Community input sought for massive 155-acre Denver park near DIA
By: Jared Dean | Fox31
DENVER (KDVR) — There are over 300 parks across Denver, and soon the Mile High City will have even more parkland with the conversion of an old golf course.
In the shadow just to the east of downtown Denver sits an old golf course, closed down for years, where there will soon be the new Park Hill Park. The now overgrown grass and trees that sit in the empty lot make it look like something out of a post-apocalyptic show or movie.
“I’m reminded of the project every time I drive on Colorado Boulevard, drive north on Colorado Boulevard, because you can see the fencing and the, you know, property has deteriorated. There’s lots of weeds and so forth there,” Denver resident Paul Orosz said.
But the city is looking to change that — a massive project is now underwa...