The Denver Streets Partnership collaborated with the Civic Center Conservancy to host an Open Streets demonstration on 14th Avenue between Bannock Street and Acoma Street, south of Civic Center Park, in the Golden Triangle neighborhood on July 31, 2022.

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Community members painted a street mural at the intersection of W. 41st Ave & Navajo St to promote neighborhood identity and a sense of place, as well as to provide a visual cue to drivers that children may be crossing the street on their way to or from school.

Better Block Jefferson Park took place on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 in the old business district of Jefferson Park— on 25th Ave, between Federal and Eliot. The “Better Block” project was a community revitalization effort that temporarily demonstrates how to improve a commercial street with pedestrian and public infrastructure mixed with art, culture, pop-up businesses […]

Better Block Five Points demonstration on May 11th, 2013 was a huge success! An estimated 1,200 people visited Sonny Lawson Park during the event. Huge thank you to 150 volunteers and 30 community partners who helped us build the Better Block. Better Block Five Points in the Media: Denver Post KUVO Fox31 Denver Denver Post […]

Like many urban neighborhoods, northwest Denver is experiencing a true Renaissance. With new restaurants and businesses opening their doors there are more places to visit and more people moving in to enjoy these amenities. Residents would like to walk to local destinations but there are many barriers such as busy streets and poor sidewalk conditions. Safety is often a concern. […]

Bus stops along Broadway aimed to celebrate transit riders during the Roll Out the Red Carpet event In celebration of the transit improvements to the Broadway/Lincoln corridor, the Better Broadway Coalition organized a Roll Out the Red Carpet event on Broadway on October 6 and 7, 2017. Various organizations decorated seven different bus stops between […]

In 2017, community members chose to install an intersection mural outside of an elementary school in Athmar Park. The design featured elements that celebrate the neighborhood’s history as a celery farm, its beautiful parks and lakes, and the rich cultural diversity that can be found in the area and at Valverde Elementary. The newly-formed Athmar […]

The Weir Gulch Trail in Barnum gets playful upgrade In May 2017, WalkDenver and the Denver Community Active Living Coalition (CALC) installed a fun new wayfinding art project in the Barnum neighborhood. Last June, the neighborhoods of Athmar Park, Barnum, and Sunnyside won $1000 each for a neighborhood-designed walkability project by collecting the most data about […]

We hosted Colorado’s first tactical urbanism project back in 2012 and haven’t stopped since! From larger, festival-like demonstration events to smaller neighborhood art projects like trail wayfinding signs and intersection murals, tactical urbanism is a fun way to bring together residents, community partners, and local leaders to promote people-friendly streets.   We’ve been at this […]

August 3, 2019: Led by applicants associated with the Urban Land Conservancy, Radian/Placematters, and Park Hill residents, this project created a tactical urbanism project at 35th Ave & Holly St to increase community awareness of traffic calming needs along a North Park Hill section of the proposed 303 ArtWay.