> Almost two years ago, Denver voters blocked a developer’s plan to build housing, retail and a public park at the defunct Park Hill Golf Course site.
> Local activists celebrated the demise of the project. They wanted to preserve the entire 155-acre site for open space and recreation. And now, they’re set for an even bigger reward: Mayor Mike Johnston wants to spend $70 million in public debt to start building out a major regional park on the site, part of the Vibrant Denver debt spending proposal.
>Members of the housing advocacy group YIMBY Denver are frustrated voters are being asked to spend public money on something they could have had — at a smaller scale — without costing the city a cent.
> If voters had approved Referred Question 2O, it would have allowed for Westside Investment Partners to build a mixed-use development that promised 100 acres of open space on the land.
> Now, “$70,000,000 is being spent to start (not finish) something we could have gotten for free, all because a small group misled enough voters about costs and outcomes to defeat 2O during an off-year primary election,” developer David Pardo wrote on behalf of YIMBY Denver.
Maps_and_Politics on
The fact that it’s a defunct golf course too is just wild. Literally, who is fucking using it?
WashedPinkBourbon on
We’ve tried nothing and we’re all outta ideas!
boardatwork1111 on
Denver DSA 🤝Republicans
“Not in my backyard!”
whatinthefrak on
But this is better because the developers won’t make money!
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> Almost two years ago, Denver voters blocked a developer’s plan to build housing, retail and a public park at the defunct Park Hill Golf Course site.
> Local activists celebrated the demise of the project. They wanted to preserve the entire 155-acre site for open space and recreation. And now, they’re set for an even bigger reward: Mayor Mike Johnston wants to spend $70 million in public debt to start building out a major regional park on the site, part of the Vibrant Denver debt spending proposal.
>Members of the housing advocacy group YIMBY Denver are frustrated voters are being asked to spend public money on something they could have had — at a smaller scale — without costing the city a cent.
> If voters had approved Referred Question 2O, it would have allowed for Westside Investment Partners to build a mixed-use development that promised 100 acres of open space on the land.
> Now, “$70,000,000 is being spent to start (not finish) something we could have gotten for free, all because a small group misled enough voters about costs and outcomes to defeat 2O during an off-year primary election,” developer David Pardo wrote on behalf of YIMBY Denver.
The fact that it’s a defunct golf course too is just wild. Literally, who is fucking using it?
We’ve tried nothing and we’re all outta ideas!
Denver DSA 🤝Republicans
“Not in my backyard!”
But this is better because the developers won’t make money!