Tag: Denver Parks And Recreation
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News Nuggets: Denver clerk slates legislative policy chats for June
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul D. López will host two events in June, bringing together experts to discuss how recent federal policy and legislative proposals may affect voting access and the state’s mail-in ballot voting model. Both events are free of charge and open to the…
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Denver considers spending $25.5 million on park landscaping equipment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council on Monday will consider three master purchase orders worth $25.5 million to replace landscaping equipment and vehicles for city parks and golf courses. Denver’s Parks and Recreation Department is requesting the funds to replace landscaping equipment, according to master purchase orders…
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Denver’s Ruby Park Rail Yard opens again — and you can snowboard, ski for free
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save __tnt.youtube.players.register(‘youtube-player-5d0c9c36-a557-11ed-9836-2baf4a8e9451’); 9News Denver’s Ruby Hill Rail Yard, an urban terrain park free to skiers and snowboarders, has opened for the season. Denver Parks and Recreation teamed up again with Winter Park Resort to provide an opportunity for skiers and snowboarders to check out rails, snow…
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Denver’s recreation centers will be open to public as cooling stations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save All recreation centers operated by Denver Parks and Recreation are open to the public on Friday to serve as cooling stations as temperatures approach triple digits. All Denver Public Library locations except Central Library, Ross-Cherry Creek Branch Library and Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library are…
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2 Denver parks, playgrounds shut down over drug paraphernalia
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two weeks after Denver’s Civic Center Park began reopening to the public, two other parks and playgrounds in the area are shut down due to drug paraphernalia. The playground at Governor’s Park and the entire Quality Hill Park are both closed because of excessive amounts…
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Denver recreation centers return to normal hours of operation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Normal business hours at the city’s recreation centers resumed Tuesday for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Denver Parks and Recreation closed the city’s recreation centers in March 2020 because of COVID-19 and didn’t begin its phased reopening until this past…
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Downtown Denver ice rink to open for the season this month
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Downtown Denver Rink is returning this winter season, set to open daily from Nov. 24 to Feb. 20, the Downtown Denver Partnership announced Friday. This will be the seasonal ice-skating rink’s 11th season of operation. The rink, located in Skyline Park at 16th and…
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Denver’s 2022 city budget proposal: Parks and Recreation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council has begun holding hearings on Mayor Michael Hancock’s $1.49 billion budget proposal for 2022, meeting with Denver Parks and Recreation on Monday. The proposed 2022 budget would delegate just under $83 million to Parks and Recreation, with approximately $49 million going…