The project includes the acquisition of 4.1 acres of land from Denver Public Schools and a lease-purchase deal for 1.5 acres from Denver Parks and Recreation for a portion of Gates-Crescent park.
Inter-Neighborhood Parks and Rec Committee sent the following letter to Parks and Recs Manager Lauri Dannemiller expressing their objection.
The following editorial was published in the April Cherry Creek Chronicle
Denver has been described as a city of neighborhoods. It has 78 recognized neighborhoods and many more registered neighborhood associations. There is even an umbrella organization called INC (Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation). Because candidates when running for City Council court and are always deferential to neighborhood associations, many everyday citizens think that their neighborhood associations are highly influential regarding the actions of their elected representatives. In the last few years, neighborhood associations from Cherry Creek North to Hilltop to Mayfair to Congress Park to Crestmoor Park and across the City have had their innocence badly shattered.
The following article was written by the Inter-Neighborhood Parks and Recreation Committee as a response to an article written by Mayor Michael B Hancock which appeared in the March issue as “Representative View, Parks Necessary To Our Neighborhood and Spirit”
The following response appears in the April 2014 issue
In response to A Representative View by Mayor Michael Hancock (Profile,
March 2014), we are pleased to see the mayor understands the important
value of parks as a “recreational, inspirational and essential respite from the
hustle and bustle of city life.”
However, it’s not a question of the importance of parks to the city and its
citizens.
The entire article can be found here
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