Kyle Clark Channel 9 reports on this development and so does The Denverite . Please see attached letter “Given Save Open Space’s stated disagreement with the prevailing vision and the visioning process to this point, we believe that further participation by Save Open Space as part of the committee would only result in further discord within the community and would not be a valuable use of the committee’s or your organization’s time”
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Denver leaders axed Save Open Space from the committee working on the future of the Park Hill Golf Course
“It’s about as subtle as a heart attack,” said SOS Denver member Lisa Calderón. By Kyle Harris, The Denverite January 19 2022
On January 13, Save Open Space Denver, the group opposed to the development of the 155-acre shuttered Park Hill Golf Course, received a surprising note from city leaders. The group’s seat on the Park Hill Golf Course Area Plan Steering Committee had been denied.
The stated reason: The organization opposed the vision and visioning process for the future development of the shuttered golf course, which was purchased by Westside Investment Partners in 2019 to be turned into a mixed-use development.
“Given Save Open Space’s stated disagreement with the prevailing vision and the visioning process to this point, we believe that further participation by Save Open Space as part of the committee would only result in further discord within the community and would not be a valuable use of the committee’s or your organization’s time,” Parks and Recreation head Happy Haynes and Community Planning and Development head Laura Aldrete explained in their note to SOS. “We expect and encourage Save Open Space to remain involved through other community engagement avenues, and we will continue to respond to input and questions. At this point, however, the steering committee is not the venue for those discussions.” READ FULL ARTICLE HERE