We are pleased to announce new grants we recently received from two fantastic community partners. The Captain Planet Foundation grant will help fund our idea of putting recycling bins along the Greenway in Commerce City this summer. We will work with the Commerce City Boys & Girls Club on this project, who will learn about recycling and help us decorate and install the bins.
New Belgium Brewing Co. contributed funding to our Next Generation Partners youth outreach program, which serves at-risk local youth with free environmental education, recreation and community service opportunities. A big thanks to both of these fantastic organizations- we couldn't do it without you!
April 2012 Event Wrap Up May 2, 2012
Phew- we were busy last month!
On April 21, 100 volunteers from Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) completely transformed our Smith Road Trailhead in Denver. Volunteers worked for six hours to build two xeriscape gardens, install 400 feet of post and cable fence, and spread 200 tons of road base. The picture below speaks for itself!
A HUGE thanks to VOC for helping us with this project, as well as the Colorado Garden Show, Mortenson Construction and Recycled Materials for funding and in-kind donations. Click here for more pictures of the volunteer event and the finished trailhead.
The following weekend, 30 youth volunteers from the Commerce City Recreation Center and a dozen Xcel Energy employees planted 200 cottonwood and willow seedlings on the Greenway.
Thanks so much to our great volunteers for helping provide shade and wildlife habitat in this area for years to come! More pictures of this volunteer event can be found here.
2012 Volunteer Appreciation Picnic April 23, 2012
Come join us on Saturday, May 5th at 9 a.m. for a morning of volunteer activities followed by a volunteer appreciation picnic! We will have free food, free drinks and SCRGP swag to give away. A big thanks to Famous Dave's for donating lunch. Please click here for more information and to RSVP. We hope to see you there!
Announcing Digital Media Internship April 20, 2012
The Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership is seeking a college student to fill a part-time summer digital media position. Click here to learn more.
Earth Day 2012 Trailhead Renovation April 5, 2012
The time has finally come! On Saturday, April 21, we will work with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) to build two xeriscape gardens, install fencing, and spread new gravel in the parking lot of the Smith Road Trailhead in Denver. We are extremely grateful to VOC, Colorado Garden Show, Inc., and Mortenson Construction for making our vision of a better trailhead in Denver a reality.
The Smith Road Trailhead, pre-renovation
check out the abandoned Christmas trees!
Click here to read the press release about this exciting event. Please contact Caroline Fry at (303) 468-3262 for more information.
Announcing Volunteer Events in April March 17, 2012
We are gearing up for another busy volunteer season! We have two exciting volunteer opportunities coming up in the next month. Our next Neighborhood Partners Environmental Team event will take place at the Smith Road trailhead in Denver on Saturday, April 7th from 9 a.m. until noon. We will be covering graffiti in the runway tunnels, preparing an area of land for planting, and picking up trash. To sign up, please click here or send an email to cfry@sandcreekgreenway.org.
A second opportunity will take place on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. We need a small group of community volunteers to help us with a drainage project at the Smith Road trailhead. To read more about the project or to sign up, please click here.
White House Conference on Conservation March 5, 2012
SCRGP Executive Director Kate Kramer attended the White House Conference on Conservation on Friday, March 2nd. Conservation leaders from all 50 states convened to strengthen partnerships and identify next steps in advancing community-driven conservation and outdoor recreation initiatives. Check out the video below for a quick synopsis.
Denver Section Trail Update March 1, 2012
The trail has officially been re-opened under the new Central Park Boulevard Bridge! The detour that was in place is now closed. Please note that the bridge itself will not be open to traffic until May 2012.
A new concrete path has also been constructed from the Greenway trail to Central Park Boulevard. This is great news, as this provides Greenway users with easy access the Northfield shopping center. Check out this map for details .
NPET 2012 Kick Off on Saturday, March 3 Febuary 17, 2012
Our Neighborhood Partners Environmental Team is about to start back for the 2012 season! This community volunteer team meets on the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. until noon. Our first event in 2012 will be held on Saturday, March 3 at Westerly Creek. For more information or to join this group, please click here or call (303) 468-3262. We hope to see you on the trail!
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service January 16 , 2011
Our 2012 MLK Day of Service project at Bluff Lake Nature Center was fantastic! A big thanks to the 30 community volunteers and 20 AmeriCorps NCCC volunteers who graciously came out on their day off to pick up trash and remove invasive weeds. Over the course of three hours we picked up over 50 bags of trash and removed 3 truckloads of kochia, a noxious weed. Please visit our Facebook page for pictures from the day.
Winter 2011/Spring 2012 Newsletter Now Available January 1 , 2012
Our 2011 Winter Newsletter is now available. Click here to read great ideas from our trail users regarding improvements on the greenway, as well as new projects we are starting in 2012. Happy New Year!
Want to read older news? Click here to visit our news archive.
