Celebrate City Park Day with Jolon Clark and Park Hill Dave, May 30, 5-8 pm, City Park Pavilion

Jolon Clark, Executive Director of Denver Parks and Recreation, will welcome the public to City Park Day this year along with his newly adopted chum, Park Hill Dave. Dave is eager to make one of his first public appearances since finding a new home with Clark and his family after a year-long stint fending for himself at the Park Hill Golf Course (soon to be a park!). City Park Day’s Victorian theme seems right up Dave’s alley and under his supervision, Clark will scoop ice cream along with other Celebrity Scoopers like Terita Walker, East High School Principal, and this year’s recipient of the CASE 2025 Colorado High School Principal of the Year award. Mayor Wellington Webb, champion of Denver’s parks, culture and inspired governance for many decades, will also be on hand to scoop along with his park champion cohorts, attorneys Penfield Tate and Woody Garnsey. Scooping away with the best of them will be Frank Rowe, Executive Director of the Denver Park Trust; Cara De Gette, Editor of the Greater Park Hill News; Denver City Council member At-Large Serena Gonzales-Guttierez; and Patty Calhoun, Editor-in-Chief of Westword, the alt-weekly newspaper she co-founded in 1977. There may be more…

Once again, City Park Day will be a celebration of City Park’s long history, connections to Denver’s founding days and its Victorian roots. The Victorian Society of Colorado will be swishing through the crowds in all their Victorian finery and the music of the Denver Municipal Band, founded in 1861 with a mission to provide music to Denver, will waft through the air. Free ice cream will be provided by Sweet Cooie’s Ice Cream. Located at 3506 12^th Avenue in Congress Park, Sweet Cooie’s is a vintage ice cream shop & confectionery serving hand made frozen treats, homemade truffles & more. There will also be face painting and other activities. Lining the outside of the Pavilion will be community tables where you can explore all the neighborhood organizations and institutions that support City Park.

City Park Day is sponsored by City Council District 9 and Denver City Councilmember, Darrell Watson; City Park Friends and Neighbors; City Park Alliance; Greater Park Hill Community, Inc, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; the Denver Zoo; the Victorian Society of Colorado; Sweet Cooie’s Ice Cream; and Denver Parks and Recreation.

We can’t wait to see you at this fun event to celebrate City Park and launch the beginning of summer as well! Be sure and attend the Victorian Society’s Antique & Vintage Swap and Sell event on May 18, 9 am – 3 pm at 4425 Kipling St. in Wheat Ridge to get spruced up for City Park Day! Park Hill Dave recommends at least a nice bonnet!