The annual WWPNA General Meeting and Elections will be held at the Christian Indian Center 501 S. Pearl (the corner of Pearl Street and Virginia Avenue).

Highlights of the meeting:

a) Regular reports of Treasurer and Committee highlights. Committee reports will be available as handouts.
b) "2 Fast and 2 Furious" – a discussion of current and future traffic issues facing our neighborhood.
c) Vote on the change in Bylaws (see below).
d) Nomination and election of directors.

***** Along with elections there will be a discussion of traffic issues in our neighborhood -- Everything from problems with speeders to the outcome of WWPNA's independent study of the impact of area development projects (ie: Gates, Country Club Gardens, etc.) on traffic through our streets. *****

The nominating committee is soliciting candidates to fill six seats on the WWPNA Board of Directors for two year terms. The bylaws require that candidates must be a WWPNA member for at least 30 days prior in order to vote in this election. Candidates may also be nominated from the floor the night of the election.

The committee encourages anyone who is interested in running for the
Board to contact us. We’ll answer your questions and do our best to
talk you into becoming a candidate. Charlotte Winzenburg, cwnznbrg@earthlink.net , 303.722.9046 and Gertie Grant, gertiegrant@estreet.com , 303.744.3882.

The monthly meeting of the zoning committee will meet at 214 South Grant at 7:00pm. Entry is on the south as is parking. New business includes an application for a variance to contruct two dormers at 254 South Washington and discussions on a fence application at 393 S Sherman. We will also discuss some proposed changes to the zoning ordinance.

Cherokee Denver Redevelopment Advisory Committee (CDRAC) holds monthly meetings as needed to discuss the on-going developments at the old Gates site west of Broadway. These meetings are usually the 4th Wednesday of each month, but may be cancelled if there is not enough new information to warrant holding a meeting. Please contact Charlie Busch for more information at 303-722-6220.

The following is time of place of hearing:

Project #340-06 1001 East Bayaud Avenue Residential 2:45 p.m.
(Continued from 12/19/06)
Country Club Gardens H.D.
Applicant – Rick Petersen, Oz Architecture
Property Owner – Graham Hatcher, The Broe Companies
Revision of Existing Development Area

MEETING LOCATION – 201 W. COLFAX, RM. 4.F.6

The May meeting of the WWPNA Board and officers is open to the public. The meeting will be held at the Washington Street Community Center, 809 South Washington.

9TH ANNUAL EAST
WASHINGTON PARK
HOME TOUR
Give your mother, aunt, grandma and YOU a Mother’s Day weekend to remember by attending the ninth annual East Washington Park Home Tour on Saturday, May 12, 2007 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. All funds benefit Steele Elementary School. On the tour this year is an original two-story home, a Denver square that won a Mayor’s Design Award in 2006, a late 1800’s original farmhouse, and two recent, gorgeous pop tops.

In addition to the home tour, there will be a barbeque, student art show and plant sale at Steele Elementary School. Tickets are $15 each or $20 the day of the show, and can be purchased on-line at Washparkhometour.org after April 1. Tickets may also be purchased from Steele Elementary at 320 Marion Parkway, Coldwell Banker at 101 University Blvd., or the First Bank of Cherry Creek at 1st Ave. and St. Paul. Call 303-744-1717 with questions. The Washington Park Home Tour is sponsored by The Ron Buss Team at Coldwell Banker and FirstBank of Cherry Creek.

Our May 2007 WWPNA History Committee discussion is going to be extra special. We'll be graced with the presence of not one but two honored citizens, Ed and Dave Garland. Born in West Wash Park in 1923 and 1922, respectively, these brothers have a lot of stories to tell and a few photos to show as well.

Their father, Dave Garland, owned a grocery store at 295 South Pearl. Garland Grocery was the place people could count on during the Depression, when they needed a little extra credit to get them by. The grocery went bankrupt in 1937 because of it, but Garland didn't stop giving. He developed many of the youth sports programs in Denver, earning him the nickname "The Saint of Denver Sports." In 1952, the Denver Bears gave him a lifetime pass to their games, and in 1956, he was named the University of Denver's "Man of the Year." Garland Park is named in his honor.

The Garland boys played football and baseball at the old Byers sandlot, and both became pitchers of some renown at South High. Dave Jr played for a while with the St Louis Browns, but he left professional baseball to become a doctor. His younger brother Ed continues to live in the neighborhood, and works in the insurance industry, continuing the work his father began upon closure of the grocery.

Come join us for this dual history on Tuesday, May 15th at 242 South Lincoln Street at 7:00. We'll also have about 15 minutes of updates on the oral histories, new historic homes, Country Club Gardens, and other historic happenings.