City and County of Denver
Parks and Recreation
Jay Clark
Parks and Recreation
PH: 720-931-0633
For Immediate Release
June 5, 2012
Civic Center Park Update
DENVER, CO — Civic Center was recently recommended by the U.S. Department of the Interior to become a National Historic Landmark, which would be the first such designation in Denver history (click here for details). Through the Denver Better Bond program, the City of Denver is continuing to invest in Civic Center. Work taking place at the McNichols Building, the gardens in front of the City and County Building and in the lawn areas in Civic Center is all in areas that are of the designation.
Warranty work on the renovation of Civic Center Park is proceeding. The warranty work is scheduled to be complete in July, and Denver Parks and Recreation continues to be committed to working with event organizers, like the upcoming PrideFest Denver and the just completed CHUN People’s Fair, to ensure events are a success.
Installation of new sod is complete on the Broadway Terrace. After July 4, Denver Parks and Recreation will install sod on north and south areas of the park where additional warranty work has taken place. Denver Parks and Recreation will install fencing around these areas when the new sod is installed to give the sod’s roots a chance to establish the new turf. Fenced areas will be closed to the public per City and County of Denver General Conditions requirements for public safety and security.
Also in June, Denver Parks and Recreation will replace the two unhealthy spruce trees outside the main entrance to the Denver City and County Building with two new Chanticleer Ornamental Pear trees that are in keeping with the overall neo classic architecture look of Civic Center. In addition to the replacement of the trees, Denver Parks and Recreation will landscape the two side gardens to match the central garden. This will give the front of the City and County Building a new vibrant look to match rest of the Civic Center restoration.
For more information on PrideFest Denver, scheduled for June 16 and 17, visit: www.glbtcolorado.org/PrideFest.aspx
The City & County of Denver’s Better Denver Bond Program works to preserve, renovate and create amenities that touch resident’s lives – including roads, libraries, parks, recreation centers, child care sites, hospitals, human service, city buildings and cultural facilities. Approved by voters in 2007, the bond program generates millions of dollars into the economy, preserves and creates jobs and makes Denver a more attractive place to live, work, and invest in the future. For more information about the Better Denver Bond Program, visit www.denvergov.org/betterdenver.
Denver Parks + Recreation (DPR) facilities are unrivaled in the Rocky Mountain West. The DPR system spans over a 138-year history from the first park created in 1868 to nearly 15,000 acres of urban parks and mountain parkland today. It embraces nearly 3,000 acres of “traditional” parks and parkways, 2,500 urban natural acres and 154.9 square miles of urban forest.
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