RELAX and REFRESH in NATURE How about a walk with new friends in City Park? WHEN: THURSDAY JUNE 1 5:30PM WHERE: Front entrance of BOGEY'S ON THE PARK 26th & York 80205 ( Club House at City Park Golf Course. Start at Bogey's at City Park Golf Course (26th and York) at 5:30PM. Do a 1 hour (or so) loop around City Park and end up back at Bogeys in CPGC for a beer and/or food, on their beautiful patio for the sunset. All ages and abilities are welcome. Dogs on a leash are welcome, too. Meet up at the front steps. I will have a SAVE CITY PARK GOLF COURSE sign. BRING WATER TO CARRY. THIS WALK WILL BE CANCELLED IF THERE IS LIGHTENING IN THE AREA. ( BRIDGET CELL PHONE: 720.440.3562) _________________________________________ DENVER OPEN SPACE IS "SHRINKING" "Denver parks and greenway space decreased to 9.3 acres per 1,000 residents, below the national median of 13.1 acres in the 100 most-populated cities, the data show." http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/23/denver-population-density-open-space/ ____________________________________________ MASTER PLAN FOR CITY PARK , TELL THE CITY WHAT YOU THINK DENVER Public Open House YOUR CHANCE TO DEMAND THAT CPGC BE INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR CITY PARK. Tuesday, May 30 | 5:00-7:00PM City Park Pavilion | 1700 N. York St. WILL THERE be any public presentation or discussion or Q &A about the Master Plan or will city officials , as usual, stand quietly in front of poster boards and "listen" to quiet comments from individuals, one at a time? DON"T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOUR PETITION TO SAVE CITY PARK GOLF COURSE, A DESIGNATED PART OF CITY PARK........PRESENTED TO CITY OFFICIALS. ___________________________________________ TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND RATES URBAN PARKS Denver is not in the top 10 .It is #20 “You can’t have a great city without a great park system,” said Adrian Benepe, senior vice president and director of City Park Development for The Trust for Public Land. “Our top-ranked park systems are terrific, but all cities have room to improve." https://303magazine.com/2017/05/denver-parks-1/ ________________________________________________ CPGC Law Suit Update IS DENVER DRAGGING THEIR FEET? Read latest pleading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3tj3PB9uPWZcmVvYlZYblVCb3M3RlBqQlJkcDVWeF93MjVV/view Our law suit to stop the destruction of City Park Golf Course (CPGC) to install a 50 acre industrial detention sump in the western part of the course, is moving ahead. the case goes to court on August 21, 2017. Would you like to make a donation to help defray court costs and the cost of expert witnesses? Attorney Aaron Goldhamer is donating his time. We are very grateful to him. Click link to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/cityparklegalfund ______________________________________ Thanks for all of your support . Together will save CPGC from Mayor Hancock's bulldozers! See you next Thursday for the Walk in City Park. photo by Kyle Cooper 303 magazine