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Pacifico Preserves Spring South Platte Stewardship Day

May 1, 2023

This past Saturday was a beautifully sunny day in the parks, perfect for a morning of stewardship along the South Platte River. Pacifico Preserves, along with The Greenway Foundation, hosted …

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GLC’s Spring Stewardship Day

June 10, 2019

Spring was in full swing Saturday as the Greenway Leadership Corp (GLC) met to celebrate Earth Day. The Greenway Leadership Corps meets once a month for stewardship events, outdoor adventures …

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Water Engineers At Cherry Creek Train July 9-13

July 13, 2018

SPREE summer campers this week became water experts during Water Engineers camp! We started by learning more about what an engineer does, and what the engineering process looks like. We …

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Coors Light South Platte Riverfest 2015 Recap

July 12, 2015

This year’s Coors Light South Platte RiverFest was a big, big success! Approximately 20,000 people came out over Saturday June 27th and Sunday June 28th to celebrate The South Platte …

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50th Anniversary of the Flood: River Vision Tour

June 16, 2015

REMEMBERING THE FLOOD. CELEBRATING THE RIVER To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the flood of 1965, The Greenway Foundation and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District hosted a tour of …

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Remembering the Flood of 1965

June 15, 2015

​A RIVER ONCE DESCRIBED AS “A MILE WIDE AND AN INCH DEEP, TOO THIN TO PLOUGH, TOO THICK TO DRINK,” CAUSED DENVER’S LARGEST NATURAL DISASTER.  The week leading up to …

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50th Anniversary of Denver’s Largest Natural Disaster

April 8, 2015

On June 16th, 1965 a storm gathered over Denver and an intense rain began to fall. The River water began to swell and break forth from its banks. “Instead of …

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From “What River” to River Vision

October 17, 2014

SOUTH PLATTE RIVER GETTING $30 MILLION UPGRADE! Thanks for the article, Confluence Denver!  There are incredible changes going on in and along the South Platte River throughout Denver! Greenway’s River Vision Improvement Plan has …

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