The Greenway Foundation

A cleaner, safer, more accessible river for all.

Ever biked along the South Platte River, picnicked in Confluence Park, attended a SPREE excursion or summer camp, or caught a trout in downtown Denver? Then you know The Greenway Foundation’s work.

Allow us to introduce ourselves.

What We Do

Ways to Give

We are a group of passionate stewards who care for the South Platte River and its tributaries, and for the people who live, work, and play along its banks.

Learn About Greenway

Hear More from our Partners and Supporters:

First Grade Teacher from Carson

SPREE Field Trip Teacher

It was awesome! Thank you so much for having us and putting on such a wonderful and well thought out field trip!

John Blackshire

Vice President, Transwestern

The Greenway Foundation has helped transform the South Platte River into the recreational resource that it is today. Myself and others have created lives centered around the South Platte River and the many parks that the Greenway Foundation has helped create. There aren’t many cities where you can have breakfast riverside in a beautiful park, then paddle downtown for your next meal, before catching a light rail train home. Thank you Greenway Foundation for your help in making the South Platte River corridor what it is today.

Ivan Tochimani-Hernandez

GLC Participant & River Ranger

The Greenway Foundation has helped direct my track in my current major. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to learn about in college but my experiences through The Greenway Leadership Corps (GLC) and River Rangers helped me understand that ecology is much more than human’s interactions with the environment. I am now an Earth Science major at Dartmouth College, studying soil sciences with a focus on Agricultural systems – a huge shift from my previous thoughts before my Greenway experiences.

Gordon Robertson

Director of Planning, Design and Construction | Denver Parks & Recreation

I have worked hand-in-hand with the Greenway Foundation for over 15 years to advocate, dream, vision, plan, design and construct improvements to the South Platte River in Denver. We didn’t have two nickels to rub together when we began, but we had the passion, history and expertise of this non-profit that never takes “no” for an answer and now we have invested nearly $100 million in river improvements and we were just awarded $350 million in federal funding to complete the restoration of Denver’s greatest natural resource. Amazing! Thank you Greenway Foundation.

Kindergarten Teacher from Monarch Montessori

SPREE Field Trip Teacher

I am as impressed this year as I was last year. It amazes me that these instructors can make us feel like we are out in nature when we are literally downtown in a big city. It’s fun, educational, and healthy. I love the SPREE kindergarten trip! Thank you!

Assistant Principal

SPREE School Administrator

The SPREE field trip was a student and teacher favorite!