DENVER — After years of questions about its future, the site of the former Park Hill Golf Course will be acquired by the City of Denver, which plans to turn the space into an urban public park.
The announcement came down on Wednesday morning just ahead of a press conference.
You can watch Wednesday’s press conference with city leaders and park supporters in the video below.
Full press conference of Park Hill Golf Course announcement
The acquisition was the result of a land exchange agreement with Adams County and Westside Investment Partners, which currently owns the Park Hill property near Colorado Boulevard and E. 35th Avenue in northeast Denver. Denver traded 145 acres of city-owned, undeveloped, industrial land in Adams County for the Park Hill land. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston will work with Adams County Commissioners and Denver City Council to formally approve the land exchange, the city said. This marks the city’s largest single acquisition of private property …