City Park Friends and Neighbors

RNO. Mission: Actively Protect the Classical Pastoral Character of City Park. Membership is free. Web We have a Board of Directors and many active committees. b. c.

City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN) is a Registered Neighborhood Organization (RNO), formed in April, 2014. Its mission is to "Actively Protect the Classical Pastoral Character of City Park.”

The board of CPFAN meets monthly on the first Tuesday of each month from 6 – 7:45 p.m. at the Ford-Warren Library, 2825 High Street, Denver, unless otherwise noted. All CPFAN members and the public are

invited and encouraged to attend. Meeting times and minutes are publicly available on the CPFAN website at www.CPFAN.org. In addition, CPFAN hosts an annual member meeting for the purpose of electing officers and informing members of issues relevant to the membership. Membership to CPFAN is free and you can join by visiting the website, checking out the boundaries and clicking “join.” Those who join are automatically subscribed to the CPFAN email list and receive email notices of meetings and issues. CPFAN currently has over 300 members from neighborhoods around the park. We are considering an array of issues that affect City Park, such as the relationship between the park and its embedded institutions, the Denver Zoo and Denver Museum of Nature and Science; maintenance of the park; usage of the park, especially large events; the tree canopy, currently threatened by the impending arrival of the Emerald Ash Borer; and Landmark designation for the park. To further our purpose, we have created a website at www.cpfan.org and you can also access CPFAN news, photos, and more on Facebook. We welcome all our neighbors and City Park-lovers to join us in protecting our park and building a supportive community for preserving and enhancing this precious inner-city green space for ourselves and for future generations as well. City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN)

Focus Areas

1. Neighborhood Involvement:
a. Involve the neighborhood organizations before implementing new programs or pilots. Neighborhood should feel it is "their park". Neighbors and users should have a sense of wanting to help maintain and improve the park. d. Sports and practice fields for neighborhood children. e. Lessen the stress on City Park to serve as a regional attraction.

2. Improve management of special events and activities:
a. Balance use of the park for special events and activities, with on-going uses. Reduce noise levels. Control undesirable uses:
I. Alcohol in moderation. II. Minimize trucks, cars and carts for support uses. III. Direct parking to appropriate facilities.

3. Improve Recreation Management
a. Avoid adding any future dedicated large scale recreation structures (tennis, basketball, dog parks, athletic fields, etc.) Support the continued existence of two ‘Kid-sized’ playgrounds in the park. Provide a safe and high-quality experience for desired uses.

4. Minimize Commercialization
a. Limit the use of the park as a space to run a business (with or without a permit). Determine the appropriate balance of vendors allowed in the park. Avoid additional admission based commercial operations.

5. Safety for all users of the park
a. Encourage Education, Etiquette, Engagement and Enforcement of park rules and use. Encourage a liaison assigned full time to the park (Park Ranger) able to promote the four E's.

6. Promote wildlife preservation and protection
a. Manage wildlife to appropriate carrying capacity. Consider wildlife management in all development. Enhance wildlife viewing and interpretation. Enhance fishing opportunities.

7. Maintain the classical pastoral character of the park
a. Protect existing open spaces of trees and grass. Ensure an attractive interface between the park and the Zoo/Museum, as viewed from the park. Avoid more pavement. Limit vehicular traffic and in-park parking. Keep park memorials at a reasonable and tasteful level. f. Preserve water quality in lakes and ponds, and maintain shorelines.

8. Preserve the historical heritage
a. Maintain existing historical structures in a sensitive and authentic manner. Design of new structures should be complementary to existing historical heritage.

9. Promote sustainability of all park structures, landscaping and furnishings. a. Minimize need for high-maintenance. Recognize that capital costs may be more available than on-going maintenance budgets.

05/27/2026

Join us at the annual City Park Day this Friday, May 29th. will be handing out free scoops along with music from the Denver Municipal Band. Take a stroll around Ferril Lake, check out our partner booths, and celebrate your favorite park 🍦💚

04/18/2026

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03/27/2026

Photos from Denver Parks and Recreation's post

03/27/2026

City Park Friends and Neighbors – Your Registered Neighborhood Organization Advocating for City Park, Denver, CO.

03/26/2026

We at CPFAN are deeply troubled by the recent news regarding the Pavilion Bandstand. If you have not yet been notified, the bandstand was destroyed by a fire last night or early this morning. If you are interested in supporting the Rebuilding of the City Park Bandstand fund, please use the donation button on our webpage at cpfan.org. Please include a note indicating that the contribution is for the bandstand.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/bandstand-denvers-city-park-destroyed-overnight-fire/

City Park Friends and Neighbors – Your Registered Neighborhood Organization Advocating for City Park, Denver, CO. Wildlife in City Park: Goose Management Program February 2, 2026 Vicki Vargas-Madrid, Education and Wildlife Program Manager at Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) will be the speaker at City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN) January 6 program. Kate Meunier, a Denver Park Ranger and supervisor will b...

03/06/2026

A hawk was spotted this week at Nature Play! 📷: Laurel Mohr

Photos from City Park Friends and Neighbors's post

10/18/2025

Indigenous People’s Day celebrations in City Park included the dedication of the Living Land project in the park’s South Meadow. The expanse of blue grass will be replaced with short grass prairie and other plantings. There is a meditation path that will lead to a meditation circle and a structure for Native American ceremonies and activities. Denver’s Native American community is consulting with DPR as to how all these areas will be configured. Following the Dedication led by Mayor Johnson, Native Americans from many different tribes performed traditional dances to the delight of all.

05/22/2025

Come and meet Park Hill Dave at City Park Day. He and his human, Jolon Clark, will be serving ice cream after 5 pm.

City Park Day will take place on Friday, May 30 from 5 – 8pm at the City Park Pavilion this year. The event will once again provide free ice cream, music from the Denver Civic Band, face painting and other activities, and community tables for the institutions and neighborhood groups who are part of the City Park community.

The Victorian Society of Colorado will provide the theme for the event as we celebrate City Park’s Victorian roots. Victorian dress is encouraged. Or make it up!!!!!

02/02/2025

Join us for this special viewing!
Tuesday February 4 at 5:30 pm
Carla Madison Recreation Center
2401 E. Colfax Avenue
Free Parking behind the Center

In 1942, the United States Government established the concentration camp Camp Amache in the high desert of southeastern Colorado near the town of Granada. Japanese American citizens were confined there because of the paranoia and fear generated by Japan’s aggression during World War II. These citizens were incarcerated at the camp until 1945. Today, the action is seen as one of the great tragedies of misjudgment in U.S. history.

City Park Friends and Neighbors – Your Registered Neighborhood Organization Advocating for City Park, Denver, CO. Come see “Amache Rose,” a film by Billy Kanaly January 29, 2025 Join us for this special viewing! Tuesday February 4 at 5:30 pm Carla Madison Recreation Center 2401 E. Colfax Avenue Free Parking behind the Center In 1942, the United States Government established the concentration camp Camp Amach...

11/11/2024

What can we learn about City Park from an archaeological dig? Join City Park Friends and Neighbors tomorrow, Tuesday, November 12, when Dr. Erin Baxter, Curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will speak about the excavations she directed in City Park this past summer. A collaboration between DMNS and Denver Parks and Recreation, the excavations took place at five locations in City Park and yielded artifacts like an 1800’s pottery fragment and a pre-historic chipstone flake.

Dr. Baxter will not only share this summer’s experiences in City Park but will also touch on some of her research and field projects in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Turkey, Bolivia, Ireland and Tunisia. Her current research interests include cannibalism, ancient withchcraft, the architecture of the Aztec ruins, Toriette Lakes Great Kiva, Magic Mountain and W.S. Ranch. Erin is a great story-teller and you will not want to miss her vivid descriptions and insights.

This will be an in-person program hosted at Carla Madison Rec Center. Snacks and refreshments will be served.

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