All the News About Denver’s Best Residential Community Since 1960 • Volume 59, Issue No. 8 • August 2020 By Stephen J. Leonard Special to the GPHN
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On the heels of a pandemic, wide unemployment and antiBlack riots, Denver’s tramway strike and resulting madness a century ago can be explained as a kind of earthquake triggered by an over-stressed society.
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A Few Bloody Days Of August, 1920
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A large crowd watches as Denver Tramway Company strikers and supporters climb into a damaged trolley car. Harry M. Rhoads photograph collection/Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
Seven people were killed and scores injured during a few bloody days in Denver in early August 1920. Three teenagers died in the mayhem of a tramway strike that spiraled out of control. Among those shot and injured were a 9-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. Rioters tore through downtown and tried to burn the offices of The Denver Post. The newspaper’s co-publisher Frederick G. Bonfils – one of Denver’s richest men and reputedly its most hated – took no chances. He posted guards with machine guns atop his mansion on the southeast corner of 10th Avenue and Humboldt Street near Cheesman Park. Surely they could beat back attackers. The conflagration was largely sparked by the Denver Tramway Company (DTC), a transit monopoly vital to the city’s functioning. Owned by some of the city’s richest men, including Charles Boettcher and Gerald Hughes, company officials claimed that it had high expenses and hence could not raise wages. (Historian Phil Goodstein has since discovered that the DTC was turning a more than 4 percent profit.) City officials might have eased both the company’s and the workers’ problems by allowing a fare increase, but voters and politicians opposed that. Tramway workers saw their purchasing power badly eroded by rampant World War I inflation. In a brief 1919 strike they won some concessions. In 1920 they hoped to do better. At 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1, 1920, drivers stopped manning the streetcars. continued on page 4
Inside This Issue Letters: Calling Bull On Golf Course Land Developer; Save Johnson & Wales Campus News Briefs: Affordable Housing; Calls For Unity; Dear Mr. Scott Gilmore Make 2021 A Great Year For Planet Earth and Racial Justice Heading Back To School: What White Parents Should Know Hiking Among Bristlecones and Hummingbirds
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A Real Mess On Our Hands 30 Camps, 664 Tents – and Counting
The homeless camp in Lincoln Park downtown, with the state Capitol in the background. At the end of July as the GPHN was going to press, police swept the camp, displacing the estimated 200 people who had been living there for several months.
You see them all over downtown. The voters. We debated camping bans and jarring images of Lincoln Park between the right to rest. the state Capitol and the Civic Some advocates for people Center. In front of the Goverexperiencing homelessness pronor’s Mansion. At the Denver posed a controversial solution Public Library, Morey Middle by repealing the city’s camping School, at California and Welban. It was maybe not the perton Streets. fect approach, but at least it was They are tent cities and ensomething to consider in the campments of the homeless – place of an administration that and often hopeless – of our socihad done little to address the ety. On July 17, Denver Homeless problem – other than to say it Out Loud volunteers spread out Penfield W. was one of the most “difficult” to count all the encampments in problems we faced. tate III the city. They tallied 664 tents, Yes, it may be difficult for the erected in 30 different camps. They are city, but it’s life threatening for people there because our city administration experiencing homelessness. has done little to try and solve the probLast year’s effort to repeal the camplem. ing ban failed badly, in large part due After months of inaction, people livto the $2.4 million campaign to defeat ing in nearby residences have been outthe measure that was run by the mayor’s raged by the growing presence of the friends. The well-heeled operatives adencampments – appalled that little progopted the tagline, “We Can Do Better,” ress has been made to ease the sufferbut of course, they didn’t do better and ing of people and address the problem. neither has the City. As this paper was headed to press, the In fact, they have done next to nothcamp in front of the Capitol was swept, ing. There have been no new policies and its 200 residents dispersed with few or plans. Ironically, they haven’t even options. Temporary designated outdoor enforced the camping ban that they spaces for people without homes in Denclaimed was necessary for health and ver – which had been announced weeks safety. earlier – have not yet been finalized. Last year’s point-in time-census of the homeless estimated more than 4,000 They didn’t “Do Better” people living on our streets. That number has surely done nothing but grow. During last year’s municipal election Until recently, none of the proposals season, rampant homelessness, and the floated by other candidates last year (yes, related problem of the lack of affordable housing, were the top priorities of most continued on page 6
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The Park Hill Community Bookstore: Where Aimless Perusal Is A Day Well Spent By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN
Six months ago – seemingly a lifetime and certainly a pandemic ago, we geared up to do a big spread about the Park Hill Community Bookstore in the April issue of the newspaper. In part the story was to mark National Independent Bookstore Day, which is celcontinued on page 9
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After 13-and-a-half years designing floral creations at 23rd and Dexter, Moss Pink Floral owner Jil Schlisner has up and moved her floral shop. Now on Colfax and Forest, Schlisner says she’s thrilled with the new space. She wanted to stay close to Park Hill, and says the light in her new workspace has been a lift. Also, she says, it’s a lot of fun to be on Colfax. (“We always joke that it’s a different type of stroller down here than it was on 23rd,” she laughs.) Schlisner Moss Pink Floral owner Jil Schlisner in her new shop. recently took a few minutes for an Photo by Kelsey Edwards update on her move, and on how her world is blooming. food to teachers, as well as other people who were in need. Greater Park Hill News: It had to have Chris Kannen recently provided this brief been hard to move in the midst of a panupdate: “We had a very busy April and May demic. Have there been some challenges? following the lockdown order, and had to Jil Schlisner: I work with many unusual add an extra delivery day and pare down our and specialty flowers, and I personally go menu options just to keep up. That said, we and hand select from local flower markets. feel very fortunate to be in a position to conIn the beginning I could do that, but then a tinue serving our customers through all of couple wholesalers closed to the public and this. Back when school was in session, we I had to make adjustments [with some supdonated some meals and treats to teachers pliers]. In California, growers didn’t have at Park Hill and Stedman, and will conpeople to work, so [they] were unable to tinue offering discounts to school teachers cut flowers for a time. This seems to have and staff. We also frequently deliver extra evened out. Here in Colorado we have quite meals and ingredients to the Greater Park a strong local grower’s movement, which is Hill Community food pantry.” great right now. GPHN: How is business? JS: I was surprised that flowers became a commodity in the pandemic. People have wanted to have beauty around them. I had to close the business for a time to customers, but [flower] delivery has skyrocketed. I am so appreciative of Park Hill and the support through this. People really care about supporting local businesses. GPHN: So, what is your favorite flower? JS: I always joke that I have a rotating top five. Right now I would say Ranunculus, Arabicum, Sweet Peas, Dahlia and Glorisa Lily (with Freesia and Pieris Bud quick to follow). Schlisner says current conditions have inspired her to change up her routine. She still carries cards and interesting gifts at the store, but has increased her focus on floral delivery and plants, and encourages people to preorder via her website, at mosspinkflora.com. Her regular business hours are 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
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The Spicy Radish, owned and operated by the Park Hill duo Chris and Katie Kannen, delivers fully prepared family-style meals to people all over Denver (check out their menu at thespicyradish.com). In the spring, the temperature really heated up – especially since the couple decided to donate prepared
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Ice Cream & A Side Of Fries
Barely open and serving soft serve and fries for six months, Dang Ice Cream made the tough call to close shop in March, temporarily. The ice cream shop at Oneida Park Center, at 23rd and Oneida, reopened earlier this summer. It got an immediate boost from the Denver Post, which identified Dang as one of its nine favorite ice cream shops in town.
Soon . . . Very Soon
Speaking of Oneida Park Center, it is looking like the long-awaited Illegal Pete’s restaurant is coming closer to reality. The newest location for the local Mexican casual restaurant chain has long been promised to open in the space that was previously Table Top, Desmond and Red Sauce. In mid-July, the Oneida Park Center’s Facebook page posted this very brief, but promising update: “Illegal Pete’s – Soon . . . very soon!” Stay tuned. -- Cara DeGette Do you have news about a business in and around the neighborhood? Has ownership changed hands? Has a local shop recently opened? Closed? Won an award? Had a visit from a VIP or celebrity? Send your business news tips to editor@greaterparkhill.org for consideration. Please include “Spilling the beans” in the subject line.
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A man looks out from Denver Tramway Company trolley No. 146 parked inside the garage in Denver, Colorado; screens wrap around the trolley windows. James E. Kunkle/ Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
Boys pose inside a charred trolley. James E. Kunkle/ Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
Bloody Days, continued from page 1 Riff-raff and petty criminals
In 1919 DTC had been caught unprepared. In 1920, the company was ready. Even before the strike began, it hired “Black Jack” Jerome, a tough union buster. Jerome quickly imported hundreds of strike-breakers. The men were housed at the Tramway’s headquarters and car barns at 14th and Arapahoe, at the company’s barns near 400 S. Broadway, and at its East Side barns on 35th and Gilpin. The strike-breakers, some of them riffraff and petty criminals, some supposedly college students, would, DTC hoped, drive the cars and break the strike. To protect his men, he wrapped the trolleys in wire mesh and equipped them with canisters of carbonic acid mixed with soap – a fizzy, stinging, non-lethal concoction designed to discombobulate attackers. In a day when fewer than 15 percent of Denverites owned automobiles, and not many city dwellers had horses, people depended heavily on the Tramway’s fleet of electric trolley cars, which drew their power from overhead wires and ran on fixed tracks. Churchgoers were inconvenienced on Sunday, but the real crunch came on Monday, when tens of thousands either had to walk to work, or, if lucky, snag an automobile ride. Strike-breakers ran only one car on Tuesday, Aug. 3. On Wednesday they scored a symbolic victory and collected six cents by picking up a paying passenger. On Thursday union leaders urged union members to avoid violence, of which there had been relatively little up to then. Late Thursday afternoon Denver exploded as mobs surged through downtown. They attacked the Denver Post offices at 1544 Champa, partly because the Post supported the Tramway and partly because the newspaper had incurred the enmity of many. The mob failed to burn the building and the damage it did to the newspaper’s presses proved superficial. At 15th and California rioters attacked two streetcars. Seventeen people were injured. Others derailed four streetcars in
front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Colfax and Logan. Some strike-breakers escaped into the Cathedral, where one hid behind the altar. An unlucky one fled to a nearby apartment building, where he was caught and beaten senseless. A mob attacked the East Side barns and burned two tramway cars at 40th and Williams.
Police were powerless Around 9 p.m., some members of a crowd – estimated at 10,000 – began pelting the Broadway barns with stones. Half an hour or so later some of the 126 strike-breakers fired into the crowd killing two 19-yearolds who were running away from the barns. Two others were injured. Police, outnumbered by multiple mobs in different parts of the city, seemed powerless. Police Chief Hamilton Armstrong was felled by a brick and other officers were hurt. By Friday morning, two people had been killed and at least 33 injured. On Friday, Denver mayor Dewey C. Bailey asked for volunteers to assist the police. Many World I veterans, members of the American Legion, responded. The New York Times of Aug. 7, painted a chilling picture: “Downtown Denver is a heavily armed camp tonight [Aug. 6]. Armored tank cars, mounted with Browning machine guns capable of firing 500 shots a minute, are patrolling the streets.” The Times continued: “Many volunteers, private citizens who jumped into the breach . . . a number of whom have looked over No Man’s Land at German trenches, are carrying Enfield and Springfield rifles, lent to the city by authorities at Fort Logan.”
Shooting into the crowd Fortunately the machine guns apparently were not deployed at the East Side barns that Friday evening, or the death toll might have been worse. There, a crowd taunted strike-breakers inside. When Jerome and others drove toward the barns at 9 p.m. someone in the crowd cried “Scabs!” Bricks hit the car’s radiator and smashed the windshield. Jerome’s men fired on the
On Colfax Street, a man views an overturned trolley. James E. Kunkle/ Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. Below are headlines and an illustration from newspaper coverage of the strike and mayhem.
crowd, killing one instantly and hitting four others who died later. Among the dead were a 16-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man. The wounded included a 9-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. At 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, Colorado Governor Oliver Shoup and Mayor Bailey asked the U.S. Army to take control of Denver. Two hundred and fifty troops from Fort Logan south of the city arrived quickly. Later 500 more came from Camp Funston, Kansas. They disarmed Jerome’s men and then protected them as they drove the cars. By the time the troops left on Sept. 8, Denver had, at least on the surface, more-or-less returned to normal.
The aftermath Given the deaths of more than a thousand Coloradans in World War I, the more than 7,700 killed in the state by the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, high inflation, high unemployment, and the madness of anti-Black riots in various American cities in 1919, the Denver insanity of 1920 can perhaps be explained as a kind of earthquake triggered by an over-stressed society. It is also plausible, even likely, that the spectacular rise in the early 1920s of Denver’s Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization that stressed law and order, was partly a reaction to the mayhem of that bloody August of 1920. The strike and many of the strikers were crushed; the union broken. The Tramway went bankrupt, but emerged from the process in 1925 a financially sounder company with little or nothing to fear from its thoroughly cowed workers. Sources: Phil Goodstein, Robert Speer’s Denver 1904-1920 (2004) provides an excellent account of the origins, progress, and aftermath of the strike. Stephen J. Leonard treats the turmoil in the article “Bloody August: The Denver Tramway Strike of 1920,” Colorado Heritage (1995 Summer). Park Hill resident Stephen J. Leonard is a professor of history at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
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An Open Letter To The Denver City Council
The Johnson & Wales University Campus Could Be An Amazing Space. Don’t Let It Be Lost To Development. An Open Letter to Denver City Councilmembers Christopher Herndon (District 8), Robin Kniech (At-large) and Debbie Ortega (At-large): I want to direct the City Council’s attention to Johnson & Wales University closing its campus at Quebec and Montview in my neighborhood. The Greater Park Hill News reported last month that students will remain on the site until the end of the 20/21 school year, and it is unclear “what will happen with the campus next summer.” It is obvious the beautiful 26-acre campus will be sold. While there are many urgent and important issues on all fronts facing Denver at this time of unprecedented crises, we as a community need to get well ahead of what will surely be a controversial situation over the future of this amazing greenspace and collection of buildings. I urge the Council to be completely transparent, at the very beginning and onward, with any and all dealings with potential developers for the site. I believe, as do many of your constituents in this district and beyond, that preservation of the green space and the unique elements of this campus should be the paramount goal in this situation. Some of those unique elements are: Centennial Hall (on the National Register of Historic Places, which underwent a recent $17 million renovation), Whatley Chapel with its newly restored organ, dormitories that have recently undergone $48 million worth of renovations, state-of-theart culinary laboratories and buildings, and Colorado’s first Carillon Bell Tower. Please involve your constituents and taxpayers before any action is taken or any solution decided on the fate of Johnson & Wales. In the last few years, we have had too many “public input meetings” that were scheduled too late in the process to do any good. This must not happen again. It would be tragic to lose this important Denver space to the kind of condo/retail develop-
ment that has occurred at the CU Health Sciences Center location at 8th Avenue and Colorado Blvd, especially since Johnson & Wales is not even located on a commercial corridor. In fact, there are very severe traffic congestion problems on Quebec Street already that will need to be considered in any future plan. The Office of Economic Development & Opportunity within Denver City & County government offers tax breaks and incentives to attract commercial businesses to and within our state. Why not use such tools to attract a local or other institution of higher learning to an academic-ready site? Community Colleges of Denver or Metro State University could perhaps use an additional campus site. Metro State University and the University of Denver both have highly regarded hospitality degree programs that could make good use of the Johnson & Wales advanced facilities that are already built and ready to go. DU used this campus as its law school for several years, demonstrating that multi-campus locations are a workable option. Affordable housing is another possibility for good use of the property’s many dormitories. Denver is in dire need of housing solutions but has limited plans to meet the need. The City could also make efficient use of existing buildings on the campus as service centers for the residents, such as job training or public health and wellness. Thank you for reviewing this letter, and I call on the Council to involve the community from the very beginning of this process in determining the future of the Johnson & Wales campus.
Letter to the Editor Calling It As She Sees It I take great offense to Kenneth Ho’s letter in the July issue of Greater Park Hill News regarding the development (or not) of the Park Hill Golf Course. As a principle in Westside Development Partners, the company that wishes to develop the golf course, Mr. Ho stands to make a great deal of money on the project. That’s the business of business, I get that. Yet, in his letter, he’s all about convincing us that Westside’s primary motive is for the betterment of our community. I call bull. He states that Westside supports a “civil, transparent community process.” Well, the members of Save Open Space Denver are members of our community. They are neighborhood volunteers. They are our community activists. Listen to them. But, no, what Westside wants is the appearance of community input and, then, they will proceed in making as much money as they can off the project. Because why? Because Westside is not a charity: it is a business and the business of business is to make money. Mr. Ho also refers to green gentrification. He refers to it as “such a big issue that there is an entire field of study around Parks-Related Anti-Displacement Strategies (PRADS).” He infers, I believe, that it’s such a complicated thing we poor, lowly community members cannot possibly understand it. But we do understand it. We understand it all too well. Further, the very article Ho suggests we read (nrpa.org/parks-recreation-magazine/2019/December/greening-withoutgentrification/) says “for large park projects in low-income neighborhoods, planning for PRADS needs to begin at the same time as planning a park before investors recognize the potential of new park projects.” Let me repeat that: before investors recognize
the potential of new park projects. (What? Did Mr. Ho not bother to read it? Or, did he think we wouldn’t read it?) In fact, the entire thrust of the article Mr. Ho cites is about “building parks for new wealthy residents who will replace longtime, low-income residents.” Yep, and this is exactly what Westside intends to do: build a new, smaller park surrounded by new development. Development—mostly—for new, wealthy residents and this, as the article, states will, eventually, cause a gentrification of the surrounding area, displacing our low-income residents, displacing our neighbors. What Mr. Ho, and Westside, cannot argue is that fact that our community already has a park. The Park Hill Golf Course is wide open space and we, as citizens, paid $2 million for it not to be developed. And, that park is already surrounded by lowincome residents. Already. Thus, with parks-related anti-displacement strategies already in place, Ho’s argument is null. What Westside wants to do is exactly what the article he cites cautions us against doing. Westside Development will be bringing in the wealthier residents and not only will we be losing open space but the current low-income residents will, eventually, be displaced. Who wins? Ho and Westside. Yet again, lots and lots of profit for the developer. I call bull. Nan Young, Park Hill Online Extra: Members of Save Open Space Denver, the group that is working to preserve the Park Hill Golf Course land and city-owned conservation easement, also submitted a response to Mr. Ho’s letter to the editor. The SOS Denver letter can be read at tinyurl.com/SOSDenverLetter. Mr. Ho’s July letter can be read at greaterparkhill.org/uncategorized/letters-to-theeditor-30/
Barbara Berryman, Park Hill Additional coverage of the Johnson and Wales closure is on page 6. The university is slated to close at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. What would you like to see happen to the campus? Send your letters to the editor to editor@greaterparkhill.org.
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Please, Park Hill, Be Kind By Anya Nitczynski For the GPHN
Most people agree that during this pandemic it is a time to come together in unison. But maybe we all need to practice what we preach. Last month I was with a friend at the St Thomas Episcopal parking lot (safely, of course.) We were sitting on a bench and it was getting dark, we were getting ready to go our separate ways for the night. A woman was walking her dog across the street and startled me when she spoke. “Do you two see the no smoking sign?” Surprised, I answered “yes ma’am, but we aren’t smoking.” She said “Yes you are, I see them.” (Spoiler alert: she didn’t see anything.) The woman kept walking until she was out of sight and I felt objectified and offended. If you know me in person, you know I am never the type to do anything like smoking. I speak my mind and I don’t do things I don’t want to. I get good grades and fight for what I think is right. In fact, earlier that day I was volunteering and making phone calls for a campaign I support. So no, we were not smoking, and besides, it would have been too dark for her to tell. It got me thinking. Why would she just
assume I’m smoking? Is it because of my age? Or maybe she made an honest mistake? Regardless of her intentions, it helped me see the bigger picture. Things like this must be happening every day in Park Hill, pandemic notwithstanding. Isn’t Park Hill supposed to be a community? A place where everyone can feel safe and welcome? I have not been feeling that lately. I’ve lived in Park Hill my whole life. I’ve always thought of the neighborhood as a community. In recent weeks, I’ve seen things that seem to point towards a different conclusion. A conclusion that Park Hill isn’t the loving and accepting community it used to be. This conclusion is not one I, or you, want to make. We don’t have to make that conclusion. I suggest we all look inwards and ask ourselves some questions. How can we call ourselves a community if people are going around, making baseless accusations? How can we call ourselves a community if we dox our neighbors? How is that Park Hill? Most importantly, how can we work towards a better, kinder, more accepting Park Hill?
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Denver Homeless Out Loud counted July 664 tents in 30 encampments one night in July. An estimated 1,350 people were camping outside in Denver last month.
Homeless, continued from page 1 including me) were given serious consideration. Among them: Recruit property owners to place people without shelter in vacant apartments. Aid homeless providers by consolidating and streamlining the permitting process for new or expanded facilities. Give homeless providers timely notice of the closing of other shelters. Build tiny home communities. The administration has done none of these. And, until recently, the city actually opposed creating secure outdoor encampments with amenities like showers and port-o-potties and laundry facilities, with other human services integrated. And then the coronavirus hit. Now we have a real mess on our hands.
Imagine living it The images are jarring to see. Imagine living it. Being outside during the full throes of a pandemic, people without permanent shelter must be terrified – just as we all fear for our own safety.
Tents along the hell strips in front of the governor’s mansion at 8th Avenue and Logan Street.
A year and a half after the municipal election, amid worsening conditions, the administration recently announced a desire to create city-approved camping sites in the city. The mayor then passed the buck to eight City Council members who had publicly expressed alarm over the situation, asking them via email to identify potential sites for the camps in their districts. Most recently, as of press time, the administration has offered up the possibility of using the Denver Coliseum lot plus two other unspecified sites, all limited to 50 people. That equates to less than a drop in the bucket. During his press conference, Mayor Michael B. Hancock actually cited the pandemic – and not the plight of people experiencing homelessness – as the deciding factor for the “emergency step.” “The situation has deteriorated to the point where we must work and move to reduce risk now,” the mayor said. The outdoor encampments are a tem-
At Lincoln Park, in between the State Capitol and Civic Center downtown.
A month after Johnson and Wales University (JWU) announced the Denver campus in Park Hill will close next year, the future of the property at Montview and Quebec is unclear. Two Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. leaders say they hope that the city will step in. “If another educational institution is unable to occupy the campus this would be an ideal opportunity for the city to purchase the land, provide affordable housing though adaptive re-use of the buildings, gain parkland and add a possible recreation center, which the area is lacking and would help achieve the goals stated for our neighborhood,” said Tracey MacDermott, board chair of GPHC. Colette Carey, GPHC’s district representative for the area that includes JWU, says the university’s sudden announcement was “definitely anxiety-inducing” to surrounding neighbors. People she’s heard from, she says, have expressed concern that the property will be sold to a developer. “Johnson and Wales has been such a great neighbor, and the campus is in such beautiful condition,” said Carey. People living nearby, she said, have raised the possibilities of senior apartments, affordable housing, a gym, and what would be a “beautiful meeting space” in Treat Hall, which is on Page 6
Our brothers and sisters Meanwhile, Councilwoman Robin Kniech, a Park Hill resident, has discussed plans to move forward with a permanent increase to Denver’s sales tax of 2.5 cents on every $10 spent to fund services for the homeless. The administration has expressed support for the measure that is planned for the November ballot. But, consider this cautionary note from Terese Howard of Denver Homeless Out Loud: “Until we have adequate housing
At least 80 tents were erected on the two blocks surrounding Morey Middle School, at 14th Avenue and Clarkson Street.
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porary measure, the mayor emphasized – without addressing any more permanent efforts to address Denver’s homeless crisis. As for the highly visible, unsanctioned camps downtown, the city will work “quickly” to break them up. It’s an enforcement effort that is almost certain to displace more people, as the encampments – if they are ever actually established – aren’t currently planned to hold anywhere near the number of people on the streets.
the National Historic Registry. All those uses would keep the infrastructure and preserve the character of the property and neighborhood, Carey said. JWU has invested at least $47 million into improvements since 2000, including renovating the student dormitories and remodeling other buildings, including Treat Hall.
Gun Violence Up 50 Percent
At least 33 people have died from gunfire so far this year in Denver, including eight young people in Denver and Aurora. In mid-July two 17-year-olds were shot during a house party in Montbello, and one of the victims, Davarie Armstrong, died. On July 26, two men were killed in gunfire at 33rd and Hudson in Park Hill. Leland Hines, 42, and Dowan Alexander, 39, died; a third man and two women were also injured. As of press time no suspects had been arrested. Gun violence in Denver, up 50 percent over this time last year, has prompted city and community leaders to launch a call to action. Jeff Fard, of Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center, hosted a Facebook live event to mourn the Park Hill victims and issue a call for unity and for “love enforcement.” “It’s hard to say Black Lives Matter when we’re going through what we’re going through,” Fard said. “We gotta raise our
options for all these people, we’re going to have to learn to live together in these public spaces.” Both the “temporary” encampments and the tax funding will be helpful, but prepare for a surge in the ranks of people experiencing homelessness. Some say the numbers will grow by as much as 40 percent from where we are now, due to the economic impacts of the pandemic and an expected rise in evictions. Just like with the coronavirus pandemic, we are all in this homeless pandemic together. Let’s come together Denver, to address these problems. We are our brother’s and sister’s keeper. Penfield W. Tate III is an attorney in Denver. He represented Park Hill in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1997 to 2000, and in the State Senate from 2001 to February 2003. A candidate for mayor of Denver in 2019, Tate’s opinion column returned to these pages last December. He lives in Park Hill.
Signs on the fence at the camp at the governor’s mansion announced a schedule of events, list of needed supplies, and community rules.
flags up a little bit harder. We gotta love a little harder.” The next day, during his State of the City speech, Mayor Michael B. Hancock highlighted the issue of youth gun violence as a top priority. “Our young people are mourning lives lost,” he said. “We need people to put down their guns and we need to move beyond rhetoric. No one, especially children, should feel unsafe in their neighborhoods.”
Gentleman Marlon Reis, who has weighed in via social media to urge Denver adopt a more compassionate approach. “I have spent the last year consulting respected wildlife biologists who assure me that year-to-year culling of urban wildlife is costly to taxpayers, scientifically ineffective as a long-term solution, and woefully inhumane,” Reis said.
Dear Mr. Scott Gilmore
Will it be Central Park or Skyview? By the time you read this, Stapleton’s Master Community Association (MCA) will have decided the new name for the neighborhood just east of Park Hill. After years of controversy over the name “Stapleton,” the MCA board made the rapid decision to drop the name during this summer’s protests over systemic racism. Stapleton was the name of the old airport that the neighborhood was built on, and also the former mayor of Denver, Benjamin Stapleton, who was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. More than 300 possible replacement names were submitted for consideration, which were then whittled to nine: Mosley, Meadowlark, Concourse, Peterson, Park Central, Central Park, Tailwinds, Randolph and Skyview. Of those, on July 30 (after press time) the neighborhood organization was expected to select either Skyview or Central Park as the neighborhood’s official new name.
This summer’s slaughter of an estimated 500 Canada Geese from city parks enraged activists from Canada Geese Protection Colorado. In July group members turned out to protest and videotape the pre-dawn roundups of molting geese. Denver Parks Manager Scott Gilmore has said that killing the geese is the best option for controlling their population, citing the nuisance the animals create with the poop they generate. However, animal rights activists cite many other cities that have successfully implemented more humane programs to control the populations, noting that geese, which are highly intelligent, mate for life. Last year the city spent $150,000 to kill an estimated 1,600 geese. After the latest round of killing, the activists announced plans for an ongoing letter-writing campaign and “performance protest” to urge Gilmore and other city officials to consider more humane options. The group has secured support from Colorado’s First
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A Tale Of Two Countries We Can Build A Better, Greener, Equitable Planet
Glass: The Happy Ending By Mark Kuhl
pounds of limestone, and 160 pounds of feldspar. You may hear conflicting reports about Is glass really recycled? the destiny of glass bottles tossed in recyYes, at least here in Denver. In cle bins across the country. But here S KUH T’ 2016, Momentum Recycling in Denver you can thank Momenopened a glass recycling plant tum Recycling for ensuring your in Broomfield. Glass we toss in used glass containers are turned our purple bins is sorted at GFL back into new ones. O L near Globeville, and hauled to RECYC Mark Kuhl is an environmental Momentum, where it is processed advocate who lives in Park Hill with into cullet. This cullet is then supplied his wife Nina and their two teenage to local glass container manufacturers, daughters. Kuhl’s handy tips and news including Owens-Illinois in Windsor about recycling household items appear and the Rocky Mountain Bottle Compaevery month in these pages. A directory ny in Wheat Ridge. Over a ton of natural of his past columns for recycling everyresources are conserved for every ton of thing from paint to Styrofoam to shoes glass recycled – including 1,300 pounds is at greaterparkhill.org/sustainability/ of sand, 410 pounds of soda ash, 380 recycling-directory/. I
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Millions of Americans are out of work. electricity producers to eliminate carbon We’ve seen an upswing in COVID-19 cases emissions by 2050. She smartly wrote it to and we aren’t even through the first wave speed up the deadline should technology of the pandemic. Our nation is at risk for be developed sooner, and provide financial more job losses, further economic downincentives for innovation in 100 percent returns, and a continuing public health crisis. liable zero-emissions electricity. And yet, the year 2021 could be a very In addition, Rep. DeGette acknowledges good year for the climate, and for racial the importance of providing assistance justice and equity. to workers in the fossil fuel industry. As Climate activists for decades have been Biden directly speaks to environmental promoting the idea that renewjustice in his plan, DeGette’s able energy could be a big job plan addresses help for minority creator, while also reducing our and low-income communities. A planet’s carbon emissions. Demnew office titled the Climate Reocratic presidential nominee Joe siliency Corp would “hire workBiden thinks so too. Last month ers to help make our commuBiden rolled out his clean energy nities more resilient to climate plan. It’s an ambitious, detailed, change.” $2 trillion proposal that could Let’s take these plans and help us recover from the massive contrast them to the work being job losses of this year. done by the man currently in the Per Biden’s website, the Build Oval Office. The day after Joe Back Better plan will be “a naBiden unveiled his clean energy tional effort aimed at creating plan, President Donald Trump Tracey the jobs we need to build a modannounced plans to disembowel MacDermott ern, sustainable infrastructure the National Environmental Polnow and deliver an equitable icy Act (NEPA). clean energy future.” For 50 years the law has As cities work toward 100 safeguarded our air, wapercent renewable electricity, Alexandria Ocasio- ter and land by requiring the plan calls for a carbon detailed environmental Cortez may just get assessments for major inpollution-free power sector by 2035 and a net-zero emis- her Green New Deal. frastructure projects. The sions no later than 2050. administration has claimed We still need to see the fine the changes will ease reguprint, but commitments such latory burdens for American as these at the federal level can help states businesses. Critics call Trump’s gutting of move along with their own plans and spur the law a handout to polluters and an attack American ingenuity. Biden’s plan could on low-income and communities of color. mean tackling our failing infrastructure, “These watered-down rules would turn reinvesting in our auto industry, acceleratthe whole purpose of the law on its head, ing transition to electric vehicles, and imgiving a greater voice to the worst-polluting proving public transit with zero-emission industries while shutting out the commuoptions. nities with the most to lose and fewest reThe plan also looks to upgrade buildings sources to defend themselves against poland weatherize homes, while also creating lution and other harms,” Jamie Williams, 1.5 million sustainable homes and housing president of The Wilderness Society, said units. It also incorporates climate-smart in a statement. and conservation-minded technology to Over the past three years, President agriculture, which currently contributes an Trump has rolled back over 100 enviestimated 25 percent of annual greenhouse ronmental and public health protections gas emissions. – protections that helped disadvantaged Biden’s plan gives a nod to expanding communities. the middle class, and companies would As we all brace for the second jolt of the be required to strictly enforce the Davisfirst wave of the pandemic, these compariBacon prevailing wage guidelines. It calls sons are worth thinking about. Imagine for jobs to be filled by diverse, local and a country that reenters the Paris Climate well-trained workers, including women Agreement, a country where good jobs are and people of color. Environmental justo be had to help the planet and one that tice, Biden noted, is a “key consideration is committed to racial justice and equity. in where, how and with whom we build.” That could be us. In other words, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tracey MacDermott is chair of the board may just get her Green New Deal. of Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. She Also last month, on July 9, our congresswas trained as a Climate Reality Leader in woman and environmental champion for 2017, and is currently the Statewide Codecades, Diana DeGette, unveiled a new Chair of the Climate Reality Project for the bill to cut carbon emissions from U.S. elec100% Committed Campaign. Contact her tricity producers. Her bill would require at chair@greaterparkhill.org.
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Becoming Better Allies Understanding The Impacts Of Racism
Amazing Feats Of Strength
Did you know that Ambush Bug is a fictional superhero character that has appeared alongside such luminaries as Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in several DC comic books? Ambush Bug’s special superpower is the ability to teleport, which he does via miniature robot bugs that are inside his hollow orange antennae. In real life, Ambush Bugs possess a completely different superpower. They are amazing little hunters in the insect world, considered beneficial because they feast on wasps and flies. They camouflage themselves among beautiful flowers in the garden, and patiently wait for other insects to appear. Then they snatch their prey with their knife-like pincers and go to town. This Ambush Bug was photographed in Park Hill by Mark Silverstein.
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What does it mean to be anti-racist? Permake me want to say our Black children haps this is a term you know well, a pracwill walk through life differently.” tice you embrace and work at fervently. Or, I posed the same question to Ms. Balperhaps this is a term you’ve only recently gaard. “Microaggressions and racist comencountered. ments are frequently made by white chilIn his book, How to Be an Antiracist, dren,” she said. “When Black children have Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracist to bear witness to white students speaking Research and Policy Center at American poorly about them, it is oppressive, signalUniversity, explains. “One endorses either ing to them that they do not deserve the the idea of a racial hierarchy as a same level of respect bestowed to racist, or racial equality as an antitheir white peers.” racist. One either believes problems Changes in the Classroom are rooted in groups of people, as a racist, or locates the roots of probI asked these mothers how lems in power and policies, as an schools can foster anti-racism. antiracist. One either allows racial Ms. Balgaard suggested schoolinequities to persevere, as a racist, facilitated open dialogues about or confronts racial inequities, as an race, white privilege, and incluantiracist.” sion. She also emphasized the need Erin Pier A precondition on the journey tofor mandatory staff participation ward anti-racism is to understand in annual training related to unthe impact of racism on those who conscious bias, equity, diversity experience it every day. and inclusion. I was fortunate this month to learn from She added, “More teachers of color should two Black mothers in Park Hill who shared be recruited. If teachers of color are repeattheir own experiences and aspirations. edly screened out, administrators should Thanks to Delicia Balgaard, whose three ask themselves why and check their own children attend Park Hill Elementary, and internal biases.” Further, “Discrimination, Marilyn L. Mills-Walker, a lifelong Park intolerance, and racism should be openly Hill resident and grandmother of a Steddisavowed by all school staff, through variman student. I am grateful for their willous communication channels,” she said. ingness to let me share their thoughts with Ms. Mills-Walker expressed a desire to you. Their powerful insights can help us all see more community-led practices within become better advocates for antiracism in the school building, especially by parents our neighborhood schools. of Black students. “White people need to understand the language of the community The Dream For All that they have chosen to live in . . . it may be To begin, I asked each mother what she uncomfortable however, it will be honest.” would like white parents to know about Not Just What You Say Black children in school. “I wish white parents knew and believed My final question was about how white that we all want the same for our children parents can become better allies to Black – better life, education, socioeconomic stafamilies in schools. tus, etc.,” Ms. Mills-Walker said. “No one “White parents will be our allies when group has a lock on this dream . . . it is the they are aware that our children will walk dream for all.” through life differently and will look out She continued, “White parents need to for Black children,” said Ms. Mills-Walkunderstand that our Black children will er. “They will be our allies in our school walk through life differently. Even the community when they do not let our Black most innocent act is perceived differently children be put in harm’s way (this includes because of race.” She told me that once her verbal language).” 7 and 13 year-old children were playing in Ms. Balgaard shared, “Children are very the neighborhood with Nerf guns. Police observant. As a parent, it’s not just what you attempted to ticket the children for bransay, but how you behave. . . Your children dishing “guns.” She was terrified, but she are noticing and are forming their own unquickly spoke to the police using “white conscious biases based on the behavior you language” and the police backed down. Of are modeling.” course, she said, this scenario would never It is imperative, she said, for parents to have unfolded if the children were white. “It discuss race and anti-racism with their is these continual misunderstandings that children, beginning early. “No one is color-
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blind, including your children. Not talking about racism with your children is a parenting misstep.” In addition, she said, white community members must check their own biases. “Continuously seek to understand: seek the meaning of white privilege and antiracism. No one is too old to change.”
Final Thoughts Learning anti-racism is a journey, not a destination. We must recognize, understand, and then work to unlearn internalized biases and practices that fuel oppressive systems. It is not easy, and it is often uncomfortable. By engaging in this work, however, we can tear down problems in power and policies, create an anti-racist community, and ensure everyone in Park Hill has the opportunity to thrive. Do you want to talk more about antiracism? Join us on Aug. 12, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for EdEquity Corner, a monthly zoom conversation sponsored by PHNEE for the entire community. You can register at tinyurl.com/edequityaug2020. For more information or to get involved with PHNEE, email info@phnee.org. Erin Pier is a mother of three, Stedman parent, and school psychologist at AUL Denver. She is an active member of the Park Hill Neighbors For Equity In Education, which works toward diversity, equity, and inclusion in all schools in the neighborhood. For more information, check out the group’s Facebook page at facebook.com/phnee, or send an email to info@phnee.org.
ebrated across the country every last SatBeauty And Pain And Triumph urday in April. In greater part, it was to highlight the characters and the history of John Krause is the board president and Denver’s oldest nonprofit bookstore, curalso oversees the bookstore inventory and rently run entirely by volunteers. Next May, Amazon ordering software and databases. the bookstore, at 23rd and Dexter, will celLinda Baie is the bookstore’s volunteer coebrate its 50th birthday. ordinator. For the story, we conducted a few interJohn Krause: “Books give us insights into views, took a few photos, collected some things we otherwise wouldn’t have insights data, and then … boom! COVID-19 arrived. into. They show us some beauty and they Not only did the story not run, but the bookstore closed (temporarily) and the entire national indie bookstore party was postponed. Six months later, the bookstore has reopened, with limited hours and with strict anti-virus practices in place that involve plenty of bleach water, physical distancing and hand sanitizer. National Independent Bookstore Day is now rescheduled for Aug. 29. And why do we want to join this party? Its own event page explains it well: “Independent bookstores are not just stores, they’re community centers and local anchors run John Krause and Linda Baie Janine Conklin by passionate readers. They are entire universes of ideas that contain the possibility of real serendipity. They are lively performance spaces and quiet places where aimless perusal is a day well spent.” For five decades, people, mostly from the neighborhood, have donated astonishingly high quality books to the Park Hill Community Bookstore. The inventory currently stands at over 18,000 books, including 3,000 mysteries, 4,000 fiction, 1,200 SciFi, 600 history and 600 biographies. Some 225 antique and rare books are in the collection. The books are $2 for Helen Wolcott Dr. Tom Croghan paperbacks and – get this – four bucks for hardbacks (more for the rare books, of course). There are currently 550 members of the show us some pain and they show us some bookstore – and anyone can join. Membertriumphs and some failures, and we’re able ships cost between $15 to $40, depending to close the book and absorb what we abon status – students and seniors pay less, sorb and go on to another.” families a bit more. Their recently improved Linda Baie: “I have the earliest memowebsite is parkhillbookstore.org. ries of reading. I read at a very early age Next May, the bookstore will mark its and my mother had to take me and tell the 50th anniversary. We’ll be back then, to bookmobile lady that I could read anything chronicle a half-century of people who love I wanted. So I am a longtime reader and books in Park Hill – and all of the stories supporter of indie bookstores. I think they of the characters who have been there to do us a service by being open to the world of engage with the people who love books. ideas, no matter and without censorship.” Pandemic, or no pandemic. Meanwhile, here are a few snippets from Take 5 With Helen Wolcott people you are likely to encounter on any Helen Wolcott has been volunteering at given day on the three floors of the bookthe bookstore for decades. We asked her store – volunteers and members and other to name five books that have made a big assorted bibliophiles. Of note: these interimpact in the course of her life. She started views were conducted back in the pre-mask at the beginning, and worked her way curdays of February. rent.
“Black Beauty, because I like to cry over animal stories. Little Women – talk about crying over books. . . Three, Jane Eyre. She started out as sobbing, poor, abused child and so on and managed to make something of her life. As a kid I was drawn to rescuing poor, abused creatures. Then I fell into the books of the Civil Rights Movement and I just couldn’t get enough – you know, James Baldwin and Richard Wright, and then on into the newer ones. I don’t know that I can extract just a few. It was a whole genre. Recently, I finished Michelle Obama’s book [Becoming] and that was a delight – a breath of knowing good things can happen. Good people could be in government and good things can happen and maybe they’ll be allowed to persist.
Up In The Mysteries
Janine Conklin owns the complete collection of Nancy Drew books. As a kid, she read them all. “That’s why I love working up in mysteries,” she says, from a perch up on the bookstore’s second floor. OK, what is the mystery and the attraction of an indie bookstore? “You can find anything here. People come in and it’s such a treasure trove. You can find mysteries, you can find science fiction, you can look downstairs and say ‘ooooh, that’s a book I never thought of reading before. I’m going to read that.’ That’s why I think this place is so cool, because we don’t worry about what comes in, we just put it on the shelf, people come in, just browse around and find all these wonderful treasures. This place is amazing.”
A Canoeing Dentist
Dr. Tom Croghan is friendly, but he is quick to correct. No, he’s not “the” canoeing dentist, he is “a” canoeing dentist. The owner of Park Hill Dental Arts next door, Croghan has some eclectic tastes. He’s into books about machinery – steam locomotives, airplanes, big ships. And Ireland. “I used to think I was Irish but the genetics aren’t panning out. I’m barely Irish at all,” he says. Croghan pops in the bookstore to pick up books, and to help move boxes up and down the stairs. “They are good neighbors,” he says. “You know, intelligent people come in here, and intelligent people pick good dentists.”
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If These Old Trees Could Talk . . . Hiking Among The Bristlecones Story and Photos by Reid Neureiter For the GPHN
If you are looking to escape Denver’s August heat and searching for a fun half-day adventure and moderate hike, look no further than the Mount Goliath Natural Area on the Mount Evans Highway, three miles above Echo Lake. Due to the pandemic, the road up Mount Evans from Echo Lake is closed to motorized traffic this year. But it is open to hikers and cyclists, making this a perfect time to explore the scenic byway by foot in relative isolation. The Mount Goliath Natural area contains 160 acres set aside for the protection, study, interpretation and enjoyment of the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine – some of the oldest living things in the world.
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The oldest known tree of this species grows high on Colorado’s Black Mountain and was found to have a 2,435-year tree ring record. By comparison, the trees in the Mount Goliath stand are between 700 and 1,600 years old according to the U.S. Forest Service. Behind the Nature Center (closed this summer) is a quarter-mile path through the stand of bristlecones, which feature gnarled massive trunks twisted by wind and weather with green needles and cones only at the tips of what appear to be partly dead trees. Continue another quarter mile up the highway around the switchback beyond the Natural Area to reach a fantastic view north with the Indian Peaks off in the distance and Echo Lake hundreds of feet below. Be prepared for colder weather. Echo
Lake is at 10,600 feet in altitude. The Mount Goliath Natural area starts at 11,540 feet above sea level. The three-mile hike is a steady gentle incline up a well-paved road. As an added bonus, check out the dozens of swarming broad-tailed hummingbirds feeding at the numerous feeders next to the Echo Lake Lodge.
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YouTube: Pauline Robinson Branch Librarian Becky Corning reads Eerie Elementary: The Science Fair is Freaky! as part of School Age Readalouds.
THIS MONTH AT THE LIBRARY
Summer Adventures: Make 2020 Memorable YouTube, Dynamos, Curbside Pick-Up, And More By Becky Corning
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As we have looked for ways to continue to reach out to our customers despite library closures and stay-at-home orders this year, YouTube has become one outlet for services. We have been offering virtual live storytimes every weekday for several months now. These are hosted by regular storytime providers, including myself. We offer a Spanish storytime at 9 a.m., toddler storytime at 10 a.m., and all ages storytime at 11 a.m. If you haven’t already, please join us for songs, stories, learning and fun. I also participated in another virtual project we called School Age Readalouds. This project was designed for a slightly older crowd, grades K-5. I read several chapters a day of Eerie Elementary: The Science Fair is Freaky! by Jack Chabert over the course of four days. Each book in the School Age Readalouds is accompanied by a sheet of extension activities. For example, for The Science Fair is Freaky!, my extension activities sheet included instructions for making a baking soda volcano and lemon juice invisible ink, like the characters did in the book. We have completed the School Age Readalouds and are moving on to a new project called Book Explorers. Watch for those coming soon. Another fun YouTube series we have put together during quarantine is called DPL Dynamos. These are short how-to videos. You can watch City Librarian Michelle Jeske give her husband a haircut, or RossUniversity Hills Branch Senior Librarian Melanie Coletti give a demonstration on how to play the accordion. Other videos cover topics such as how to do a back handspring, how to groom a miniature horse,
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and how to make vegan cornbread. To view the offerings on YouTube, go to youtube.com/user/denverlibrary, or just search for “Denver Public Library” in the YouTube search box.
Placing holds and picking up curbside We started delivering books curbside on July 7, and allowing new holds on physical items on July 13. We are excited to get back to offering these services and seeing customers in person again. Once you receive a notification that your hold is ready, you can make a reservation for curbside pickup. Please check our website, denverlibrary.org, for more information about how to place holds and reserve a curbside pickup time slot.
Summer of Adventure Don’t forget to sign up for Summer of Adventure at denverlibraryadventures. org. Our registration prize this year is a foldscope. A foldscope is a paper microscope that can be used to view very tiny things like bacteria, blood cells, and singlecelled organisms. Other prizes will soon be available. As of time of publication, we are working to figure out how to allow kids to choose their prize books safely. To register, go to denverlibraryadventures.org. The Maker Challenge has been part of Summer of Adventure for several years now. You can also upload something you’ve made to our gallery, and you’ll be entered to win gift cards to local businesses. The Maker Challenge is open to all ages. Get started at denverlibraryadventures.org/ makerchallenge. A final note: As things continue to change quickly, our website will be a good source of updated information. Visit us at denverlibrary.org.
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and information. Instead of a physical street fair this year, organizers are creating an online marketplace to showcase local artisans and highlight vendors who would otherwise have had booths set up. The Sustainability Zone – a big focus in recent years – will also move online, with information on where and how to recycle, as well as information on same-day electronics recycling (dropoff location to be announced). The website and event Facebook page will list vendor information, sustainability events, PCs for People collection times, as well as day of “Live” events. Like the page (facebook.com/parkhillhometour) to get updates as they are available. If you are interested in being a vendor in our online marketplace, email Jessica at jhoward@spirefinancial.com We’ll continue to update all details through August. Make sure to also check next month’s issue for updates. See you Sept. 13!
Get ready for a stroll – and a virtual Street Fair. The 42nd Annual Park Hill Home Tour & Street Fair is Sunday, Sept. 13. This great Denver tradition began in 1978 to showcase the rich history and diverse architecture of the neighborhood. Over the years, the Home Tour has evolved into an important fundraiser for Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., attracting hundreds of people to tour the interiors of some of Park Hill’s most interesting, beautiful, unique and exclusive homes on what usually falls on a gorgeous autumn day. Proceeds are used to help fund the many programs that are offered by our Registered Neighborhood Organization, including its food programs, educational and sustainability programs, and even the newspaper you are reading right now. The day of the Home Tour is also when the Street Fair happens – and it’s usually a time for neighbors and vendors and musicians and performers to get together for a daylong block party and sustainability event. Not surprisingly, the pandemic and need for public health and safety has changed the routine up this year. A walking tour is being designed to highlight many of the neighborhood’s gorgeous historic properties, styles of architecture, and more. Check the Home Tour and Street Fair website at parkhillhometour. org for updates on how This stunning 1939 Tudor, at 6401 E. 17th Ave., is one of Park Hill’s to purchase a map for grandest homes. It was featured in the 2017 Park Hill Home Tour. the tour, ticket sales File photo
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th 2020 www.parkhillhometour.org
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GPHC, Inc: Who We Are, What We Do, Our Mission
The Mission and The Officers of Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. The Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., is a volunteer-based registered neighborhood organization that promotes the character and vibrancy of Park Hill, provides resources, information and advocacy, and preserves quality of life and the history of the neighborhood through community participation. The Greater Park Hill Community board is comprised of volunteer at-large representatives, as well as 10 district representatives. If you are interested in volunteering or serving on a committee, contact current GPHC Board Chair Tracey MacDermott at chair@greaterparkhill.org for details. The following are current board members, and their best contacts. Many representatives prefer to be contacted through the main office – at 303-388-0918 or info@ greaterparkhill.org. If you have an issue you’d like to discuss about the neighborhood, contact your board representative. For those board members who don’t have a phone or email contact in the list at right, leave a message at the main number and it will be forwarded to your elected representative by GPHC Executive Director Lana Cordes. The GPHC office is at 2823 Fairfax St.
• Board Chair Tracey MacDermott: chair@greaterparkhill.org • Secretary and Zoning/Property Use Chair Bernadette Kelly • Treasurer and District 3 Rep Heather Shockey • District 1 LaMone Noles • District 2 Ryan T. Hunter • District 4 Kevin Wiegand • District 5 Blair Taylor • District 6 Vacant • District 7 Jon Bowman • District 8 Nam Henderson • District 9 Stephanie Ceccato • District 10 Colette Carey • At-Large Jeanette Fedele • At-Large Justin Petaccio • At-Large Louis Plachowski: lplachowski@gmail.com • At-Large Sandy Robnett • At-Large Shane Sutherland • At-Large and Community Planning Chair Lisa Zoeller • Community Safety Chair Geneva Goldsby • Education Chair Lynn Kalinauskas • Public Information Chair Melissa Davis: newspaper@greaterparkhill.org • Youth Services Chair Rick Medrick
Thanks to all of our blockworkers, who deliver the Greater Park Hill News throughout the neighborhood every month!
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GPHC Command Central Lana Cordes, Executive Director
Good Neighbor Agreements Here’s How They Work
In many places across the country, comtween RNOs and applicants and holds that munities and businesses enter into private GNAs “facilitate a good working relationagreements – called Good Neighbor Agreeship and spell out how [the parties] will ments (GNAs) – to address specific work together to address identified issues of concern in a collaborative or anticipated problems.” way. Demonstrating cooperation in Sometimes the issues at hand good faith provides a clearer path are broadly impactful, as would for business owners/applicants to be the case with communities in achieve their desired outcome. proximity to industrial businesses GNAs commonly address noise – petrochemicals, manufacturing, levels, hours of operation, use of mining, and the like. Other times outdoor patios, trash and recycling the concerns are more localized, Lana Cordes issues, and license transfers. Denfor example a new bar is opening ver Inter-Neighborhood Cooperathat may increase traffic or noise in tion (INC) offers a number of GNA a specific area. examples on their website at denverinc.org/ In any scenario, the negotiation of a GNA good-neighbor-agreements-and-commencan be an important tool for community taries/. empowerment. Rather than resorting to The following are our current food pancostly, lengthy, and contentious legal chaltry donation needs: lenges, cooperating on a GNA encourages • Fresh milk, eggs, bread, butter, cheese, voluntary action and collaboration. It is potatoes a way for parties to communicate their • Cereal points of view, realize the concerns of oth• Canned peas and carrots ers, and hopefully reach some form of mu• Chili/stews/hearty soups tually beneficial compromise. • Canned ravioli/pasta meals In the context of our urban neighborhoods in Denver, we most often see this tool • Packaged ramen meals employed during a permitting or licensing • Canned fruit process. If a business needs to procure com• Peanut butter munity support, it encourages engagement • Ground coffee and opens the door for these conversations. • Diapers size N and 5 Registered Neighborhood Organizations (RNOs) like Greater Park Hill Commu• Adult toiletries (soap, shampoo, condinity, Inc. are typically involved in these tioner, deodorant razors) conversations since, by their very nature, • Baby toiletries (soap, shampoo, lotion) they represent the interests of all neighborhood stakeholders. GPHC is a volunteer and donor-based orgaDenver’s Department of Excise and Linization. A big thank you to our donors and censes encourages communication bevolunteers last month. We are grateful!
Donors
Todd Cooper
Patty Cordova Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Kait Corrado Cake Crumbs Bakery Caroline Cox and Cafe Hariland Craig Cure D’Ars Catholic Peggy Cuciti Church Charlie Curlee Messiah Community Christine Davidson Church Jeff Delaney Montclair Community Garden Amy DelPo Paddington Station Millie Drumwright Preschool Steve Farley Park Hill United Chaunce Fields Methodist Church Claudia and Harold St. Thomas Episcopal Fields Church Colin Fisher The Spicy Radish Idelle Fisher Women’s Investment Peggy Forberg Network Anne Frank Rosemary Aitken Rick Friesen and Nicole Christine Allen Poole Josh Allen Duane and Jean Gall Janey and Harmon Elsie G Haley Alpert Brent Hall Claudia Amortegui Diane Dodd Hall Vicki and Greg Anderson Simon and Elizabeth Hambidge Alicia Appel Penny Ashley-Lawrence Pamela Healy Diane and Lawrence Kristin Baird Hergott Wendy Barclay Ellen Heywood William Beaver Laura L Hill Caroyln Benoit Carol Hiller John M. Brink Jen Hitt Alex Brown Paula Hoffman Ellen Brown and Terry Barbara Holme Haussler Bob Homiak and Susan Harry Brown Schneider Margaret Brown Richard Hughes Traci Byrne Ryan and Christine Inga Calvin Hunter Mary and Keith Carlson Huntington-Toribara Marsha Chuvarsky Family Meg Conley Nancy Ireland G. Kevin and Virginia Julie Ann Jensen Conwick Julian Jenson
Leo and Kathleen Sam Johnson Will and Marcia Johnson Schettler Brandon Schreiber Chris and Sharon Amy Shaffer Kermiet Kay Shaw Jane W Klever David Spahr David V.S. Knowles Barbara Larsen and Leo Sarah Speicher Riegel Tom Spiker Roberta Locke Frank Tapy Dr. Paul and Sue Long Marjorie Thompson Peggy Lore Timothy Turner Mary Jo Lorenz Linda Ulmer-Aeling Allison Mann Robin Watts Matt McConville Sue Weinstein and Marekah Stewart Sarah McDowell Robert and Jean West Lisa McKenzie Nicole Wiederaenders Chandra McLaughlin Leslie Williams Ellie McWhirter Tara Bannon Williamson Carolyn and Rick Medrick Sandra Wilson-Barnes Bob Moses Sue Wofford Norman Mueller and Dick and Lorie Young Christy Murphy Karen Zeissig Harriet Mullaney Craig Umbaugh and Buffy Naake Lisa Zoeller Mark Nitczynski Volunteers Hilary OByrne Mike Bufton Tom and Carol Odwyer Maddie Carrier Joyce M Ortiz Greg Davis Catherine Paddock Melissa Davis Cynthia and Franklin Claudia Fields Pesantez Jakob Fields Linda Pierce Jamey Fields Francesca Pinto Sasha Fields Louis Plachowski and Tas Frashure Bridget Walsh Lola Hunter Scott Ranby Ryan Hunter Ellen Reath and Craig Maginness Debra Lovell Susan and Paul Justin Petaccio Riederer Mia Peterson Gamble Robert Dezmarie Roberts Paige Romer Deb Rosenbaum Joan Root Terri Rosenbaum Denise Rossman Heather Shulman Nikki Wiederaenders
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Park Hill VET | Dr. Margot Vahrenwald, DVM, ASVJ
The Bugs Of Summer Avoid Them Like The Plague
No murder hornets here, but a recent diCOVID-19 tenets of not touching your face agnosis of the plague in a human in Coloand washing your hands. rado merits visiting some of the Now for more bugs – or rather bugs of summer. None are limited worms. With increased road trips, to the summer, but with more of us outdoor time and open dog parks, outside getting through these panintestinal parasites are a greater demic times due to warm weather, risk. A recent study (DoGPaRCS) risks are higher. by veterinarians Susan E. Little and So, back to the plague. This is the William G. Ryan et al surveyed fesame plague that you remember cal samples from over 3,000 dogs at from history class, caused by a tiny dog parks in 30 metropolitan areas, bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Dr. Margot including Denver. The pet owners The plague is endemic to the world, Vahrenwald were also surveyed on their parasite but seen with more frequency in control practices and dogs’ history some areas, including the Rocky Mountain of intestinal parasites. Intestinal parasites or Four Corners region. Due to better parawere detected in one in five dogs at 85 persite preventatives targeting fleas, the rate of cent of dog parks. Giardia was the most human cases has markedly decreased. common parasite found followed by hookThe recent case diagnosed in a person worms and whipworms. Giardia does not in southwestern Colorado is the first since have a preventative, but hookworms and 2015, but be aware that does not mean that whipworms are easily prevented by having plague is not active in our area. your dog on heartworm prevenAs recently as last summer, the With increased road tative. Rocky Mountain Arsenal was Beyond dog parks, in the closed, and restrictions were trips, outdoor time Denver area I would extrapoplaced on cars entering the and open dog parks, late the risks also to our heavily Dick Sporting Goods to pre- intestinal parasites used open spaces, hiking trails vent parking in areas without are a greater risk. and area city parks and green asphalt due to high level of spaces. Hookworms are the plague being diagnosed in the area prairie source of the human diseases of cutaneous dogs. and visceral larval migrans – which are just Yersinia pestis is transmitted by the bite as bad as they sound and to which children of a flea to mammals after the flea has fed are most at risk. on another infected animal. The most comThe DoGPaRCS study also highlighted mon routes of infection for humans are 1) the role of veterinarians in detecting intesdirect bite from a flea that has been feedtinal parasites. Proper testing of fecal saming on an infected animal; 2) handling of ples, including a centrifugal floatation with sick animals where bacteria in their blood fecal antigen assays, is essential. Passive stream can enter humans through cuts or fecal floatation, commonly used in many abrasions in the skin or from contact with veterinary practices, fails to identify many the mucus membranes (mouth, nose, eyes); parasitic infections and cannot detect anor 3) from our pets either bringing in intigens that are still shed into the stool even fected fleas or from being sick themselves. when the parasites are not producing eggs. Dogs are typically resistant to the plague, Takeaways today: Keep yourselves and but cats are very susceptible and can easily pets away from animals that could be sick spread the plague via the respiratory form, from or carry fleas infected with the plague. pneumonic plague, by coughing and sneezPrevent fleas and ticks with appropriate ing. once monthly preventatives. Make sure Human clinical signs of plague include your dog is on heartworm preventative fever, swollen and painful lymph nodes, to be protected against hookworms. And, chills and extreme exhaustion. In our panlastly, have stools fully analyzed by your demic times, with the vagueness of these veterinarian annually. symptoms, flea prevention is the simplest Dr. Margot Vahrenwald is the owner of of ways to keep pets and humans safe. Park Hill Veterinary Medical Center at Commonsense also dictates keeping dogs 2255 Oneida St. For more information, visit on leash and away from prairie dog coloparkhillvet.com nies, never handling sick rodents and the
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Park Hill Resources
Active Minds has transformed itself in the last few months from a live, in-person series of lectures to a web experience. Check out free lectures on topics ranging from music to history, current events to foreign affairs. A complete schedule of upcoming events is at activeminds.com
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Denver Public Schools
dpsk12.org Check the website for resources and updates. Call the helpline at 720-423-3054 for support in many languages.
Faith Community
greaterparkhill.org/faith Greater Park Hill’s faith community, home to over 30 places of worship in just four square miles, is as diverse and robust as the neighborhood itself. The GPHN maintains a list of Park Hill’s places of worship at the website above. Contact individual places of worship for information about their current state of operations.
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HAKALA FAMILY DENTISTRY
2823 Fairfax St., greaterparkhill.org, 303388-0918 The neighborhood association generally holds its monthly meetings on the first Thursdays of the month, except for July and December. Community meetings are currently conducted virtually. The next meetings are
Thursday, Aug. 6 and Thursday, Sept. 3 at 6:30 p.m. Link to attend at greaterparkhill. org/join-us/community-meetings/. Check greaterparkhill.org for information and details on how to participate.
Libraries
denverlibrary.org See the “At the Library” feature in this month’s issue for updates and resources offered by the Park Hill and Pauline Robinson branch libraries.
Northeast Park Hill Coalition
The Northeast Park Hill Coalition hosts its monthly meeting at the Dahlia Campus for Health & Well-Being, 3401 Eudora St. Meetings are normally the second Thursdays of the month. Check its Facebook page @ Northeast Park Hill Coalition for updates.
Park Hill Community Bookstore
Established in 1971. Denver’s oldest nonprofit bookstore. Used and new books. 6420 E. 23rd Avenue. 303-355-8508. Members and volunteers get discounts and book credits. The bookstore is now open.
Park Hill Peloton
A recreational group of road cyclists that roll from Park Hill once or twice a week. Check the current status of their rides on the Park Hill Peloton Facebook page.
Sie Filmcenter
2510 E. Colfax, denverfilm.org, 303-5953456. Check its website for updates and information about its Virtual Cinema.
Walk2Connect
www.walk2connect.com Park Hill Sunrise Walking Trips and the Northeast Park Hill Bilingual Walk have been suspended until further notice.
Submit your neighborhood events and resources to editor@greaterparkhill.org • Deadlines are the 15th of the month, for the following month’s issue.
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GPHN Classifieds Auto Repair Park Hill owned auto repair business specializing in Subaru, Honda and Toyota makes. We will buy your car. We make it fast and easy to sell. Top prices paid. Call or text Meggitt Motors at 303601-7431.
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Windows
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HOUSE CLEANING Many Park Hill & Stapleton References Mask & Gloves Worn At All Times • Additional Disinfectant Now The Norm • Park Hill Resident • PaulinaLeon22@hotmail.com
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