Publicity

The Role of DMP in Early Jeffco Tourism

The Jefferson County Historical Commission and its Friends group jointly sponsor an annual discussion on a theme of historic interest. This year, Historical Tourism in Jefferson County was the theme, and Foundation founder Bart Berger was one of the featured speakers....

2019 Dana Crawford Award goes to Bart Berger

2019 Dana Crawford Award goes to Bart Berger

The Foundation's founder, Bart Berger, was awarded the Dana Crawford Award on May 13 for his work in historical preservation. The Foundation's accomplishments for Mountain Parks were a key feature of the evening presentation. From the CPI website: “Dana Crawford, the...

Initiative 300 Letter of Concern

Initiative 300 Letter of Concern

Today, Denver Mountain Parks Foundation, along with three of our closest partners (The Park People, the Greenway Foundation, and the Civic Center Conservancy), released this letter of concern regarding Initiative 300.

Around the DMP System

We're belatedly catching up on this year's news around the Denver Mountain Parks system. Here are some of the developments since we last posted on this site: In February, we published a recap of news and events in 2015, including launch of our capital campaign for...

Red Rocks Park and CCC Camp New Landmark

As of August 4, 2015, Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp have been designated as Colorado's newest National Historic Landmark (NHL)! This long process officially began in about 2004 at the suggestion of the Friends of Red Rocks, a...

Colorado Book Award in History

We won! In case you missed it, on June 13th, we were awarded the Colorado Book Award for Denver Mountain Parks: 100 Years of the Magnificent Dream. Authors Wendy Rex-Atzet and Erika Walker traveled to Aspen with high hopes, and indeed, the trip proved to be a huge...