If you have not been able to sign this important petition to put the Henzell Park land swap to a vote of the people, please come to City Park this evening for Jazz In The Park. Circulators with petitions will be available before, during and after the concert. They can easily be spotted by their bright green tee-shirts.
All petitions will be turned in tomorrow to the Clerk and Recorders office.
Several of us, tried the Rockies game Friday night and found that most of the people are from out of town and were too focused on getting to their seats. So it is not the best use of time per our experience.
Good places for signature gathering will be the big parks such as ,Cheesman, Washington Park, City Park, Greenways, and possibly storefronts. Neighbors too!
We stopped by Washington Park yesterday evening and had good success there. Washington Park is usually jam packed on the weekends.
Sunday: Meet up at City Park we want to have as many petition circulators as possible for the thousands who attend Jazz in the Park. 5PM to 8PM .
Returning petitions
We absolutely need to have all petitions returned to 10081 East Cornell Ave, Denver Co.80231 during the following times.
Judy will be available to notarize the petitions at her home. Please call her for directions or questions. 303-667-7207
Saturday morning 8 – 12
Sunday morning 9 -12
Judy will be available for returning petitions Sunday night at City Park, “Jazz in the Park” until 8PM.
We will be turning in the petitions to the City Clerk and Recorder on Monday, July 1, 2013. This is the deadline.
Thank you to everyone for all your hard work and dedication to saving Hentzell Park
Natural Area, and continuing on with the fight.
In the bigger scheme there are other natural spaces and open areas
ready and ripe for the developers and Mayor Hancock to divvy up. We can’t stop now, nor can we accept this as our reality.
We expect to have two news releases next week documenting our next steps in the legal process.
Renee Lewis
President – Friends of Denver Park
Home 303-337-2947
Cell 970-331-6641
Donations are always gladly accepted to help with the expenses. We have a PayPal Account available on our website http://www.friendsofdenverparks.org. Also latest newspaper articles are posted there.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friends of Denver Parks Inc and homeowners Steve Waldstein and Zelda Hawkins filed their closing argument Monday June 17 in Denver District Court. The plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction to prevent the City from trading 10.7 acres of Hampden Heights North Park for an office building at 1330 Fox St. A copy of the plaintiffs’ closing argument is attached and is available to the public at FriendsofDenverParks.Org.
The plaintiffs argue that the section 2.4.5 of the Denver City Charter allows park land acquired before 1955 to be designated by affirmative acts of the city government, separate and apart from designation by ordinance. Plaintiffs presented testimony from 6 witnesses and introduced 50 exhibits into evidence at the hearing June 12 and 13. The testimony, which was undisputed by defense lawyers for the City, showed that city officials, including planning officials and former mayor Bill McNichols, told citizens that HHNP is a park and would remain a park forever. Continue reading
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