Newslinks and Articles

• Sep 5 2015:Murray:School sits on former open space that activists want back – eventually

• April 14 2015:Buckstein:Nonprofit recommends new consideration in Denver city council race

• April 1 2015:Buckstein:Denver nonprofit Friends of Denver Parks continues its court fight for park land

• Feb 24 2015:Vaccarrelli:New Denver school named for senator, conservationist Joe Shoemaker

• Feb 22 2015:Ditmer:Don’t Mess With Denver Parks

• June 1 2014:Bonniwell:No Vote, No Trial, No Citizen Input On Hentzell Park

• May 12 2014: Prendergast: Hentzell Park: Judge upholds “less than transparent” land swap

• May 9 2014:Barnes-Gelt: The hinky history of Denver’s land swap

• May 6 2014: Vaccarelli:Judge rules in favor of Denver over park neighbors in DPS land swap case

• April 18 2014:Schimel:Process to select new elementary school sparks controversy

• April 8 2014: Pankratz:Children’s Museum of Denver announces Massive Expansion

• April 2014:Editorial Chery Creek Chronicle: Can Denver’s Neighborhoods Take Back City Hall?

• April 5 2014:INC PARC: Mayor Is Way Wide Of The Mark

• March 8 2014:Buckstein:Nonprofit asks state Supreme Court to stop school construction on park land

• March 2014:Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle:Inc Awards, The Real Prize Is Parks

• March 2014:Hancock:Denver Parks Vital To Our Neighborhoods and Spirits

• Feb 15 2014:Oconnor:New Denver domestic-violence center to open this fall

• Feb 13 2014 :Silverblade:Letter To The Editor

• Feb 7 2014: Vacarelli:Denver Parks and Recs Complete Second Round

• Feb 2014: Thompson:Mayor Hancock Begins His Assault On Park Advocates

• Jan 30 2013: Vacarelli:Construction Begins on Controversial Hampden Heights School

• Dec 31 2013:Prendergast:Hentzell Park Court Rejects Appeal Of Land Swap

• Dec 23 2013:Prendergast:Video: Former parks official denounces open space “heist”

• Dec 20 2013 Buckstein:Former Denver mayor Wellington Webb supports nonprofit opposing park land swap

• Dec 18 2013 Prendergast: In Hancock’s World Class City Everyone Counts – Except Park Lovers

• Dec 3 2013 Meyers: Group Uses Video To Protest Land Swap Between City, DPS

• Nov 24 2013 Barnes-Gelt RIP Historic Places

• Nov. 2013 Editorial Board: Denvers Great Hope, Its Neighborhood Groups and Associations

• Nov. 2013 Carpenter:Hentzell Park Court Case To Be Decided May 2014

• Oct 18 2013 Buckstein:Colorado Court of Appeals orders expedited briefs in park land swap case (Video)

• Oct. 2013 Allen: Friends Of Denver Parks To Hold Major Fundraiser Saturday, October 26 At Crystal Rose

• 10-06-2013 Buckstein:Nonprofit asks Court of Appeals for injunction in contested park land swap (Video)

• 09-30-2013 Prendergast: Prairie dog colony being eradicated at site of planned Denver “nature” school

• 09-25-2013 Buckstein:Denver Public Schools Begins Killing Prairie Dogs On Contested Park Land Site

• 09-2013 Carpenter: Rocky Mountain Chapter Sierra Club -Development of Hentzell Park Unwise Move

• 09-09-2013 Buckstein:Nonprofit leader fears park land swap practice spreading to other cities

• 09-08-2013 Felice: This Is Not “Blight” – This Is Nature

• 09-1-2013  Kashmann: No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Inside

• 08-23-2013 Buckstein: Denver nonprofit submits 1,297 more signatures protesting park land swap (Video)

• 08-23-2013 Ditmer: Listen To Citizens On Denver Parks

• 08-14-2013 Buckstein: Nonprofit’s court fight against park land swap advances

• 08-07-2013 Bonniwell: Interview With Renee Lewis On Peter Boyle Show

• 08-07-2013 Meyer:Denver looks to re-designate hundreds of acres into city park land

• 07-27-2013 Buckstein: Nonprofit continues to gather signatures in fight against park land swap (Video)

• 07-19-2013 Barnes-Gelt: Mayor Hancock missing mark on Denver parks

• 07-19-2013 Noel: Preserving open space is a battle in the Front Range

• 07-08-2013 Buckstein: Denver nonprofit calls charter section unconstitutional

• 07-08-2013 Prendergast: Hentzell Park: City’s rejection of petition spurs new challenge

• 07-06-2013 Michell: Group goes to court to preserve Hampden Heights North Park

• 06-29-2013 Felice: Judge rules against park advocates, refuses to stop land deal (Hentzell)

• 06-29-2013 Leiff: Friends Of Denver Parks’ Battles City In Court, Attorney John Case Against Five Government Lawyers

• 06-28-2013 Buckstein: Judge denies nonprofit’s request to stop sale of park land in land swap

• 06-28-2013 Meyer:Denver judge won’t stop city, district swapping land near Hentzell Park for school

• 06-28-2013 Meyer: Denver judge hears case against city, district swapping land near Hentzell Park for school

• 06-24-2013 Calhoun: Contemporary Learning Academy officially for sale as Hentzell Park swap awaits ruling

• 06-23-2013 Barnes-Gelt: Will Hentzell Park land swap set a perilous precedent?

• 06-22-2013 Buckstein: Nonprofit perseveres with petition drive over park land swap

• 06-18-2013 Buckstein: City, Denver Public Schools flunk nonprofit during arguments on park land swap

• 06-17-2013 Buckstein: Horseback riders, bicyclists, neighbors value park land in contested land swap

• 06-15-2013 Buckstein: Nonprofit’s hearing over park land swap leads to unhappy disclosure

• 06-13-2013 Buckstein: Nonprofit has first day in court fighting Denver park land swap

• 06-10-2013 Kashmann: Government Of, By And For Needs Your Voice

• 06-08-2013 Felice: INC Agrees To Join Hentzell Park Law Suit

• 06-05-2013 Prendergast: Hentzell Park: Did Denver officials ignore law in land swap?

• 06-03-2013 Meyer:Park advocacy group files suit to stop Denver-DPS land swap

• 05-28-2013 Meyer:Denver park lovers start petition drive to rescind DPS land swap near Hentzell Park

• 05-21-2013 Prendergast: Hentzell Park: Neighbors launch drive to stop Denver land swap

• 05-01-2013 Kashmann: City/DPS Land Swap: Win/Win Or A Lousy Precedent?

• 04-20-13 Barnes-Gelt: April Fools’ joke: land swap

• 04-03-2013 Donahue: Denver City Council’s “disgraceful vote” on Hentzell Park

• 03-08-2013 Bonnewell: Denver Parks And Recreation – A Department At A Dangerous Crossroad

• 01-13-2013 Bonnewell: Dannemiller In Hot Seat After Park Board Rejects Swap Ethics Complaint Filed Against DPS’s J.T. Allen

• 01-03-2013 Prendergast: Hentzell Park: Mayor Hancock forges ahead with open space land swap

• 12-30-2012 Ditmer: Don’t trade away Denver’s park land

• 12-19-2012 Carroll: Denver’s parks need protection from the city’s government

• 12-12-2012 Prendergast: Hentzell Park flap: Should Denver trade open space for offices?

• 12-06-2011 Leiff:Mayor Hancock Proposes Destruction Of More Valley Open Space

• 11-13-2012 Denver Audubon’s Post Re: Hentzell Land Swap

• 11-9-2012 Auge’: Proposed open space for school swap stirs up neighbors

• 11-09-2012 The Denver Post: Denver parks board delays open space decision

• Hentzell Park is a remnant of the native ecosystem that historically occurred in eastern Colorado
• Letters To Denver Parks and Recreation