A Granddaughter Pays Tribute to her Park Hill Grandparents Angel Keefe I was once asked to define what it meant to be inspired. My response was rather instantaneous. Behind every inspiration is an iconic figure that has an inner-strength seemingly greater than that of our own. Held close to my heart are two […]
Congratulations to all the school board candidates who won. All of the candidates – Barbara O’Brien, Rosemary Rodriguez, Mike Johnson, and Landri Taylor – outspent their opponents by at least two to one. Where did this money come from? One group is the Arnold Foundation out of Texas. John Arnold is a hedge fund manager […]
DPD2 UPDATE Officer Reyes Trujillo discussed arrests made in October in three cases – the recent street robberies, a sexual assault, and in the case of the armed robberies at Colfax businesses in the neighborhood. He stated that while crime was down generally, there has been a recent surge in vehicle and garage break-ins. He […]
GPHC’s Emergency Food Pantry provides neighborhood families in need with a 3-day supply of food during times of crisis By Robyn Fishman Executive Director, GPHC Charles Carter, 56, shares his home with his 89-year-old father, who suffers from dementia. Charles started going to the Greater Park Hill Community Emergency Pantry after he was laid off […]
GPHC Update by Robyn Fishman, Executive Director This month’s front page article is all about our GPHC Emergency Food Pantry, but I wanted to share some additional thoughts from a more personal angle. I recently saw a movie called A Place at the Table about American families facing food insecurity. Food insecurity is defined as not knowing where the next […]
Park Hill Village West development will include 156 permanently affordable apartments By Christi Longsdorf, ULC The Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), in partnership with The Piton Foundation and Gary Community Investment Company (GCIC), City of Denver and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), purchased 9.4 acres of land at Smith Road and Colorado Boulevard […]
By Annie Robb Levinsky Executive Director, Historic Denver On April 8, 2013 Denver City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing regarding the local landmark designation of 2070 Colorado Boulevard, known as the Margaret Long House. The hearing will be part of the regular council meeting, which begins at 5:30 pm at the City […]
Park Hill-native reflects on losing her 9-year-old son in new memoir By Erin Vanderberg, Editor In July 2009, Zuton Lucero-Mills lost her first-born child, 9-year-old Zumante Lucero, to a massive asthma attack which rendered him unconscious and unable to live without a ventilator. The case was held up as a failure of the health care […]