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News and Events1. Bill Leavel memorial service - 8/27 2. WWPNA Board Meeting - 9/1 3. Fall Shade Tree Program - trees for private property - deadline 9/1 4. Small Project Design Award nominations - 9/5 deadline 5. Washington Park Cares Focus Group 6. Aetna Park-to-Park 10 Miler - Monday 9/7 7. River South (RISO) Greenway Master Plan - Wednesday 9/9 8. Denver's Old House Society Fall Old House Fair - 9/12 ************************** Bill Leavel, an early activist in SCIA, then later in WWPNA, has passed. His memorial will be on Thursday, 27th of August at 4:30 pm at Alamo Placita Park, Ogden Street at 3rd Av. ************************** The September WWPNA Board meeting will be held at it's regular time on Tuesday, September 1st starting at 6:30PM. The meeting will be held at the Washington Street Community Center, 809 S. Washington. ************************** Fall Shade Trees for Your Yard! These medium and large sized trees, strategically planted in your yard (on private property), will help you save money and fight global warming by providing valuable energy-saving shade for your home. Properly placed trees can lower a building’s air conditioning use by 30% – this means lower energy bills and less carbon released into the atmosphere! Shade trees also beautify your space, enhance property values (up to 10%!), reduce air pollution, buffer noise, and provide shelter for birds and other wildlife. These trees are low-cost for Denver residents – only $25 each! (trees this size usually sell for more than $100) Learn more and Download your Shade Tree Application: http://www.theparkpeople.com/Fall_2009_Shade_Tree_Application_Web.pdf To have an application mailed to you, call 303-722-6262 or email info@theparkpeople.org (include your mailing address and Subject Heading: “Request for Shade Tree Application”). Application DEADLINE: Sept 1, availability is limited, apply today! Tree Pick-up: Oct 3 (location TBA) The Shade Tree Program is brought to you by The Park People and EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. We are grateful to the City of Denver for assistance in selecting trees suitable for Colorado’s climate and the urban environment. ************************** The Mayor's Design Awards celebrates design in all its forms throughout our neighborhoods. The awards honor business and home owners who make design excellence a priority. It is the combination of small-scale, unique gestures that make our city interesting, provocative and memorable. Good design results in economic, social and aesthetic benefits for our community. Make your nominations at www.DenverGov.Org/MDA by September 5th! New this year is a category for Historic Preservation to recognize (must be a designated Landmark structure or in a designated Historic District): - An extraordinary example of design representative of its historic time, place or use. ************************** Washington Park Cares (WPC) is seeking participants for a focus group to discuss the issues and unmet needs of Washington Park residents over the ages of 55. Participation in the focus group is open to any age group. If you are interested, please contact Elizabeth Kelchner, Executive Director at Washington Park Cares (WPC) is a nonprofit organization that enhances the lives of people 55 and over in the greater Washington Park area of Denver. To learn more about Washington Park Cares and how you can get involved call (720) 381-2470 or see the following link: www.washingtonparkcares.net. ************************** A group of volunteers will be distributing door 'knockers' to affected neighborhoods along the route to inform those individuals of the upcoming race. The 2009 race course map is attached at www.parktopark10miler.com. ************************** River South (RISO) Greenway Master Plan Public Outreach Meeting Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (Directions from Santa Fe Drive and Evans interchange: Go west on Evans to South Huron Street. Turn right on South Huron. South Huron dead-ends at West Jewell/Overland Golf Course.) The public is invited to hear about general planning concepts being envisioned for the RISO Greenway Master Plan area and to seek public input. The objective of the River South Greenway Master Plan is to generate a park, recreation and open space plan that sets a vision for the South Platte River and creates development, financial and regulatory guidelines for parkland along the River between 20th Street to the Denver-Englewood/Sheridan city limits on the south. The project boundary for developing master planning proposals is defined as the South Platte River and all properties located adjacent to and/or contiguous with the River, approximately 200 feet from the top of the riverbank in either direction. Consideration will be given to opportunity linkages brought about by river improvements in the area between Federal Boulevard on the west to Broadway on the east. For more information, contact Jeff Shoemaker: 303-818-8078. ************************** Event Description: The Fair offers 12 workshops on subjects pertinent to old-house owners, exhibits of numerous companies and organizations with products or services for homes build over 50 years ago, and tours of the school, which for many years was open only to Air Force officers and their families. Exhibitors have been requested to provide free 15-minute consultations. Six energy efficiency workshops on topics relatable for old houses, called the green track, will be offered. The other six workshops will present information pertinent to old houses. Topics covered in the green track include: Subjects covered in the other track include: Food will be available for sale throughout the day. It will be provided by the school’s students and parents, who are raising money for a trip to London. The Old House Fair is presented by Denver’s Old House Society, a nonprofit organization, dedicated to educating owners of old houses (50+ years) and helping them protect their neighborhoods. Sponsors for the event include: Applewood Plumbing, Heating and Electric, Denver Water, Lyons Historic Windows, Nostalgic Homes, Phoenix Window Restoration, Inc., and Van Camp’s Quality Floors. This project has been funded in part by a grant from the Peter Grant Endowment established by the Gates Family Foundation for Colorado Submitted by Charlie Busch on August 26, 2009 - 2:51pm.
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