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CPA’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament Was a Fundraising Success!

Turnout for the second annual City Park Alliance Golf Tournament on June 27th was a big success! A huge thanks to all of our tournament participants and volunteers whose time and fundraising contributions will help us support ongoing improvements at City Park. Be sure to stay tuned for information on next year’s annual golf event […]

Thanks for Making our Annual Ice Cream Social so Sweet!

City Park Alliance hosted our annual Ice Cream Social on June 3, 2022, treating patrons of City Park to both dessert and a wonderful performance by the Denver Municipal Band. It was a fantastic summer evening!   Be sure to save the date for next year’s event on Friday, June 2, 2023!

Catch the City Park Farmers Market every Saturday through October

Be sure to check out the City Park Farmers Market on Saturdays! Lots of breakfast, brunch and lunch options, vendors from cheese to kombucha to the fixin’s for cocktails – plenty to do see and experience.  Join the fun! When: Saturday’s until October 30th, 8am to 1pm, Rain, snow or shine Where: East High School […]

City Park Jazz Wraps Up 36th Season

Many thanks to City Park Jazz, who concluded their 36th season of entertainment in the park on August 7th! Check out their website here for updates on their summer 2023 lineup.

17th Street Closure Update

Road construction to address inadequate storm drainage continues along 17th Avenue south of City Park. 17th Avenue west of Colorado Avenue is currently open. 17th Avenue east of Colorado Avenue is currently closed. More about the project: “The storm water infrastructure installed in the 1930s became undersized for major storms as Denver continued to grow,” […]

City Park Alliance’s Presents $1,000 Gift to First Tee

Today at the City Park Golf Course, City Park Alliance handed off $1,000 of the funds raised from their 1st Annual Golf Tournament to First Tee of Denver who work to enrich the lives of children in the community through the game of golf. City Park Alliance is so excited to support the mission of […]

Seeking Feedback From The Neighborhood – Nature Play at City Park

Dear friends and neighbors: We are seeking your feedback to help shape the design of natural experiences in the southeast corner of City Park. This project will restore portions of the historic DeBoer Waterway as a sustainable creek bed with water that runs the course of natural play experiences, based on Colorado’s eight ecosystems. The […]

Color Field Denver

City Park Alliance (CPA) is participating in a collaborative public art installation in the Lily Pond. Local artists Sarah and Josh Palmeri will activate the space through a colorful, site-specific installation of roughly 7,000 painted gardening stakes in the seedbeds of the drained pond. The six uniquely shaped seedbeds will transform into abstract forms of […]

The Densification of Denver: A must read for those who love City Park

A three-part Denver Post series by Bruce Finley Synopsis As development eats away at Denver’s green space, the “city within a park” is becoming a concrete metropolis. More than a century ago, Denver’s leaders — inspired by the City Beautiful movement — built toward the ideal of a “city within a park.” But the last […]