You're invited to join our WPENA monthly meeting IN PERSON or virtually, though we love to connect in person to stimulate more neighborhood participation. Attendees may enter from the parking lot on South Gilpin Street.
Tuesday, April 11th, from 6:30-8:30 pm
St. Johns Lutheran Church, 800 S. Franklin St.
in the Community Room
The will be no special guest speaker this month. The time will instead be allocated to discuss the concept of a zoning overlay concerning Additional Dwelling Units in Wash Park East with Councilman Paul Kashmann. Our usual speakers will include a Community Resource Officer from District 3 Police Station and Denver Public School (DPS) Board of Education Representative Scott Balderman.
For those unable to meet in person, the monthly meeting can be accessed by following the link below.
Please also read below for a variety of neighborhood news updates.
See you soon,
WPENA
WPENA NEWS & EVENTS
WPENA Membership Renewal Season
Have you renewed your WPENA membership? Join WPENA or renew your annual household membership today. We appreciate your support, which helps bring fun events to our neighborhood, publish the newsletter, keep our website running, and more. Thank you! We are especially grateful to those neighbors who opt to include an additional donation in their membership.
Volunteer with WPENA
WPENA is actively recruiting new volunteers. We have specific needs such as expertise in legal affairs, zoning, city governance, bookkeeping, and fun needs like event volunteers for our 4th of July celebration, happy hours, and the rolling concert. We would love to have you help, join a committee and more. Please be in touch if you would like to get involved, email us at wpenaonline@gmail.com.
CITY NEWS & EVENTS
Plant a FREE tree this spring in your right-of-way
Join the thousands of Denver residents who have received a FREE tree for their right-of-way from Denver’s Office of the City Forester. Check out the Be A Smart Ash website for commonly asked questions, information to help determine if there is room in your right-of-way, and to submit your free tree request if you qualify: https://beasmartash.org/free-trees/.
Join the Denver Public Schools District Accountability Committee by April 14th
Do you have an interest in providing advice to DPS on the decisions they make? Then the District Accountability Committee (DAC) could be for you!
The DAC is a committee of parents, educators, community members, and other volunteers who are interested in education and student success and well-being. The DAC involves the community in decisions being made by DPS leaders by providing feedback and making recommendations. The DAC focuses on issues such as accountability, transparency, equity, community involvement, and the effective use of district resources to improve student outcomes.
The DAC Membership Committee is accepting applications now through Friday, April 14th for the 2023-2024 committee and is looking for diverse voices from across the district. The Committee will review the applications, conduct interviews and then present their recommendations to the Board.
The DAC application is available in all of the consent decree languages.
New Changes to Compost Collection Guidelines Began April 1st
Visit Denvergov.org to read all of the new guidelines.
Denver votes "NO" on 2 0
A highlight from the Denver Gazette explains the next steps for the property.
What does "no" on 2O mean for the space?
Question 2O asked voters if a conservation easement on the 155-acre property of the former Park Hill Golf Course should be lifted. The "no" vote means the park will stay as-is, whereas a "yes" vote would have cleared the way for redevelopment of the site.
"Because the Park Hill easement is unambiguous, the land will return to a privately-owned, regulation-length 18-hole golf course," according to a statement from Westside. "The site will immediately be closed to public use or access, with no housing, community grocery store, or public parks allowed on this site, in accordance with the will of the voters."
What will Westside do with the land, based on 2O failing?
"At this point, the only path forward to get the ROI (return of investment) on this property is to follow what the easement allows," Westside spokesman Bill Rigler told The Denver Gazette Wednesday. "That means a golf club and related uses. Top Golf is absolutely an allowable use."
"Opponents permitted a big lie that Westside would turn around and give this land away," he said. "That's not going to happen. Selling the land at a loss back to the city is not going to happen. Frankly, it's hard to envision a scenario where anyone would want to come into the site and have to go through the same experience and expense Westside just took."
