Volume 53, Issue No. 9
A Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. Publication
September 2014
Photos by Sara Donnelly
36th Annual Home Tour & Street Fair Time To Tour Beautiful Houses & Celebrate All Things Park Hill By Kate Sultan & Nina Kuhl The 36th Annual Park Hill Home Tour & Street Fair is just around the corner. On Sunday, Sept. 28, view five lovely homes and a beautiful historic school, and enjoy food, vendors and festivities on Forest Parkway from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details on location and ticketing, please go to parkhillhometour.org. From an 1890’s farmhouse to a classic Tudor to modern architecture, this year’s Home Tour represents 120 years of Park Hill’s diverse architecture. Tour five homes and the historic Landmark Smiley Building. Inside, beginning on page 10, take a sneak peak of the homes and campus featured on this year’s Tour, and read a bit about their owners, architecture, designs and special features. Buy your tickets in advance at the following locations: Modern Bungalow, Park Hill
Community Bookstore, Spinelli’s Market, Cake Crumbs and Park Hill Library. Tickets are also available online at parkhillhometour.org or at any King Soopers through TicketsWest. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for children. Tickets are available the day of the event on the Street Fair on Forest Parkway or at any of the homes on the Home Tour for an additional $5. More than 120 volunteers are still needed for the day of the event, so please consider supporting your neighborhood by helping out. Home Tour docents are needed for shifts from 11 am until 2 p.m. and from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Street Fair To Feed, Entertain, Be Green
That day, plan to spend time at the Street Fair, eating, listening to great music, brows-
ing the goods and wares, getting the kids’ faces painted, checking out great old cars, and sharing time with neighbors. In addition to the Home Tour, three local bands will be providing music: Hello Bourbon (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Call Me Home (1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) and The Mossgatherers (3 p.m. to 5 p.m.) Kids will have bouncy entertainment, face painting, story-time courtesy of the Park Hill Library and lots of sweet treats. And, don’t forget the classic cars – always a crowd pleaser. Lyle Hansen and Shelley Townsend will bring their club members, along with their cars, on display on the west side of Forest Parkway between 19th and 17th Streets. The east side of the street will have vendors from Montview all the way down to 17th Avenue. More than 100 vendors have continued on page 2
Home Tour & Street Fair Sponsors Gold Sponsors • Ed Moore Florist • Mather Architectural Design LLC • Gerretson Realty Inc • Gerwin Group, Kentwood Cherry Creek • Local Agents from Cherry Creek Properties, LLC Silver Sponsors • Modern Bungalow • Rager Design Works • Denver Energy Challenge • Anastasia Williamson, Kentwood City Properties • Leah Johnson, Megastar Financial Corp • SolaRover
Get Involved, Become a Leader, Make Park Hill Proud Eight board seats up for election, Community Service Award nominations due Tuesday, September 23 By Cara DeGette GPHC Editor
All Greater Park Hill Community members are invited to attend the neighborhood Annual Meeting, which will be held Oct. 2 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Park Hill Golf Club, 4141 E. 35th Ave. Light refreshments will be served. The celebratory event includes the election of board members and a presentation of the 2014 Babbs Community Service Award. This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbors. RSVP by Monday, Sept. 22 to director@ greaterparkhill.org or (303) 388-0918 with the number of attendees you will be bringing, so we can plan accordingly.
Every October, in accordance with its bylaws, the members of the GPHC elect one-half of its Board of Governors. All duespaying members of the GPHC are eligible to serve on the Board. Individuals should nominate only themselves. Dues can be paid online, by mail or at the annual meeting. Next year’s officers and Executive Committee will be formed from those elected to the Board of Governors. At the October 2 meeting, elections will be held for representatives of Districts 1,3,5,7,9 and three of the six at-large seats. To represent a district, you must live within the boundaries of the district (see map). To
Citizens Jury to Look At GMO Food Labeling
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Festival Rekindles Paid Park Events Debate
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Inside This Issue
1980 Robert B. Hickman 1981 Helen Evans 1982 John H. Mondschein 1983 Marjorie Gilbert 1984 Madeleine Hagarty 1985 Isaac & Marie White 1986 Karen Saliman 1987 Art & Bea Branscombe 1988 John & Gladys Bates 1989 Mary Ann McClain 1990 Henry Turner 1991 William R. “Bill” Roberts 1992 Gerald “Jerry” Kopel 1993 Cynthia C. Kahn 1994 Emmett P. Wallace 1995 Liz Kreider 1996 Patricia B. Clarke
1997 Dr. Robbie Bean 1998 Lewis & Bernice Watts 1999 Algene & Odell Holleman 2000 Richard Pickett 2001 Ann K. Long 2002 Marietta “Jo” Mosby 2003 Sarah Lee Foster 2004 Geneva Goldsby 2005 Linda Elliott 2006 Bob Homiak 2007 Roz Wheeler-Bell 2008 Roberta Locke 2009 Lyle Hansen 2010 Susan Schneider 2011 Lynn Smith 2012 Tracey MacDermott 2013 Bernadette Kelly
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September 2014
GPHC Board Elections
Previous Babbs Award Recipients
Singing Praise For Senior Pets
Next GPHC Meeting
Thursday, September 4 at 6:30 p.m. 2823 Fairfax St., Denver
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