Denver Parks and Recreation NewsRelease Date: 12-07-2006
Public/private partnership makes dream of downtown children’s playground a reality
(DENVER) The Greenway Foundation will host a groundbreaking celebration for the Downtown Children's Playground on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 2p.m. The ceremony will be held at the playground site located at the intersection of Speer Boulevard and Wewatta Street across from the Pepsi Center.
For more than six years, the Lower Downtown Neighborhood Association has spearheaded the drive for a playground in its community and coordinated the fundraising effort that has made it possible. In partnership with the Greenway Foundation, Denver Parks and Recreation and Great Outdoors Colorado, funding is finally in place to initiate construction on the first phase of the project which will begin within a few weeks and will be completed by June, 2007.
It is anticipated that the playground will serve a wide and varied clientele. In addition to the children of downtown families, it will be enjoyed by visitors to the city, those attending events at Coors Field and the Pepsi Center and by countless families that travel along the Cherry Creek and South Platte River Greenways.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
CAROL ANN ROTHMAN
LODO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOC.
303.298.0180
parothman@yahoo.com
JEFF SHOEMAKER
GREENWAY FOUNDATION
303/818.8078
wjs@greenwayfoundation.org
TOM HAWKEY
DENVER PARKS AND RECREATION
720.913.0632
tom.hawkey@ci.denver.co.us
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