Dazzling Displays The Park Hill Parade: From Humble Beginnings To Talk Of The Town Staff report For the GPHN It’s July in Park Hill, and that can only mean one thing: Parade Time! The 14th annual Park Hill Parade happens on Thursday, July 4, starting at 1:30 pm. It runs along 23rd Ave. […]
Remembering Pam Farrar Community Builder, Alley Artist, Teacher, Moon Howler By Julie Farrar and Joan Wallach For the GPHN Pamela Ann Martens Farrar, Park Hill resident of 50 years, passed away on May 20 surrounded by family, howling at the moon. She was the beloved wife of Jack Farrar, mother to Julie and Aaron, […]
Down Under Australian Artist And Poet Kirli Saunders Crosses Oceans, Forges Connections To Create Newest Denver Zoo Exhibit By Mollie Barnes GPHN Intern Down Wallaby Way lives a pair of endangered Huon tree kangaroos named Tristan and Pearl and an albino wallaby named Marshmallow. A pair of Southern cassowaries and an assortment of red-necked wallabies […]
City Park neighbors challenge “regional attraction” proposal A letter to the editor sparked residents around City Park to unite in expressing opposition to a planned 13-acre, $5 million entertainment attraction in the park. At the same time, the parks manager says final design could still change. In the September issue of the Greater Park Hill News, […]
By Barb McKee The Art Garage in Park Hill is growing into a community art center with new energy and a new Executive Director. Welcome Katie Moran, a recent Peace Corps volunteer in Grenada, graduating from Pace University in NYC with a Masters in Special Education and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt […]
We’ve just completed one of the busiest periods for GPHC’s Food Pantry. I want to extend my gratitude to everyone who donated food or money toward Thanksgiving food baskets, and share a little of what your generosity provided. Families began signing up for turkey baskets at the beginning of October. As the list of […]
By Erin Vanderberg Outgoing GPHN Editor When I landed the sweet gig of editing the Greater Park Hill Newspaper two years ago, I’d had quite a week landing a couple of other sweet gigs – one working full-time for the nonpartisan staff of the Colorado General Assembly, and the other becoming pregnant with my first […]
With the changes Denver Public Schools enacted last spring, the middle school landscape has changed for Park Hill residents. If you have a child entering 6th grade next fall, you MUST fill-out the DPS Choice Form if you intend to enroll your child in a DPS school, and prioritize their top five choices on the […]
Most gardens have now been put to bed. The air is brisk, the snow has fallen, the last of the tomatoes have been canned and dried. But fortunately, we’re still digging up tasty Jerusalem artichoke tubers for fresh-from-the-garden meals. Jerusalem artichokes are neither artichokes, nor from Jerusalem. They’re tubers, native to North America, and the […]
As of October 1, 2013, all licensed legal medical marijuana establishments were eligible to apply for a retail marijuana license. They have the option of surrendering their medical marijuana license or co-locating the medical and retail operations with or without a physical separation between them. After January 1, 2014, the city will open the […]