will continue its accredited programs and expand them to intentionally matriculate international students into MSU Denver. CHU will become an exclusive English as a Second Language (ESL) provider for MSU Denver, creating a new world-class English preparation program to attract top international students and making MSU Denver a true global education provider. CHU and MSU Denver will explore options for the development of academic programs to be delivered by MSU Denver that honor CHU’s and Loretto Heights’ original missions to educate a globally diverse student population and to support educational opportunity for the neighboring residents. Programs could include: global business, allied health and nursing, social work, teacher education, technology, and international hospitality. The universities will work together to explore options for cooperation in the development of 18 acres of the campus for the purpose of creating an international business park that
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would become an experiential learning site for students interested in global business. The universities will collaborate to strategically develop a “star alliance” of international universities that work together to promote education and cultural access across the globe.
The universities should complete the transaction enabling MSU Denver to take ownership of the property by July 1, 2016, with some classes and programs beginning there in the fall of 2016. Currently, MSU Denver has entered into a 120-day due diligence period, during which time it will perform an inspection of the campus and existing facilities. The next several decades promise to be challenging for higher education institutions as they seek to grow and adapt to changing consumer demands. With a partnership like this, MSU Denver begins to blaze its own trail with a renewed focus on international education and continues to enhance its mission to serve underrepresented students, especially in the southwest corridor. According to CHU President Fred Van Liew, ““The CHUMSU Denver partnership represents an exciting future for both institutions. Colorado is gaining a reputation as a magnet for students from all over the world, and the CHUMSU Denver collaboration will further those goals for both universities and the community.” 15. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
Creating Urban Backyard Wildlife Habitats in Harvey Park by Cheryl L. Jones Let’s take a moment to reflect upon what makes Harvey Park a unique area of Denver. We are surrounded by riparian areas, amongst creeks, gulches, and lakes. This is a haven for wildlife: those that stay all year and those that migrate through, just stopping to spend a couple days. Loretto Heights Park is the highest elevation in Denver, with an open space the Catholic nuns intended as a fruit orchard and today it would be a great wildlife habitat. Beyond the skunks, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, mice, foxes, and occasional coyote, our ecosystem supports many songbirds and insects. Here are some of the wildlife that we have in our area: The third-fastest insect in the world, the Hawk moth, flying at speeds up to 33.3 mph, can be seen at dusk and dawn, often mistaken for a baby hummingbird. When was the last time you saw a Swallowtail butterfly or Native American bumblebee? They are here and wonderful to watch. The best ally for a produce garden is the House Wren, a
bug terminator. All they need is a house for their young. We have insects and crustaceans from as far back as the dinosaur days: dragonflies and pillbugs. Flicker woodpeckers' favorite meal is ANTS. Does anybody have them in their yard? In the evenings as we watch our fabulous sunsets, the evening primrose opens and you can see the evening moths come out for nectar -- spectacular. Study the species life cycle of what you want to attract to your yard: what they eat at different stages of the life, where they like to build their homes and what type of material is needed. Resist cutting down our old growth urban forest, and when planting include plants with berries, nectar, and seeds for all seasons. When introducing plants to your yard, think beyond our human aesthetic value of a plant and consider native plants, designed to support our wildlife, and survive hail storms and droughts. Requirements for setting up a Backyard Wildlife Habitat: • Water • Place to raise their young • Food • Protection/Cover As stewards of the land, the challenge is to balance and help maintain our population of wildlife by creating pockets of urban backyard wildlife habitats and proudly getting our yards certified; check out the websites below for more information. You can also join the Sustainability team of Harvey Park as we move towards a goal of a sustainable community of Denver. A landscape with movement is a healthy landscape for all of us. For more information on creating an urban backyard wildlife habitat, visit the National Wildlife Federation website at www.nwf.org or the North American Butterfly Association site at www.nababutterfly.com.
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HPIA Bike Parade Now a Neighborhood Tradition by Teri Grange Exciting HPIA-sponsored summer events are becoming a tradition for many Harvey Park residents. Nearly 130 people attended the second annual Independence Day bike parade this year, which commenced with a wellexecuted flag ceremony performed by local Boy Scout Troop 537. This event is special because it brings us together to celebrate our country as neighbors. Harvey Park resident Sausha Christensen said, “Attending the Fourth of July bike parade last year was the first
time Harvey Park really felt like home. The energy and enthusiasm from not only the children, but also the adults, created a sense of community that is often only found in small towns. I’m happy to call Harvey Park home!” Lucky Bikes, our local bike shop, was there with bracelets and other giveaways and as always, the shop’s staff was happy to talk bikes.
Photos by Teri Grange
17. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
Harvey Park Goose Goo Go, Go Goosinator by Kat Alwyn Non-migratory Canada geese, also colloquially referred to as "Canadian geese,” may not sound like a big problem, but their daily presence in Harvey Park does have drawbacks. Goose damage starts with what they eat; which is mainly grasses, water plants and leaves. They contribute to the need for reseeding turf in our park as each goose may eat up to four pounds of vegetation per day. But, by far, the major problem is what comes out the other end: goose goo. Geese can poop up to 28 times a day while dropping a pound or more of goo. For every 100 geese living in the park at least 700 pounds of droppings are left on the grass, walks and in the lake every week. While goose goo isn’t particularly smelly, it can be unpleasant to step in, sit on or slide through. Goose excrement contains harmful bacteria such as E. Coli and Salmonella. When looking at the lovely green grass in the park it is somewhat off-putting to know that sitting, laying down or playing in the turf may expose us, our children and our pets to these pathogens. Goose goo can also contain Giardia and Cryptosporidium, parasites which contaminate the lake, and the goo in the lake also
contributes to its dirty, murky appearance and unpleasant odor. So, the question arises, how can geese be humanely encouraged to not spend all of their time in Harvey Park? Hazing geese is the humane and legal choice used by many communities facing this situation. State law prohibits hazing during the mating season and until young geese are mature enough to easily keep up with the adults when they fly long distances, so hazing will begin in Harvey Park in October. One of the most effective ways to startle geese into flight and make them hesitant to re-land just a few yards away is the Goosinator. The Goosinator is a brightly-colored, remote-controlled hazing machine which was purchased by the city of Denver in 2012 and used successfully by Denver Parks and Recreation Department at City Park. Kevin Flynn, the Denver City Council Representative for District 2, has obtained the machine from Denver Parks and Rec to help reduce the goose population in our area. The Goosinator can travel up to 25 mph on grass, water, snow and ice. It has been designed, based on research from Cornell University, to scare geese. To geese it looks like a predator with large yellow eyes and teeth on an orange body because those are colors that geese find unsettling. It emits an 82-decibel whine that sounds a little like a leaf blower, which they associate with a predator growling. Geese fly away in order to evade the machine and usually don’t return for hours. For more information and to watch a video of the Goosinator in action, visit www.goosinator.com. Since the geese are used to hanging out in Harvey Park on a daily basis, they will return to the area frequently, at least at first. To successfully discourage geese from remaining the Goosinator will need to be utilized at random times during the day and evening from October through early spring. The goal is not to completely eliminate geese visiting the park, but rather to reduce their numbers so that the impact on grass and the presence of goose goo is greatly diminished by activating their instinctive behavior. Beginning in October various volunteers in the neighborhood will be operating the Goosinator in Harvey Park. If you are interested in being one of the volunteers that encourage the geese to go back to a more natural behavior of relocating in the fall, please contact Mr. Flynn’s office at (720) 337-2222 or Kevin.Flynn@DenverGov.org.
18. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
Footsteps 4 Food 5K Raises Funds for the Community Ministry On a beautiful September 12 morning, almost 90 runners and walkers participated in the Annual Footsteps 4 Food 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Community Ministry, an organization that provides emergency food, closing and utility assistance to those in need in Southwest Denver. The event raised $5,700. Thanks to all Harvey Park churches and residents who participated! If you’re interested in donating or volunteering, the Community Ministry of Southwest Denver is located at 1755 S. Zuni, Denver, CO 80223 and the phone number is 303-935-3428
Harvey Park Halloween House Decorating Contest: Enter to Win a Prize
Goblins, witches, and ghosts, oh my! Do you like to out-BOO your neighbors? If your house is decked out with demons, tombstones, jack-o-lanterns and other ghostly decorations, enter it in the Harvey Park Halloween House Decorating Contest. To nominate your home, email your entry to julia.bourlakov@gmail.com. Be sure to include: • • •
Your name, address and phone number Digital picture or pictures of your house On or before October 31
Decorations can be fun, scary, or simply creative. Final judging will take place anonymously from the street after dark on October 31. First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded at the November 4 meeting of the HPIA at Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy, 2250 S. Quitman St., at 7:00 p.m. The first prize winner will receive $100, second prize winner $50 and the third prize winner $25, courtesy of our contest sponsor, Jeff Galligan of Harvey Park Realty, LLC. 19. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
20. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
My Harvey Park Photo Story Thank you to all who submitted their Harvey Park Photo Story! Here are the Fall submissions:
Red Daylily, with Russian sage and purple morning glory. Photo by Joanne Currence
Red Daylilies in the early morning daylight. Photo by Joanne Currence
Swallowtail butterfly on yellow daylily with a background of Russian sage. Photo by Joanne Currence
Sunset at the lake in Harvey Park. Photo by Chris Tracy
Picture of Downtown Denver taken from the top of the Ferris wheel at the carnival on Sheridan & Evans on June 23, 2015 here in our home Harvey Park. The sunset was beautiful after it had just rained. Photo by Tasha Sepulveda
21. Harvey Park News. October-December 2015
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