DENVER August 10, 2019 – Denver’s Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (DenverINC) members overwhelmingly passed a Resolution in support of preserving  the Park Hill Golf Course perpetual open space conservation easement defined in the City’s purchase in November 1997. The Resolution will be sent to Denver’s City Council.

INC’s Resolution was also endorsed by former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, under whose administration the purchase was made and the perpetual open space conservation easement was formed. He stated he was in favor of supporting the Resolution at INC’s August 10 meeting held at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. In his words: “If we allow this park space in Park Hill to be sold and redeveloped into a concrete jungle, I believe no park in Denver is safe.”

“We are asking city council to protect and maintain the conservation easement of Park Hill Golf Course and maintain it as open space zoning,” said Cindy Johnstone, Co-Chair of the INC PARCs Committee.  “In order for a developer to develop the property, they would have to go to council and ask council first to remove the conservation easement. After that vote, they would have to come back in and ask them for rezoning.”

Maggie Price, PARCs Co-Chair, also stated, “It’s a legacy that we have to leave; we have to leave a legacy of open space in this growing metropolis.”

Media that covered this vote:
KUSA Channel 9 August 10 Click link
KDVR Fox / WGN2 aired coverage August 10-No web link
CBS 4 aired coverage August 10-no web link
Denver Media- Life on Cap Hill, Wash Park Profile