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Owner Nixes Plan For Kearney Street Distillery And Restaurant Editor, GPHN
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Facebook post, Bardenay Chief Operating Officer Joely Ward Rhodes wrote the following: “We are super bummed about this, but our attorneys gave us [the above] statement to release and this is all we can legally say at this time. Park Hill is greatwish everyone the best.” The building, at 2245 Kearney St., has stood empty since the Korean Full Gospel Church, which leased the space, moved out in early 2012. For decades before that, until 1982, the building was the home of the Tower and Crest movie theaters.
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from Greater Park Hill News. A statement posted on the Bardenay website suggested several possibilities: “For a number of reasons, including concerns with the building’s compliance with Denver’s stringent noise ordinance and the close proximity to the condominiums, Bardenay has notified the landlord that we will not be moving forward with the lease. We had always intended to be compliant with all laws and regulations and would only have proceeded if we could be.” On a Park Hill Neighborhood group
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‘Boycott Bardenay’ signs began to pop up in yards about a week before the owner announced he was abandoning plans to move forward with the project. Photo by Cara DeGette
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In late February, the owner of Bardenay abruptly abandoned plans for a 236-seat distillery and restaurant in the old Tower Theater space on the business block of Kearney Street between 22nd and 23rd Avenues. The project, first detailed in the October, 2016 issue of the newspaper, was supported by numerous Park Hill residents. But it drew criticism from many nearby business owners and vocal neighbors living in surrounding residential areas, including in the condominium complex next door. Specifically, there were concerns over the size of the proposed restaurant and distillery, the lack of a parking lot, the impact on neighboring businesses and concerns over noise. The news came about a week after yard signs began popping up in the neighborhood to “Boycott Bardenay,” though it is unclear whether or how much the opposition spurred the decision by the distillery’s Idaho-based owner to halt plans to move forward. “I am afraid that due to the possibility of litigation, I can only confirm that Bardenay is not moving forward,” owner Kevin Settles wrote, responding to an email inquiry
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Schools Update | Lynn Kalinauskas
Flawed Process Leads to Gilpin Closure One Point Change Decides Fate Of Historic School
There is a steady and constant board members on Jan. 19 about churn of school closures and openthe shuttering of Gilpin Montesings in Denver Public Schools that sori, the only neighborhood eleis affecting primarily minority and mentary school in the Curtis Park low-income communities. In its efand Five Points neighborhoods, forts to create “great schools in every west of Park Hill. neighborhood,” DPS has shuttered “If you close that building, not numerous neighborhood schools only will you be slamming the door and created large enrollment zones on 300 of the greatest kids’ faces in Lynn that have cut a swath through Denthis town, but you’ll be closing anKalinauskas other door, another chapter in Five ver’s social fabric. That point was driven home by Points’ great history as the historic Erik Troe, host of the KUVO radio show black part of town.” Jazz Caravan. Troe was speaking to DPS continued on page 10
Sign of the Times
Hate Has No Home Here Project Benefits Project Worthmore, Colorado ACLU By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN
The Cormorants Are Back It’s March, and that means the gangly, prehistoric-looking Double-crested Cormorants have returned to Duck Lake in City Park. Dozens of birds are pairing up and sprucing up their nests, made of sticks and grass and sometimes trash, in the island rookery trees. Both cormorant mates work on the nest, with the male hauling in the sticks, and the female doing the building. They’ll generally have one or two broods a season. Photo by Park Hill resident Mark Silverstein
It started as a simple post on the Park Hill Neighborhood Facebook page. To say it took off was an understatement. “The original Facebook post asked if any neighbors would be interested in a yard sign that says Hate Has No Home Here’ in English, Urdu, Arabic, Korean, Hebrew and Spanish,” noted co-organizer Margaret Fogerty. “Within an hour more than
200 people indicated interest, so a couple of neighbors got to work organizing a Go Fund Me page to raise funds and place the yard sign order.” In one day, $4,000 was raised to cover the cost of printing 500 signs and metal stakes. As of press time, another 150 signs have been printed and distributed in Park Hill and surrounding neighborhoods. $1,000 in donations was raised, with 25 percent going to the Colorado ACLU and 75 percent to continued on page 8
leTTers To The edITor Some Concerns About Fairfax I have been following the articles in the Greater Park Hill News concerning the proposed re-development of property at Fairfax between 28th and 29th streets. Thank you for covering this situation and for bringing these “quiet” developments into the light of day. I was not able to attend the Feb. 2 neighborhood meeting to comment on this project. I understand that neighbors have very real concerns about this proposed development. Based on what I have read in the GPHN, I would like to add a concern I have: the housing and commercial density of the proposed development is far greater than the density we have traditionally seen in the almost 100 year history of Park Hill. Th is increased density is inconsistent with Park Hill and such density may have negative impacts on our neighborhood such as increased traffic volume beyond what our residential streets are designed to safely handle. Therefore, this proposed development raises some serious concerns for me. Thank you for this opportunity to add my concern to those voiced at the Feb. 2 meeting. Rick Larson, Park Hill
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I want to thank GPHC, Councilmember Chris Herndon, and developer HM Capital for offering more information about the Fairfax development at our February community meeting. I am in favor of the proposed development. The project will improve pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure; provide open space; and add much-needed inventory to the housing market. I especially liked envisioning Fairfax as a community gathering space for all of Park Hill. However, there are two deficiencies that may hinder the Fairfax development from fulfi lling that vision. First, I am concerned that the Fairfax development will displace existing minority-owned businesses. Business ownership is an important means of building wealth, which has the power to reduce race/ethnic inequality. It is important that we ensure these businesses stay on Fairfax to retain the equity and diversity of our community—defining features of our community’s pioneering civil rights history. In addition, I believe it is important that we use this development to offer more opportunities for other minority- and woman-owned businesses to locate on the block. I am in favor of local organizations and city leaders working together to develop a minority- and woman-owned business incubator in one of the new retail or office spaces. The incubator could be a place where minority- and woman-owned businesses hold meetings; produce, sell, and ship their
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goods; or participate in one-on-one business assistance training and mentoring. Secondly, I am concerned that the Fairfax development will contribute to neighborhood gentrification. North Park Hill has long been known for its race/ethnic and class diversity. However, the composition of the neighborhood is changing, because housing construction citywide has not kept pace with migration. One way to address the possibility that this development will contribute to neighborhood gentrification is to consider community members input in development decisions. HM Capital can engage with the neighborhood to ensure that the Fairfax development is viewed by new and longstanding residents of North Park Hill as addressing important community needs. I am in favor of a community visioning meeting to produce a list of neighborhood priorities that could be given preference in leasing decisions. By ensuring that all our community’s businesses are included in the wealth generating potential of this new development and the community is given a seat at the development table, the Fairfax development can become an inclusive gathering space that will unite our changing neighborhood. James Davis, Park Hill Editor’s note: An update on the Fairfax Street development plans is on page 7.
No Surprise On Herndon I read with interest your articles on the proposed redevelopment at 28th and Fairfax. What surprised me was that Greater Park Hill Community leadership was surprised that Councilman Chris Herndon did no outreach to the community although he was aware of the development as far back as last March. Obviously, people have not been observing our local council representative at work over the past five years. What is apparent, since he ran unopposed in 2015, is he does not feel he has any need to inform his constituency. Perhaps a review of his recent performance would clarify his feelings towards Denver residents. Let’s cite some examples: • The St. Anthony’s rezoning in 2015 where the developer requested a shift of highrise zoning adjacent to 17th Avenue in west Denver. This was passed despite the neighborhood plan that took three years to develop precluding high-rise development north of 16th Avenue. Councilman Herndon voted in favor of the change against neighborhood desires. • The Crestmoor Neighborhood rezoning south of Park Hill, where high-density development was proposed in a single-family neighborhood identified in Blueprint Denver as an area of stability. continued on page 6 The Greater Park Hill News is published by Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. (GPHC) on the 1st of each month. Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. makes no warranties and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained herein. The opinions expressed in articles are not necessarily the opinions of GPHC. GPHC does not necessarily endorse the companies, products or services advertised in The Greater Park Hill News unless specifically stated. GPHC reserves the right to run any advertisement. Circulation is 14,000 and is distributed in the Park Hill Area by neighborhood volunteers. The Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., is a volunteerbased 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.
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The Denver League of Women Voters will present a panel discussion on “The Denveright Process: How To Create The City We Want.” Representatives from city departments of Planning, Public Works, Parks and Recreation and Transportation will explain the community driven planning process, named Denveright. Joining the city representatives will be a member of the board of the umbrella organization for neighborhood organizations, Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation. The public is invited to attend, learn and participate with questions and comments. The forum is Tuesday, March 7, beginning at 5:30 p.m., at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St.
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March is National Women’s History Month and for more than 20 years, the League of Women Voters of Denver has honored women who have faced significant challenges in their lives, but have nevertheless made strides to fulfi ll their personal goals. On Sunday, March 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, the Women to Watch program will honor 13 women with inspiring stories of barriers faced and successes achieved dur-
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Clayton Early Learning and the Clayton Trust, owners of the Park Hill Golf Course, are seeking public input over the future of the golf course, at 35th and Colorado Boulevard. Clayton Early Learning leases the operations of the golf course to a private management fi rm. The current 20-year lease will expire in December of 2018, and operates at a significant financial loss. Given the financial challenges, it is unlikely that the golf course can continue as is. According to Charlotte Brantley, President and CEO of Clayton Early Learning, “First, we must ensure the property can provide a sustainable funding source for Clayton’s early childhood education mission, which serves the children of northeast Denver. Second, we want to consider the future use of the land as something both the community and Clayton can be proud of well into the future.” Clayton currently serves approximately 800 children and their families per year, primarily in northeast Denver neighborhoods. Clayton Early Learning is funded in large part by a trust left by businessman George W. Clayton. In addition to the historic Clayton campus, at the intersection of Martin Luther King and Colorado Boulevards, the Park Hill Golf Course is one of the largest assets of the Clayton Trust. The public is invited to a community forum on Wednesday March 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the main auditorium of the administration building on the Clayton Early Learning Campus, 3801 Martin Luther King Blvd. to learn more and provide input. Information is available at futureofparkhillgolfcourse.com, or by calling a 303355-2945. Both the website and telephone line are set up to accept comments.
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Schools Kids Deserve In keeping with its spring theme, “Government works better when citizens participate,” the League of Women Voters of Denver will hold a briefing at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3, focused on “How to get the schools our children deserve.” The forum will bring together a variety of local organizations whose purpose is to inform and to provide a vehicle for action on issues related to our schools: Chalkbeat Colorado, an online education newsletter; Great Education Colorado, an organization working to improve funding for public education in Colorado; Denver PTA, a school related advocacy organization; Our Denver, Our Schools, a citizen and parent organization focused on neighborhood schools; and the League of Women Voters, whose local and state organization works both on educating citizens and holding elected officials accountable and on advocacy. The free forum is at Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St.
Immigration Mini-Grants The Denver Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs is accepting applications for 2017 Immigrant Integration Mini-Grants. Any organizations or groups seeking to conduct immigrant integration projects or activities are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 grant. Ten new projects, as well as 10 continuing projects, will be funded this year for small, community-driven projects designed to bridge immigrant and receiving communities, create stronger and more connected neighborhoods, address community needs, and foster community pride. Visit denvergov.org/immigrantrefugeeaffairs for details and to apply. Application deadline is Friday, March 10.
Art In A Time Of Turmoil The La Cour Bistro and Art Bar, at 1643 S. Broadway, is featuring the art of Park Hill resident Calvin Lee for the month of March. The title of the show is Art in a Time of Turmoil. The art will feature works in oil, ink and watercolor. Included will be landscapes, portraits, Chinese calligraphy
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A Month Of Photography Month of Photography (MoP) Denver is a biannual celebration of fine art photography with hundreds of exhibitions, openings, and artist talks throughout the region. Most events are free and open to the public. For more info, check out mopdenver. com. Not sure what to see? The following are three shows presented by Denver’s most established photography gallery, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, and their exhibition partners: 1. Every Breath We Drew: Jess T. Dugan at RedLine, March 9-April 10: www.cpacphoto.org/everybreathwedrew/ 2. Varied Perceptions at Art Gym, March 2-25: www.cpacphoto.org/varied-perceptions/ 3. Remember Me at CPAC, March 4-April 15: www.cpacphoto.org/remember-me/
Odyssey Fundraiser March 17
The Odyssey School of Denver is hosting its annual fundraising auction on March 17, at the Savoy at Curtis Park, 2700 Arapahoe St. from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include appetizers, wine and beer and an opportunity to help support this local Park Hill School, which is located at 6550 E. 21st Ave. To purchase tickets in advance: http://odysseydenver.org/
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Cash & Help For College The Ethnic College Counseling Center is sponsoring its annual college fair on March 4 at East High School, 1600 City Park Esplanade from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Eighty-nine Historical Black Colleges and Universities will be represented. There will be recruiters on hand from many of the colleges and universities. Information and workshops on college preparation and financial resources will also be offered. Seniors who bring a valid transcript may be admitted on the spot. Scholarships may also be awarded. In addition, the ECCC will award four $250 scholarships to randomly selected students who pre-register. On-site registration fee is $7, which includes a continental breakfast. Lunch will be provided to those attending the workshops and fair. The Ethnic College Counseling Center prepares middle and high school students for post-secondary education beyond high school. Now in its 34th year, the Center has assisted more than 3,000 students nationwide.
The Denver Health Foundation is collecting new clothing to distribute to refugee children who are patients at Denver Health’s Lowry Family Health Center on Sunday, March 26, including warm coats, hats, gloves, jeans, shirts, shoes, socks and underwear. Families have recently arrived in Denver from Burma, Syria, Congo, Nepal, Afghanistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq, Ukraine and Ethiopia and they are building new lives in America after surviving unspeakable hardships in their countries of origin. To donate, check out to denverhealthfoundation.org/ways-to-give/donate-now. For more information contact Robin.Engleberg@dhha.org
Living In Your Truth New Hope Baptist Church, at 3701 Colorado Blvd., will host its 65th Annual Women’s Day Festivities. The inspiring theme of the weekend is “Living in Your Truth.” Beginning on Saturday, March 11 at 9 a.m., the women of New Hope will sponsor a Prayer Breakfast. Guest speaker is Reverend Dr. Stephany Rose, pastor of Ebenezer Church in Colorado Springs. The Sunday Worship, March 12 at 10:45 a.m., will feature Rev. Tamieka Gerow, Executive Minister of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Spring House, Penn. The deadline for registration for the Saturday Prayer Breakfast is March 5. For more information about the Women’s Day events check out www.
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Saving Denver’s Tree Canopy The Park People and Denver Parks and Recreation are offering several training workshops to tap the inner-green thumbs of local nature lovers. The Community Forester program encourages environmental advocates to be part of the city’s volunteer forester teams. Registration is open through March 6. Classes begin Saturday, March 11.
To register, call 303-722-6262. The threat of the Emerald Ash Borer, which destroys ash trees, is a real threat. Though the ash borer has not yet been spotted in Denver, experts fear it may already be living in the city’s tree canopy, which is comprised of 15 percent Ash trees. The Park People aims to lessen the negative impact of tree loss, and community foresters play a big part in that effort. The 2017 Spring Community Forester series begins with Trees 101 on March 11. Classes are $20 each or $80 for all five classes. To become a Community Forester, participants must complete all five sessions. However, individuals may take Trees 101 and at least one other class to become Tree Stewards. Registration is limited. For more information and to apply, visit TheParkPeople.org, or call 303-722-6262.
Denver Daughters Dance The Denver Daughters Dance will celebrate its 6th year on May 13 at The Hanger at Stanley Marketplace, at 25th and Dayton. The dance was started in 2011 to celebrate the importance of daughters in our families’ lives and with the firm belief that strong and confident daughters grow into strong and confident women. For the past six years, the dance has been a special opportunity for Park Hill families to spend an evening focusing solely on our daughters to let them know how important they are to us and our communities. The dance is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Since its inception the dance has steadily grown to include more people in this neighborhood tradition. This year more than 400 are expected to take part. Register now to be sure you don’t miss out. Check out the web page at http://www.denverd3.org/ or follow on facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/DenverDaughtersDance.
Making Park Hill Proud Cleaning Up Colfax Greater Park Hill Community Chair Tracey MacDermott is seeking volunteers to help out with the Adopt a Block on Colfax to help clean up litter, report graffiti and call on suspicious behavior. Volunteers are essential in keeping the area clean throughout the year, and MacDermott is hoping to get all of Colfax covered from Colorado Blvd to Quebec. The ongoing sustainability project is designed to keep Park Hill’s streets and public areas clean, and helps keep litter out of our stormwater system. If you are interested in learning more or signing up, contact chair@greaterparkhill.org.
Looking For Green Thumbs As the weather warms we all want to be outside, anxious for spring to arrive. The committee for this year’s Garden Walk has begun planning for the event on June 17, and are still scouting out gardens of all types to feature on this year’s tour. If you would like more information about participating in the garden walk or have a garden to recommend we would love to meet with you to explain what is involved. The daylong garden tour is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is a great fundraiser for Greater Park Hill, Inc. For more information, contact Barbara Armendariz at armendarizlcsw@comcast.net or 303-842-7678.
Start Building Those Floats Get ready – registration is open for the eighth annual Park Hill 4th of July Parade. Groups can register for free on the parade website at ParkHillParade. org. Neighborhood floats, community organizations and music entries are particularly encouraged to participate. Get ideas by checking out photos from previous parades at Facebook.com/ ParkHillParade. For info contact Justin Bresler at parkhillparade@gmail. com. or 303-918-6517.
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Letters, continued from page 2 Despite overwhelming neighborhood opposition and a “no” vote from local Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman, it was passed 8 to 4. Councilman Herndon voted in favor, against his colleague who represented that neighborhood. • The proposed wastewater fee increase that tripled rates for all homeowners in the past 11 years. As council president, Herndon presided over the “courtesy” public hearing on this issue. Despite over 50 people signing up to speak, Herndon stopped the hearing precisely at the one hour limit, after only 18 speakers were permitted to address council. Naturally, the fee increase passed 8 to 3, with Councilman Herndon voting in favor. I could continue with examples but I think you get the drift. Councilman Herndon rarely commits his position publicly in advance. It is only at Council meetings that his position becomes known, usually against neighborhood interests but definitely in favor of the mayor and his campaign contributors’ interests. It seems that it might be time for the neighborhood to reach out to our councilman to let him know that this continued failure to represent neighborhood interests will no longer be tolerated. Dennis Royer, Park Hill
Hate Is A Very Strong Word We just returned from vacation to learn that hate must reside in our home, apparently because we didn’t vote properly in November. Do you non-haters realize how hateful your message is? No, I didn’t vote for Hillary. As an active Republican, I worked against her. Two young men in a car tore my Trump yard sign out of my front yard, ripped it and left it in the street. I chased after them and got a finger and a curse in response. That looked a little like hate to me, but I didn’t hate them. Hate is a very strong word. It’s not a synonym for disagree. Hate doesn’t live in our house. Respect does. Barry Brandt, Park Hill Editor’s Note: We love your letters, and give preference to those that address an issue that has been covered in the newspaper, or a topic that is Park Hill or Denver-specific. Send letters to editor@greaterparkhill. org, and include your full name, and the neighborhood in which you live. Deadlines are the 15th of each month, for the following month’s issue. Past issues can be read at greaterparkhill.org.
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This opinion is in response to Andrew Sense’s advocacy for YIMBYs, which appeared in the February issue of the Greater Park Hill News. YIMBYs are people who are pre-programmed to say “YES!” Not, “yes” or even “Yes.” Their enthusiasm for any old proThe YIMBYs believe that we will all be gram is a demonstration of their Trumpian surging around town on our bicycles and attraction to pretty pictures and big talk. even the people from Arvada or Centennial Their enthusiasm does not extend to will be showing up on bicycles. Denver is in what might happen if it doesn’t work. Sevan uncontrolled, unplanned, hasty series of eral years ago they earnestly supported a growth burst decisions. This was the founregional playground for City Park with no dation of the 2010 brand new zoning ordidiscussion of what it might do to the nance that the city was going to the park. The Denver Department of next phase of city-building. There Parks and Recreation had decided was a decision made to make the that “regional” attractions should changes without any pre-planning be focused in a Regional Park. It did or infrastructure. Any neighbornot notify the neighbors of the park hood that wasn’t paying attention that this decision had been made or was populated with YIMBY’S until it had a contest to pick the got a large dose of the five-story winning design for the playground. pre-tenements, which are now unThe YIMBYs attended many, Tom Morris der construction in every neighmany neighborhood meetings borhood that thought participating during which they were asked how in government was for fools. much they liked what was being proposed. The infrastructure of this city is in deNo one asked how many people might be cay. The roads, bridges, water and gas pipattracted to the park. Nobody asked what ing, storm and sanitary drainage was not would happen if it attracted so many people planned for reconstruction until the popthat parking might be a problem and the ulation had popped up to maybe 800,000 park would lose maybe 20 acres more to asresidents. phalt. No one asked about its maintenance We can say “YES!” as loudly as we want in a park where four out of five public fountoday. We can move before the check artains were not actually functioning because rives. But someday, the city is going to of a lack of maintenance. have to redo much of the infrastructure. It If it hadn’t been for NIMBYs, City Park won’t be potholes. It will be the entire road would now have: or bicycle path including the piping under • A fire station (in defiance of federal fire it and the curbings that edge it. It is simprevention standards) ply penny-wise and dollar-stupid to ignore • The city’s aquarium and accompanying routine maintenance as long as Denver has parking lots (it would have certainly been doing it. And the bill always comes. failed right in the middle of City Park) All the YIMBYs and newcomers who stay • Offices for Department of Parks and until the bill arrives will have the choice of Recreation in the expanded Pavilion paying for it or let Denver return to fly-over with more parking for its visitors and no America. public access without a security check It is not going to get any cheaper. • A summer-long outdoor movie theater between the museum and Ferril Lake Tom Morris is a fourth generation Den• Half the park closed each summer for six verite. He has been an advocate of citizen weeks for a concert venue, with no parkparticipation since 1966. He is retired from ing open to those who could not afford architecture.
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talk of the neighborhood Editor’s Note: The following is a synopsis of what was discussed during the Feb. 2 Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. monthly meeting. The next community meeting is Thursday, March. 2 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at 2823 Fairfax St. It is free and open to the public, and everyone is welcome.
District 2 Police Report Denver Police Community Resource Officer Sharon Avandaño provided an update on crime and safety-related issues in Park Hill. Overall, crime has decreased 18 percent districtwide from last year. Traffic enforcement has been out, including one sting that netted 36 citations at 36th Avenue and Birch Street in north Park Hill. Avandaño also reported the police department is migrating its communications to its official Facebook website, and will no longer be posting items on the NextDoor social media site. People should check the DPD Facebook page for information citywide. In addition, Avandaño recommended people use the pocketgov tool to report graffiti. People are encouraged to report any suspicious activity at the nonemergency dispatch number, 720-913-2000, and to reserve 9-1-1 calls for crimes that in progress. Follow the Denver Police Department on Twitter @DenverPolice.
Free Radon Testing Available Patricia Iwasaki of the group Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart discussed an environmental justice campaign on radon testing that has been launched. Neighborhoods include Park Hill, Stapleton, Montclair, and East Aurora. The Spring 2017 Indoor Air Quality Project will test for radon and volatile organic compounds, The organization plans to sign up 40 residences across the neighborhoods targeted to be tested, which takes about 30 minutes. The testing is free, and if radon is above acceptable levels, there is funding for mitigation systems for those who qualify via Denver Urban Renewal Authority. If you are interested in having your home tested, contact david.pfotenhauer@colorado.edu.
28th & Fairfax Redevelopment Developer Ben Maxwell of HM Capital provided an overview of the project he has planned for the east side of the business block of Fairfax Street, between 28th and 29th Avenues. Details of the redevelopment project were first reported in the November, 2016 issue of the Greater Park Hill News, and can be read at greaterparkhill.org. The project, initially called “Fairfax Square,” is now being called “Park Hill Commons.” Last year HM Capital purchased all of the properties on the east side of the street. Maxwell says the plan is to build 21 two-story townhomes on the south end of Fairfax (it is not yet determined whether they will be sold or be rentals). Twenty-two residential “micro-units” will be built at the north end of Fairfax. They will be 375 square-feet and rent for less than $1,000/month. The project also includes a total of 10,000 square feet for small office suites, 6,200 square feet for retail, 8,500 square feet of restaurants, and between 75 and 125 new parking spaces. Maxwell said he is working with Denver officials, including Councilman Chris Herndon and Parks & Recreation officials, on what he hopes will be a land swap. Specifically, Maxwell wants to swap the former Xcel substation property on the west side of Fairfax, which now belongs to the city and was planned for a small park. Instead, he wants to build a park on the east side of the street and incorporate it into his development, with restaurants facing the park. The park will be designed and maintained by the developer, and open to the public. Scott Gilmore, deputy director of Parks & Recreation, said the swap would be an exact 15,600 square-foot for 15,600 square-foot swap. Gilmore said he is pleased by the prospect, as the city currently has no money to develop the former substation into a park. The developer would take the former Xcel property as well as the CrossFit gym property (the old gas station) on the west side of the street and make it into a surface parking lot. Park Hill residents in attendance at the packed meeting had many questions and
comments about the project. The east side of the block has been run-down for several years, and several attendees said they welcomed the improvements and looked forward to shopping and eating there. Several raised questions about parking, and inquired about efforts to encourage bicycles, pedestrians, and public transit. Others asked the developer to avoid gentrification, preserve the integrity of the diverse neighborhood, consider including incorporating at least one low-income housing unit, and to not have the project replicate projects being built in the Stapleton and Highland neighborhoods.
Maxwell said he hopes the project will be completed within 24 months. Note: Stay tuned, as The Greater Park Hill News will continue its coverage on this development project over the next several months.
Executive Director Update GPHC, Inc. Executive Director Sierra Fleenor reported that in January, 149 people from 50 households were served via the Food Pantry. Of those, 19 percent were seniors and children. Fleenor urged neighbors to check in for regular updates on the GPHC Facebook page, at gphcdenver.
Overall Site Plan: Aerial views of the Park Hill Commons project on Fairfax between 28th and 29th Avenues, from artist renderings dated January, 2017. The left rendering shows Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of the project on the east side of the street. The green area marks the proposed park in the development. The area marked “Surface Parking” on the west side of the street is the current location of the closed Xcel power substation and the CrossFit gym.
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Hate Has No Home Here, continued from page 1 Project Worthmore, a local nonprofit that helps refugees who are settling in Denver and Aurora. “As soon as I saw the sign, I thought, ‘I want one of those,’ ” said Sara Visser, who, accompanied by her young daughter Nina, picked a sign up from Oblio’s Pizza on Feb. 12. “In these times in particular, it’s just so important that my daughter understands the message. It just needs to be said, over and over, and over again.” The signs actually originated in a Chicago suburb back in November. A thirdgrader came up with the message in the midst of the polarizing election campaign. Now, the Hate Has No Home Here project has blossomed into a national movement to promote just and inclusive communities … “by encouraging neighbors to declare their homes, schools, businesses, and places of worship to be safe places where everyone is welcome and valued.” Thousands of signs have been printed and distributed, not just in Denver and Chicago, but in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, Texas and Arizona and far beyond the U.S. borders, including Sweden and Equador. Not everyone has taken
the message to heart. Several Park Hill residents displaying the signs subsequently reported being accosted by a man who, going door-to-door, warned that refugees would commit violent acts. In a letter to the editor that appears in this issue, another Park Hillian, who supported Donald Trump in the election, took exception to any suggestion that he promotes hate – and noted his own yard sign was vandalized during the fall campaign. For more about the Hate Has No Home Here project, check out hatehasnohomehere.wordpress.com. For more on Project Worthmore, check out https://www.projectworthmore.org. For more on the work being done by the ACLU of Colorado, check out http://aclu-co.org.
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Education Update, continued from page 1 Joyce Brooks, education committee chair for the Denver branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said at that same meeting, “NAACP is truly investigating the school closures that are happening here in Denver. There are some 15 schools that have closed. Is this a retrenchment? Are we going backwards? These are low-income, non-white areas. Gilpin is a school where folks are trying to integrate. This is what we fought for in the fifties and the sixties as the NAACP.” As DPS engineers and re-engineers Denver’s neighborhoods, is it following a wave of gentrification or is it rolling out the red carpet for it?
Removing the emotional component In December 2015, the DPS school board unanimously approved a new policy that formalized the process of closing, replacing or restarting struggling schools. The School Performance Compact (SPC), they said, “focuses specifically on establishing a transparent and consistent process to identify and designate for replacement, restart or closure the most persistently low performing schools.” Three criteria were designated within
There has been outrage and remonstrations by impacted communities, but DPS staff and board have not wavered in their decision. They have reiterated that students at Gilpin are languishing and that enrollment has been steadily decreasing. There is a wide discrepancy between what DPS is stating via its data and what the community is saying about Gilpin and its role in the community.
One point led to closure DPS hired SchoolWorks, a company based in Massachusetts, to conduct its School Quality Reviews (SQR) – the third criteria by which a school is judged for closure. An SQR is an analysis of the school’s culture and instruction based on classroom observations for a two-day period, interviews and review of school documents. The evaluating team rates the school on key questions. A score of 25 keeps the school open. Below that, the board must decide the school’s fate. Gilpin scored a 24 on its SQR – a dramatic improvement on its previous SQR of 16. This score has been a particular sore point with the Gilpin community fighting to keep the school open. They argue that the
question in reports for both Columbine and West Early College are significantly more negative and yet they both scored a 2 – a point higher than Gilpin. Both DPS and SchoolWorks have maintained that the score change is not unusual and is the result of a “quality assurance process” during which all the gathered evidence is reevaluated for a final score. Addressing the board on Jan. 19, Jennifer Holladay, DPS executive director of Portfolio Management, explained that, “The final step is about calibrating across the schools.” This answer, however, does not explain the discrepancy between the narrative and the score and the discrepancy between the scores of different schools. Board member Lisa Flores publicly questioned the validity of the information provided by SchoolWorks at that meeting. “We are paying the money that requires the due diligence to make sure the narrative is reflected in the numerical rating,” she said. Invoices obtained through the Colorado Opens Record Act show that DPS paid SchoolWorks $39,917 in 2016 for reviews of Gilpin alone. Invoices also show that DPS paid for work on at least 20 schools last year, in addition to other work. Since 2015, DPS has paid SchoolWorks at least $844,350. Given that amount of money, taxpayers should expect that the narratives and the scores match. DPS also pays for SchoolWorks to train and certify staff to be part of the SQR teams. For example, two DPS staff members participated in the Gilpin review. To be certified to review a school, SchoolWorks requires that on a mock rating, participants score 11 out of 22, and have no more than one of those ratings off by one point. It is unsettling that those evaluating schools at high risk for closure had to meet such a low bar to be certified. The potential for errors seems high and even probable. It also flies in the face of DPS’ assertion, repeated by Holladay to the board, that DPS uses a third party vendor to perform its SQRs to ensure objectivity.
After noting the board had asked for more information from the district, she said, “I feel we’ve done our due diligence. There are definite things that, as an evaluator, I have concerns about. It wasn’t as transparent as it should have been; there was no change to a narrative in a report that would support a final score […] I felt there was also a lack of follow through in this process; there have been repeated requests for information that took time and have not even been delivered to the community members and so I will be following up with that with the district and the superintendent.” Board member Barbara O’Brien was more pointed with her criticism about how the SPC was rolled out. She put full responsibility on the shoulders of Superintendent Tom Boasberg. Virginia Delgado, a parent and member of the school’s Collaborative School Committee, also laid the blame on DPS leadership. “If Gilpin is closing because it is not up to the academic level it should be, as a parent I ask you to please consider resigning your position since you have the responsibility to advocate for our kids and their education.” Board member Happy Haynes said, “I should have and could have asked more questions about the SQR and the process and how we got to the results.” She then affirmed her confidence in the SchoolWorks report. Board member Anne Rowe also said she felt confident in the report and its scores. The indignation on the part of some board members may have been heartfelt but it did not lead to any restorative actions that might have satisfied the Gilpin community. As of printing, Gilpin is still marked for closure at the end of the academic year.
What could DPS have done? There are many factors that have resulted in Gilpin not being a school that is performing well on standardized tests and reviews. Fully 75 percent of the school’s population qualifies for the free and reduced lunch program. A number of students are transient or homeless, and 14 percent qualify for special education. In 2014-15, Gilpin’s leadership and more than 75 percent of the staff were replaced. The SQR report lays blame on the school’s current staff and leadership. Community members claim that actions taken by the district exacerbated Gilpin’s challenges and struggles. What could DPS have done or not done to support Gilpin in recent years? DPS has provided the school with tiered support funding, that is, additional funding to schools facing the biggest challenges. However, in a meeting on Feb. 2, board members Haynes, Flores and Mike Johnson all called for the Tiered Support Framework to be evaluated based on its effectiveness. It thus remains unclear whether or not the tiered support provided to Gilpin by the district helped.
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Four children with an unidentified man, during the placing and sealing of the cornerstone to Gilpin Elementary School in September, 1949. Photo credit: Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
the framework of the SPC: 1) The School Performance Framework (SPF) ratings; 2) Student academic growth in the most recent year and; 3) a School Quality Review. School closures are not new to DPS by any means, but the policy was meant to take the emotional component out of the equation and ensure that schools would be judged uniformly. In December 2016, using these criteria, the board voted unanimously to restart two schools – Greenley Elementary and Amesse Elementary. It also voted to permanently close Gilpin Montessori, at 2949 California St.
score was changed from a 25 to a 24 – and indeed it was – and that this brings into question the validity of the score. Not just because of the altered score but because the narrative does not match the score. Specifically, the score on the following question was changed from a 2 (Partially Meets) to a 1 (Does Not Meet): Teachers regularly assess students’ progress toward mastery of key skills and concepts, and use assessment data to make adjustments to instruction and to provide feedback to students during the lesson. The narrative descriptions of this same
The rollout of the new school closure policy was also directly questioned by Gilpin parent Cameron Ward-Hunt. “The [SPC] compact promises great schools for all kids but promise isn’t practice,” Ward-Hunt said. “In practice, the implementation is subjective, opaque to stakeholders and it’s missing the element of strong oversight. The implementation is not ready for prime time and it’s undermining your policy goals to have great schools. “If you want every child to succeed, the process needs unimpeachable integrity, not results with an asterisk. The SQR results were changed after calibration – that’s an asterisk and an implementation problem. Gilpin received a lower rating than schools with a similar or worse narrative. … The district provides no qualitative instrument validity to this coding used by SchoolWorks. That’s an asterisk and an implementation problem.” Board member Rachele Espiritu said there was a lack of transparency about how the process worked and that board members did not know how the process worked.
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Desire to abandon Quality Reviews
‘Intentions aren’t good enough’
Following the turmoil that ensued after the announcement of Gilpin’s closure, DPS staff recently presented possible changes to the criteria used in the SPC. Chalkbeat, an online news organization focused on education, reported, “The majority of board members were clear, however, in their desire to abandon school quality ratings as the final piece of the puzzle in deciding whether a school is recommended for closure or restart. […] Lisa Flores voiced support for cutting the reviews from the closure designation process altogether. […] District staff also said a preliminary review found a “low to medium correlation” between the school quality reviews and the ratings the schools had received on DPS’s school rating system – suggesting the review could be a flawed measure for something so high-stakes.” This may be too little too late for the Gilpin community that is seething as a result of its school being closed because of that one missed/changed point on the SQR.
Denver City Council President Albus Brooks weighed in with criticism at the DPS board on Feb. 16. “All of you have amazing intentions but intentions aren’t good enough,” Brooks said. “We need transformation in our communities. Two things. One: If you are considering changing [the SPC] policy, keep the school open. Keep the school open! And two: This neighborhood deserves a community school with wraparound services and DPS should work with the community to create a successful model for the kids in Five Points.” With so many of the metrics called into question, is it right for DPS to be closing schools based on those metrics? Should the board reconsider its decision to close Gilpin? Will a “call for things to change” be an empty promise or will it translate into board votes that resonate with what the community wants and deserves? Lynn Kalinauskas is the education chair for Greater Park Hill Community, Inc.
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The mural next to the swimming pool at Mestizo-Curtis Park, a block away from Gilpin Elementary. Photo by Cara DeGette
Denver Expeditionary School – that have directly impacted Gilpin’s enrollment. Parent Beth Bianchi specifically pointed out to the board that DPS’ internal review process, the School Improvement and Accountability Council (SIAC), had flagged the opening of the expeditionary school in June 2012 because there were already plenty of seats available in that area of town. When opening new innovation and charter schools and when co-locating schools, is DPS planning strategically not to impact already existing, and sometimes struggling, schools? Or is it banking on those schools slowly deteriorating? Communities throughout Denver have been asking these questions for years.
Setting up schools as targets DPS set up the School Performance Framework (SPF) in 2008 as a rating system to measure how a school was performing. It is mainly based on student growth and achievement, measured in large part by standardized tests. A school will be rated from red to blue based on its SPF score. A school’s SPF scores for multiple years is one of the metrics that is included in the Compact that can lead to school closure. Gilpin parent Jacqueline Falcon ex-
plained to the board how she felt the SPF scores were impacting her school. “One main factor that seems to determine which schools DPS unfairly targets for closure seems to come from this: the more poor, low-income, minority students a school has, the more likely it will be targeted for school closure,” she said. “Frankly, this policy is beginning to reek of racism. “The rating of schools as red-orangeyellow-green-blue not only sets up schools as strict targets for closure, it also serves to warn middle class and upper middle class parents where not to send their children, thus ensuring those red schools never stand a chance of succeeding on the SPF. Every school that has a strong balance of high income and low-income students seems to do better on the SPF.” The SPF rating was also called into question at a Feb. 2 DPS board meeting. “The measurements need to lead to actionable outcomes and I need to have confidence that the data is accurate,” said Jen Hanson, principal of South High School. “… I want the measurements there but I want them to be right.” Superintendent Boasberg is planning to make changes to the 2017 SPF measurements in response to recent feedback.
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restoring our watersheds | Brian Hyde
The Bill Has Arrived Montclair Watershed Project Gets Real; It’s Time To Act
When our 2017 Denver Storm Drainage Course, which is also much-discussed, bill arrived last month, the old feelings of but the course at 35th and Colorado Boudisappointment and betrayal came back to levard) me. My wife and I will be paying $78.44 for • To date, a comprehensive examination 6 months. We’re not happy about what the of watershed issues, with meaningful City & County of Denver plans to do with involvement of residents and business our money. owners, is lacking This response to those old feelings will be Don’t let flood risk in and around Park short and to the point. Hill increase without your doing Stormwater management matanything about it. ters to EVERYONE in Greater Park There are two public meetings Hill. Pertinent concerns in our scheduled for the Upper Montclair neighborhood right now include: Watershed – one on Wednesday, • Pop-tops and scrape-offs that inMarch 1, and another on Thursday, crease the building envelope are March 2. Greater Park Hill neighdecreasing the amount of pervibors need to show up at those meetous land in Park Hill ings and make their voices heard. • Lot splits are adding new build- Brian Hyde The March 1 meeting is at Palmer ings, driveways, and other imElementary School, 995 Grape St., pervious surfaces Room 119, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Streets originally laid out along natural The March 2 meeting is at the Art Gym, drainage paths are being re-paved with 1460 Leyden St., from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. no consideration of modifying them to The agenda for both meetings includes better serve their riparian functions this breakdown: From 5:30 to 5:45, people • New buildings are being built on floodare invited to check out the displays proprone land with little or no flood hazard vided by the consultants. From 5:45 to 6, mitigation being provided consultants and city staff will make a pre• Who knows the future status of the Park sentation. A workshop follows from 6 to 7 Hill Golf Course? (Not the City Park Golf p.m., with public participants guided by
consultants and city staff. If you still have something to say at the end of the session, SAY IT. Don’t keep it to yourself just because the meeting structure might have made it difficult. If you think this is just an extension of the process that has led to the current situation at City Park Golf Course, the “Ditch” corridor along 39th Avenue, and the bottomlands north of 40th Avenue (Brighton Boulevard to Colorado Boulevard) through Swansea, Elyria, Globeville, and the National Western Stock Show complex to Riverside Cemetery, you should still attend one of these meetings. Don’t give in to feelings of powerlessness and cynicism. I know the sense of powerlessness well. City council members have ignored me too, despite my professional knowledge and experience. Just as with the present situation in D.C., it has taken a lot of back-and-forth inside my head to battle cynicism. I know what it’s like to know that you know what you are talking about better than those listening to you and to have them ignore what you are saying all the same. I know what it’s like to wonder what “adjustments” may have been made to engineering analyses to arrive at a “more reasonable” characterization of the flood risk at locations of particular interest. (Did politics actually drive the engineering analysis?) I know what it’s like to watch and listen to consultants whose primary job is to package a travesty and make it fly. The entire country, indeed the entire world, is in the midst of relearning that
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grams to make people aware of the existing flood risk, and to regulate all new development activity in the 1 percent annual risk floodplain, as a minimum beginning toward comprehensive management of the entire watershed. Our watershed needs a flood hazard mitigation plan, and that plan needs to be built on a public engagement process unlike any that I have seen in Denver. Residents, business owners and other community leaders and contributors need to be at the helm of such a process, with strong support from the city. Public Works (Wastewater, Transportation, etc.), Parks and Planning, are just some of the city agencies that should be involved. The planning process needs to be deliberate enough to allow careful consideration of alternative strategies I have not heard city officials discuss much. These alternatives could include: • Stormwater reduction strategies at the individual property level • Integrating green flood/stormwater infrastructure with bike/ped infrastructure and traffic mitigation • Identification of bottomland riparian corridors suitable for a variety of mitigation strategies, with an integrative framework underlying individual projects and with encouragements from incentives • Voluntary acquisition of extremely hazardous bottomland properties for open space • Cooperative agreements with schools,
Everything shown in blue would experience floodwater depths of 18 inches or less in a 1 percent annual risk (100-year) flood. Everything in red would experience depths of 18 inches or more in the same kind of flood. There are a few areas where flood depths would exceed 6 feet. This map does not show the areas for flooding in the Park Hill Basin, which is north and east of the Upper Montclair Watershed. Map source: the City of Denver’s 2014 Storm Drainage Master Plan
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Thanks To Park Hill GPHC, Inc: Who We Are, What We Do, Our Mission Donors and Members 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 representatives from 10 districts, as well as at-large 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 303388-0918 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 Sierra Fleenor. The GPHC office is at 2823 Fairfax St., and Ms. Fleenor’s office hours are Monday- Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. She can be reached at 303-388-0918 or email director@greaterparkhill.org.
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Reminders Of Our History Volunteers, Justice – And Coffee – Keep Us Going By Sierra Fleenor
bags, to bundling newspapers, to hosting our monthly community meeting, to offering a seed starting workshop. The year One of the biggest tasks I’ve been enhas started out beautifully and among the gaged in since my arrival in January, bemany requests I’m receiving has been a reyond the day-to-day of keeping our doors sounding desire to volunteer at GPHC. To open, has been going through fi les and old that end, we will be having a new volunteer paperwork that has accumulated orientation training on March 21 over the years. starting at 10:30 a.m at our office I won’t lie: At first, I was so overat 2823 Fairfax Street. If you’d like whelmed I didn’t know if I’d ever to volunteer, this is a great place to make it through. But as I reviewed start. each fi le with the help of a volunWe will also be hosting a DIY Pest teer, Janey Alpert, I was inspired Reduction workshop on March 23 and moved by what I found. Yelat 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at our office as lowing typewritten letters and part of our Garden-in-a-Box edunewspaper clippings tell the story cational workshop series. Join us to SIErrA of how GPHC fought segregation learn how you can fight pests withFLEENOr in housing and in schools. A teleout using artificial pesticides and gram that was sent to President walk away with all the ingredients Kennedy in 1961 ends with a powerful to fight pests of many varieties. call to action, “We urge you [to] issue imIf you’re interested in donating items for mediately [an] executive order prohibiting our food programs, we have some specific racial discrimination in all federally related requests. We need cans of ravioli (16 oz), housing activities with provision for strong beef stew (16 oz), tuna (7 oz), boxes of mac enforcement and some supervision by citiand cheese, boxes of individual instant oatzens’ committees.” meal packets, cans of condensed chicken I won’t sugarcoat it. There are equally innoodle soup, other canned meats (such as tense letters detailing why we will never be salmon, spam, chicken), canned fruit, black able to live in desegregated communities eyed peas, flour, jelly, kitchen condiments due to “black violence.” Upon reading one (olive oil, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, musparticularly vehement letter (which really tard, ketchup), hygiene products (including could have benefitted from the advent of chapstick, toothbrushes, travel-size toothemojis), I toyed with the idea of recycling paste, shampoo, conditioner), baby wipes, the document. Who needs more hate? My pet food and tissues. And, we always need hand hovered over the recycling bin and at reusable, paper, and plastic grocery bags for the last moment, I decided to keep it, not our clients to use. because I want to remember this person’s If you’re replacing your vacuum, but your vitriol, but because we need to remember it. old one is still kicking, we would love to This deeply devoted community fought give it a new home. Our vacuum fi nally white flight and the segregation of schools died and is now depositing more dirt than boldly. As we face an uncertain future as a it’s picking up. Other items we can use here country, I take strength from our history. at the office include: liquid hand soap, CloGreater Park Hill was never perfect and we rox wipes and coffee (our volunteers run never will be, but perhaps we can together on the stuff ). Finally, if you have a storage strive to create the beloved community cabinet lying around without a purpose, Martin Luther King, Jr often spoke of. For give us a call. a more complete history, please visit our We accept food pantry donations Monwebsite: greaterparkhill.org. day through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at If there are any aspiring or existing histoour office at 2823 Fairfax St. If those hours rians that would like to have a poke around do not work for you, you can also donate our archives, please be in touch. Meanitems at the Park Hill Branch of Denver while, I’ll keep making my way through the Public Library (at Montview and Dexter) or fi les here and will share something from at Cake Crumbs (23rd and Kearney) during the 1970’s in my next column. their business hours. Coming back to 2017, our offices have Thank you for all you do to support been a hub of activity, from providing nuGPHC. Follow us on Facebook to keep tritional support to our food pantry cliup with community announcements and ents, to fi lling our weekend food program event @GPHCDenver. Executive Director, GPHC, Inc.
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Check Out The Chromebooks Make Music, Make Pictures, Make Anything By Becky Corning
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We now have Chromebooks available for checkout inside the library! You can check out a Chromebook at Pauline Robinson branch, Park Hill branch, or any of the other 24 locations of Denver Public Library. Here at Pauline Robinson, we have noticed some people are using the Chromebooks when all the desktop computers are taken, and when people want to use a laptop in the study rooms. Here’s how to check out a Chromebook: Chromebooks check out for four hours maximum. They are always due 15 minutes before closing time and must be used in the library. A full privilege library card in good standing is required to checkout a Chromebook. Printing is available. Ask a staff member to release your print. Black and white costs 10 cents per page, and color 50 cents per page. Our Chromebooks come with a few preloaded Apps: • DocHub - edit and sign PDF Documents • Lucidpress - create visual content for print, mobile or web. Make brochures, newsletters, magazines, reports, and more. • Beautiful - inbrowser, multi-track audio editor • Super Mario - Super Mario online game • Dropbox - upload your photos, docs, and videos and share them easily • Camera - access webcam and take pictures • Pixlr - browser photo editor for all your editing needs • Sumopaint - full featured painting and image editing application • Microsoft Office online • Beatlab - a step sequencer to make music Come in and check out a Chromebook today. And while you are at the library, don’t forget to sign up for Winter of Read-
March Events - Pauline robinson Branch Tech Help One-on-One | Mondays and Wednesdays, Noon-1 p.m.
Get technology assistance from one of our in-house experts on your own device or a public computer. Learn the basics, such as email, social networking, word processing and eMedia. Call the library at 720865-0290 to schedule an appointment for Monday or Wednesday. Preschool Storytime | Wednesdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 10:30 a.m.
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Tech Showcase | Thursday, March 23, 1 p.m.
Come check out the latest and greatest in technology tools and toys and learn how they work and what they can be used for. We will have a 3D printer, programmable robots and more on hand for you to play with. The Pauline robinson Book Club | Saturday, March 25, 12 p.m.
This month’s selection: This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper. Drop-ins are welcome. Clay Bugs Kid Craft | Tuesday, March 28, 2 p.m.
Test your sculpting skills by making Clay Bugs. Ideal for ages 3-7. STEM: Wind Powered Cars | Thursday, March 30, 2 p.m.
Build a car that will harness the power of the wind to move. Ideal for ages 3-10.
March Events - Park Hill Branch All Ages Storytime | Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers. Craft activity immediately follows the program. Baby Storytime | Thursdays and Fridays at 11:15 a.m.
Stories, songs, rhymes and fun for babies ages 0-18 months and their caregivers. Play and social time immediately follow the program.
No Strings Attached Book Discussion Group | Saturday, March 11, 11 a.m.
Read whatever you want and attend whenever you can. Share a recent read, an old favorite, or anything in between. Instruments of Peace | Saturday, March 11, 2 p.m.
Get in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day by listening to the melodious tones of the bagpipe. Using instruments born of a military tradition of pipes and drums going to battle, Instruments of Peace uses these same instruments to promote peace. Bring a camp chair or a blanket and enjoy the unique sound of the bagpipe with the driving rhythm of a conga drum with a beautiful spring afternoon on the lawn. Early Learning Exploration Centers | Monday, March 13, 10 a.m.
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We’ll explore the demographic trends and societal changes in the United States related to aging, illness and caregiving. We’ll consider how the changing nature of families, family legacies of caregiving and illness, and the geographic dispersal of families inform our experience. We need to prepare to care for ourselves and our loved ones. Proactive beats reactive every time. T-shirt Design with uV Light | Tuesday, March 14, 6 p.m.
Print photos or art onto a T-shirt using sunlight. Bring your own design or use one provided. For teens in grades 6-12.
Teen Advisory Board (TAB) | Tuesday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 28, 6 p.m.
Teens ages 13 and up are invited to join the Park Hill TAB. Help plan library events and projects at the Park Hill Library, talk about your favorite books, and make your opinion count! Join us for twice monthly meetings.
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year olds and their parents or caregivers. Anime Club | Saturday, March 11, 3 p.m.
Join us the second Saturday of the month to watch, read, talk, act, eat and breathe Anime. Ideal for grades 7-10. The Art of String Art | Thursday, March 16, 5:30 p.m.
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Food for Change Film and Discussion | Saturday, March 4, 11 a.m.
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Genre Chat 2nd/3rd Grade Book Club | Tuesday, March 21, 3:30 p.m.
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Discover your true purpose. This checkup may help you discover confidence to make your next step the right step and was designed to inspire and energize attendees as they begin to turn their possibilities into realities.
Families “Makey Makey” Music Together! | Wednesday, March 29, 3 p.m.
Have you ever wanted to turn bananas into a piano keyboard? Join us as we turn the library into an interactive music experience using everyday objects and our Makey Makey circuit boards. Family fun during spring break, recommended for 2nd grade and up.
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Beautiful Gray Lady London is a beautiful gray cat who is looking for the right home. She enjoys exploring and meeting new people. She has lived well with children in the past and would prefer to be an only pet, and the center of attention. Come meet her today. London is at the Dumb Friends League, 2080 S. Quebec St., and her ID# is 0718607. To see other furry friends available for adoption, visit ddfl.org.
Park hIll veT | Dr. Margot Vahrenwald, DVM, ASVJ
Food: A Few Myths To Bust Get Beyond The Marketing When Choosing Pet Food
Are you a label reader? Or are you a grab– if a supply is contaminated or has issues, ber – taking something off the shelf to purthen multiple food lines can be comprochase because of color, sales price sticker or mised and 2) no scientific testing or feedsome other visual? How do you choose your ing trials – nutrient values are established pet’s food? It’s not a simple thing anymore through bench chemistry testing, not feed– there are close to 5,000 different ing trials. labels for dog and cat foods. Do dogs and cats need to eat a There are obviously the big name Paleo menu exclusively? No. Carcorporate pet food manufacturers, bohydrates have a place in all anias well as regional brands on down mals’ diets to provide quick energy to the local manufacturer. So what and also provide certain essential is best for your particular pet or nutrients, including protein, fat, pets? The simplistic answer is, feed fiber and vitamins. Corn and other the best quality food that fits your grains are processed to ensure that personal criteria that your pet or Dr. MArGOT the body gets the highest biologic pets like to eat and that fits in to VAHrENWALD value of the ingredient along with your budget. Meaning – it’s a free adding fatty acids, amino acids and for all. But there are a few myths to bust other nutrients. A better way to look at and guidelines to set that may help guide grains and carbs in your pets’ diets is that your choices. no one ingredient exclusively provides all Most consumers select their pet food the nutrition needed by the body. with the thought that the product has been Grain free is best? Wrong. Grains are not scientifically developed by their brand of commonly allergenic and our animal pachoice. This is not necessarily true. tients do not have celiac disease. The Grain Many pet food lines use “co-packing” – Free designation is merely a marketing tool meaning they provide their exclusive recipe as there is no nutritional research to show for a food product to a manufacturing facilthat grains elicit an inappropriate response ity that may do the same for several other from the immune system. brands. For example, Diamond Pet Foods Boarded veterinary nutritionist Ann has several production facilities. Along Wortinger sums it up best, “My primary with their own labels of food Diamond recommendation would be to look at nuand Diamond Natural, the company also trients rather than ingredients in food. The produces food for the following: 4Health, body does not care if the meat is chicken, Apex, Chicken Soup, Kirkland, Natural beef or reindeer; what it cares about is the Balance (dry), Nature’s Domain, Solid Gold amino acids included in the food. The body and Taste of the Wild. does not care whether the fat is animal or Another producer, Simmons, makes plant-based, but whether all the essential canned foods for Blue Buffalo, Canidae, fatty acids are present. Look at nutrients, Castor Pollux, Life’s Abundance, Nature’s no marketing.” Logic, Ol’ Roy, Dogswell, Evolve, Petcurean and Nature’s Variety. Dr. Margot can be reached at parkhillvet. This is does not mean the diets have iscom sues, but can mean 1) shared ingredients
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Art Garage
Northeast Park Hill Coalition
6100 E. 23rd Ave., artgaragedenver.com, 303377-2353
D2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St., Michele Wheeler, 720-837-5492
Denver School of the Arts
The NEPHC hosts its monthly meeting on the second Thursdays of the month at 6 p.m.
7111 Montview Blvd.
Park Hill New Parents Group
dsapresents.org
meetup.com/Park-Hill-Parents
Denver Police District 2
Park Hill parents group offers playdates, outings, Dad’s Night Out and Mommy Book Club.
3921 Holly St., 2.Dist@denvergov.org, 720913-1000
Park Hill Peloton
Commander Calo hosts the District 2 Community Advisory Board’s (2CAB) monthly meetings on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. in the D2 Police Station Community Room.
Find them on Facebook A recreational group of road cyclists that roll from Park Hill once or twice a week.
Sertoma Club
Denver Public Schools
303-370-0932
dpsk12.org/expo
The Greater Park Hill Sertoma Club holds a breakfast meeting every first and third Saturday morning at 8am at the District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly Street.
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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.
Sie Filmcenter 2510 E. Colfax, denverfilm.org, 303-595-3456
Sunshine Food Project sunshinefoodproject.org, 303-321-5231
Greater Park Hill Community, Inc.
A nonprofit community collaborative seeking to provide healthy and sustainable food systems to Park Hill and surrounding food desert neighborhoods.
2823 Fairfax St., greaterparkhill.org, 303-3880918 The GPHC neighborhood association generally holds its monthly meetings on the first Thursdays of the month, except for the months of July and December. The next community meeting is Thursday, March. 2 beginning at 6:30 p.m., at 2823 Fairfax St. It is free and open to all.
Tai Chi Project taichiproj@earthlink.net, 303-744-7676 Tai Chi classes Thursday mornings in City Park at 7-7:45 a.m. planned in conjunction with DMNS.
Holly Area Redevelopment Project (HARP)
Tattered Cover Travel Lovers Book Club The book club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at the Tattered Cover at 2526 E. Colfax Ave.
HOPE Center, 3475 Holly St. HARP holds second Monday monthly meeting at the HOPE Center from 6:15-7:30pm. RSVP required to lsullivan@denverfoundation.org.
Walk2Connect www.walk2connect.com
Libraries
Park Hill Sunrise Walking Trips set off every Tuesday morning from Spinelli’s Coffee and Ice Cream at 23rd and Dahlia at 7 a.m. No cost. Walks are about one hour long, just under three miles, and family and dog friendly. For more information, email jonathon@walk2connect.com or call 303-908-0076.
denverlibrary.org See the “At the Library” feature in this month’s issue, for a complete listing of events and programs at the Park Hill and Pauline Robinson branch libraries.
Submit your neighborhood events and resources to editor@greaterparkhill.org Family Owned | Colorado Focused Mark Job, Branch President 303-365-3832 www.CitywideBanks.com Cherry Creek Branch 55 Madison Street, #125 Denver, CO 80206
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