HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
EVENTS AT WASH PERK:
Seating Expansion!
Monday, Jan 4, 2010
Hopefully expand seating 11 ft into On A Lark!!!!!!
Sun, January 10, 6:00pm – 7:30pm at Wash Perk Coffee House
Contact Tenly for information: tenly.williams@gmail.com
REMEMBER:
On a Lark will be closed through January 9th as we work on our expansion.
EXERPTS FROM WWPNA Newsletter:
WASHINGTON/EMERSON UPDATE:
Though WWPNA has been pursuing this goal for decades, Washington & Emerson
streets are not being converted to two-way. Rather, Public Works is
implementing traffic calming measures over the next several months. These
include replacing the stop lights in the interior of the neighborhood with
4-way stops, reducing the speed limit on these streets to 25 miles per hour,
designating Washington and Emerson as bike streets, and after repaving next
summer will stripe in dedicated bike lanes. The streets will remain in their
current one-way configuration. The stop lights at Speer Blvd., Alameda, and N
Buchtel will remain. In five years Public Works will revisit the
neighborhood's request, and based on circumstances and the results of the
aforementioned traffic calming measures will make a final determination
whether to revert these streets to their original two-way configuration.
WWPNA has made significant progress on our traffic mitigation plan in this
area as well as on Logan, along Lincoln and with pedestrian access to the
surrounding light rail stations. These changes should calm traffic throughout
the neighborhood, and make it safer for neighbors to walk (and bike) to the
park, light rail, local businesses and other neighborhood amenities.
SMASH AND GRAB ACTIVITY
Our neighborhood police representatives have informed us that "smash and
grab" car crime is up in West Wash Park. Thieves walk along the street
peering into parked cars looking for items left in cars they can easily
resell, then smash the car window, grab the stuff and run.
The primary items being "grabbed" are 1) GPS units left on car dashboards and
2) any briefcase / case which looks like it might contain a laptop or other
electronics.
Protect yourself - do not leave these items in your car where they can be
seen. If you see any persons which seem to be walking down the street and
peering into cars, call the police non-emergency line at 720-913-2000 and
give a physical description of the persons, their location and the time. The
police can use this over time to
both catch the thieves and to convict. It's also a good idea to write this
down in case you are asked about it later.
TREE RECYCLING
Recycle Your Tree After the Holidays
Denver Recycles' annual Treecycle program will be recycling thousands of
Christmas trees into mulch again this holiday season. Treecycle helps Denver
avoid using landfill space and paying disposal fees for a valuable,
recyclable resource -- Christmas trees.
Denver Recycles grinds the Christmas trees into valuable mulch, which is made
available FREE to Denver residents in the spring. In 2009, Treecycle recycled
more than 18,000 trees, which were reclaimed by Denver residents at last
spring’s Treecycle Mulch Giveaway and Leafdrop Compost Sale. Residents may
call 720-865-6810 after April 1, 2010 for more information about the 2010
Treecycle Mulch Giveaway and Leafdrop Compost Sale.
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