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By Diana Helper
In Denver July is hot
and dry,
Which is better than
muggy
and sweaty and buggy.
Where we grew up. Back there,
meetings did not go on all summer because it was too darn hot and sticky to
think. Out here, we can think all the time (!) so there’s no vacation from
earnest discussions to save the local world.
EXCEPTION: The Annual 10a.m. 4th
of July Parade at Observatory Park! UP-ers gather
to see hundreds of kids, decorated trikes, bikes,
wagons, strollers, dogs, etc. traverse the one-block route over and over. And
listen to the great VFW Band, enjoy the fire truck’s
cool spray, and super-neighborliness. Maybe that’s a way to save the
local world.
The INC Parks/Rec committee meets in
UP at the Heritage Club at 6p.m. on July 17, to take on issues such as park use
– by neighbors, businesses, dogs, noisy groups, drinkers, etc. Angela Casias and other Denver Parks & Rec (DPR) staff, and
sometimes Parks/Rec Advisory Board (PRAB) members attend. Everyone’s welcome to
come discuss and make recommendations to maintain and enhance this important
natural part of our local world.
The Buchtel
Blvd./Parkway Coalition (BBC) meets at the Heritage Club July 18 to
continue its work to make this parkway a continuous, safe, attractive route for
pedestrians, bikes, etc., from S. Colorado Blvd. to S. Logan and west through
the Gates redevelopment to Platte Greenway. It’s a great connection to bus,
light rail, schools, parks, businesses, and neighborhoods. You are all
encouraged to attend, and contribute your ideas to this project. For more info
please contact Mary Myers, 303-733-1786 or
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The UP Community Council board meets
August 7 at 7p.m. and Pres. Dana O’Connor sends out an e-mail update the first
of each month. To get e-mails or to offer agenda items, please visit the UPCC
website, upcc.us or contact
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To help with the annual UPCC Purple Pages (ads, editing, etc.) call
Ellen Seymour at 303-759-2488 or email
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Big bridge-work is going on in
McWilliams Park – no, Dino isn’t getting new teeth ... it’s where the
original bridge over Harvard Gulch is being replaced by a stronger,
wider
version, which will allow DPR work vehicles to use it. It’s to be
completed in
August. Also, thank Karen Coffey for being UP’s official Dragon/Dinosaur
De-graffitizer. Don’t want the kiddies to see bad words and
ask mommy what does that mean?
DPR would like some volunteers to work
with the flower garden at Observatory Park. Last year there was a vegetable
garden there that Linda Rundle and others took care of under a Grow Local
program. They donated the crops to the food bank at the University Church of
Christ on S. Monroe St. The bed is a bit shady, so flowers have returned. If
you’d like to help there, please contact
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or 303-733-4902, and
we’ll try to work out a schedule. To work with Grow Local, contact growlocalcolorado.org. Neighborhood kids enjoy
watching the garden’s progress.
A city crew Re-planted native grasses at
Buchtel Centennial Park, made sure the irrigation
system is all in order, and by golly it’s getting green. Bring the kids by to
watch it grow, and teach them to use a sundial (and read Henry A. Buchtel’s fine words on the plaque).
UP School playground is being redone
this summer. UP’s Stephanie Montague tells us that many new trees will be
planted as part of this project. Some older trees were removed, but clearly
there is great benefit for the future. There was useful study and discussion
with experts, to allay the fears that beset UP tree-lovers when any tree seems
in trouble.
The June band concert-and-picnic at
Observatory Park was an UP-beat success.
Some folks who were visiting wrote extolling UPCC’s great free
neighborhood gathering. (UPCC, with 125 years’ experience, gladly shares info
on how-it-does what it does ... events, zoning, planning, parks, traffic, news,
sidewalks, parking, safety, history, membership, new technology and
old-fashioned neighborliness.)
Summertime – and work goes on! But
parties also may go on – into the night. If a party is too loud too late,
we are all urged to call the police non-emergency number: 720-913-2000. If it’s
at a rental property, you might call the landlord next day, as well. Here’s to
a peaceful summer!
If you have news or views of UP, please
contact Diana Helper, 303-733-4902 or
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