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DESIGNS FOR “NEARBY NATURE” PLAY SPACES IN CITY PARK AT CPFAN’s DECEMBER 1 PROGRAM

Please joins us for a Zoom Program on Tuesday, December 1 at 6 pm. Jacqueline Altreuter, Director of Volunteer Engagement at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, will present three possible new designs for the Museum’s “Nearby Nature” project and is eager to get the public’s reaction and ideas. “Nearby Nature” is a concept for a nature-based children’s play space extending from the DeBoer Canyon (south of the museum’s west entrance) to the small South Playground below. According to the Museum that is partnering with the Denver Department of Parks and Recreation on the project: “The ultimate goal of the nature play spaces is to inspire curiosity  and a love of the outdoor environment, planting the idea that protecting and caring for it is something we can all do together.”

BRING YOUR IDEAS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN CITY PARK
After the “Nearby Nature” review, join us to brainstorm about the community’s vision for the future of City Park. What are your concerns, your ideas, your wishes as the “Peoples’ Park” enters a new decade in its evolution. CPFAN Vice President, Sandy Robnett will present the Programs and chair the Board Meeting to follow. Please join us for new CPFAN Board member, Kelly Crosby’s report on a possible program linking East High (and other high school) students to creating short-term art installations in City Park.

Register for the December 1 CPFAN Program and Meeting below:
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You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Dec 1, 2020 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

EAST HIGH STUDENTS HELP SPRUCE UP CITY PARK


As CPFAN continues discussions with the Denver Department of Parks and Recreation about volunteer opportunities in City Park, new CPFAN Board member, Kelly Crosby organized a clean-up with twenty East High students providing the labor. East High Principal, John Youngquist,  gave the students a hearty send-off as the students, armed with DPR buckets and grabbers, crossed the esplanade and entered the park, spending the next few hours scouring the park for any trash.

DPR Superintendent for the East District, Adam Smith, whose office is in the City Park pavilion, has reported that DPR staff has been slashed to 50% capacity. CPFAN is hopeful that there will be more ways its members and all City Park-lovers can provide supportive services to DPR during the pandemic and beyond.

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COLOR FIELD KEEPS ON GIVING

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The Color Field art installation at City Park’s historic Lily Pond is the brain child of Denver artists’, Sarah and Josh Palmeri. It is also their loving gift to Denver park visitors. Conceived of pre-pandemic, Color Field was scheduled for installation in May, 2020 to great fanfare and recognition of its sponsor, City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN) and funders, Denver Arts and Venues, CPFAN, City Park Alliance, Denver Zoo, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

When the pandemic hit, all well-laid plans went by the wayside. Denver Arts and Venues and the Denver Department of Parks and Recreation came to the rescue. With their support, Sarah and Josh, along with a crack crew of friends and CPFAN volunteers were given the green light to pound 6,000 painted gardening stakes into the rock solid soil of the long-abandoned seed beds of the Lily Pond. The fanfare was dispensed with and everyone threw themselves into a project meant to bring delight to City Park visitors. It was their bright and hopeful gift to the community at a time of crisis and despair.

Sequoyah Hayes‘ reflection on and land acknowledgement of Color Field perfectly affirms everything about the art installation, from its original intent to its evolution and subsequent enjoyment by the public at large. The formerly lonely and deserted Lily Pond has come to life. It is now one of the more popular spots for picnicking, social distanced gathering and meditating in City Park. It has inspired a new initiative by new CPFAN Board member, Kelly Crosby to engage area students in future temporary art installations in City Park.

Sequoya Hayes is the founder of Red Linen Moon, a wellness and social practice consulting firm that provides social work services through a queer feminist lens. Red Linen Moon specifically serves as a resource for trauma-informed yoga, individual and group therapy, and customized employee wellness support. Sequoya holds a BA in Behavioral and Social Sciences from East West University, a Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and a certification in Yoga Teacher Training through SATYA Yoga Co-op in Denver, the first POC owned yoga cooperative in the country

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