Sally Kurtzman and Christine O’Connor or Lowry United Neighborhoods welcomed INC delegates to the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, whose COO Mark Hyatt generously made the Museum available for our January 2016 meeting. [See pictures, courtesy of Ray Ehrenstein.]
As pointed out in the welcome comments by Kurtzman & O’Connor, the Museum is located in the Lowry Technical Training Historic District, one of the two historic districts on Lowry. The entire Lowry neighborhood is built on 1800 acres of the former Lowry Air Force Base.
INC Neighborhood Person of the Year – Awarded in honor of Virginia Oredson who was the secretary of INC for several years in the 1980’s. She worked to protect her Montclair neighborhood from crime and problem bars and encouraged neighborhoods to work together through INC. This award is given to a person who: · Has encouraged Denver neighborhoods or citizens …Continue reading →
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District will hold a public meeting
on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 from 6-8pm to gather input on modifying the
Cherry Creek Dam Water Control Plan to release more water from the dam
during extreme flooding events.
BY ALAN PRENDERGAST
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2015 WESTWORD
The attack came without warning. It was carried out swiftly, with ruthless, mechanized efficiency. And when it was over, it was as if the trees had never been there in the first place.
Rich Grant had never seen anything like it. A forty-year resident of the Washington Park area and the retired director of communications for Visit Denver, Grant walks around the park every day. One exceptionally warm day in October, he headed out on his usual route, eager to take in the fall colors — and found Evergreen Hill closed off and under siege. The hill, a prized grove of conifers on the north side of the park, had been taken over by Denver Parks and Recreation crews equipped with cherry pickers and chainsaws.
Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation
Executive Committee Meeting
Nov. 9, 2015 at Beauvallon, 925 Lincoln Street
Meeting called to order at 6:34 p.m.
V. P. Ehrenstein presiding
Attendance:
Board of Directors: Ray Ehrenstein, JJ Niemann, David Stauffer, John Riecke, Darcy Wilson also Parks and Recreation Co-Chair Maggie Price, Zoning and Planning Co-Chairs Margie Valdez and Gregory Kerwin, Charity Chair Joanne Kuemmerlin
The meeting was called to order by INC President, Larry Ambrose at Jake’s, at 38th and Walnut in the Cole/River North neighborhood at 9 am.
Treasurer’s report INC October 2015 Treas Report
Introduction from our delegate from the Cole Neighborhood (Darcy Wilson)
Councilman Wayne New, District 10 made a report and answered questions
As Denver’s Inter-Neighbor Cooperation (INC) observes its 40th anniversary, its president Larry Ambrose says the neighborhood movement plays a key role in city government accountability.
“Because we have a nominally nonpartisan city government, the elected officials are not responsible to parties or platforms,” says Ambrose. “Through the neighborhood movement, citizens have a voice to advocate on public issues of direct impact.”
