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Volunteer on September 9 for the Xcel Energy Day of Service!
An annual highlight in our volunteer calendar is the Xcel Energy Day of Service…join us on Saturday, September 9! Our crew will meet at the Commerce City Wetland Park (6199 E. 52nd Ave, Commerce City,...
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Denver Trails Public Input Meetings
We encourage our Sand Creek Greenway friends and advocates to attend one of the five public input meetings organized by the City and County of Denver. As a part of Denver Moves: Pedestrians and Trails,...
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Ride and Win on “Bike Your Park Day” Sept 30!
Ride your Bike on the Greenway on September 30, have a terrific time, receive some Sand Creek Greenway fun “stuff” and earn a chance to win prizes from Adventure Cycling Association including a bike...
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Meet our new staff!
Read about Beth, our new Executive Director; Courtney, our new Education Program Manager and Event Coordinator; and Emily, our Communications Outreach Manager on our staff page.
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Wetland Park Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Opens the Walkway
The Wetland Park, an important ecological and recreation feature of the Sand Creek Regional Greenway in Commerce City, was the site of a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 22 to recognize Suncor...
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Join us for Happy Hour on December 6th!
From 3-8pm on December 6th 2017, come join the Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership at the Denver Bicycle Cafe. Denver Bicycle Cafe is hosting a benefit happy hour from us, which means that $1 from...
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Map Input Party 1/9/18
Please join use at Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria in Northfield on January 9th between 4:30-7pm for our first gathering to discuss a new map. All input is important as we aim to create a map that is designed...
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Building a new Greenway map with your ideas
An old map from our files! One of our goals for 2018 is to create a new Sand Creek Greenway map to distribute to the public, and we want YOUR input and ideas! Our staff and volunteers are holding four...
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Citizen Scientist Volunteer Opportunity–Colorado Dragonfly Monitoring Project
Needed: Nature-loving volunteers for a new “citizen scientist” project! Thanks to a new partnership with the Butterfly Pavilion of Westminster, our Sand Creek Greenway friends and volunteers are...
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May 4 – An Evening with John Fielder to benefit Sand Creek Greenway
Join us on Friday, May 4 for an “Evening with John Fielder,” Colorado’s scenic photographer and public land advocate, and a benefit for our nonprofit Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership. The...
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CANCELLED due to weather! Urban birding (and Mulching!) on a special...
Carl Bendorf, of Colorado Birding Adventures and board member of the American Birding Association Note: We had to cancel this volunteer workday because of a soaking rain on Saturday morning. Because...
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Improvements coming and an update: MLK Road Extension notice
After much anticipation, work has begin on the extension of Martin Luther King Blvd in Denver, from Iola (near Bluff Lake Nature Center) to Peoria. We received the following update from Mortenson...
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Saturday, December 1st is a FULL Day for the Greenway
Looking for something to do on Saturday, December 1? Look no further as we have two great activities for you to support the Greenway. First, our last big volunteer workday of the year begins at 10 am...
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Phragmites–December’s “Species of the Month”
Mighty and Invasive. Tall and so thick you want to bushwhack through it. Impressive. However, this extremely invasive plant infests the banks of our Sand Creek. Working to keep the Greenway healthy,...
View ArticleWatch: 2018 Xcel Energy Day of Service Video
One of our great volunteers, Josh Garwood, created a video of this September’s Xcel Energy Day of Service. Over 60 volunteers worked in the Commerce City Wetland Park that morning–picking up trash,...
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We’re Hiring! Education Program Manager and Event Coordinator
Courtney Garwood, our wonderful Education Program Manager & Event Coordinator for Sand Creek Greenway is heading off to a new challenge and we want to hire the next great person! Coordinating...
View ArticleJoin us for Coffee Outside!
We’re partnering with Bike Shop Girl Family Cyclery on a fun and very informal gathering on Thursday mornings in February–Coffee Outside! This is for people who like bikes and walking and making...
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Support Sand Creek Greenway, Ride an E-Bike!
As a special thank you to everyone making a donation between now and April 15th, our friends at Bike Shop Girl Family Cyclery (10255 E 25th Ave A1, Aurora, CO 80010) are donating a free 4-hour e-bike...
View ArticleWeather to Cancel March 2 Volunteer Day
With very cold temperatures and snow forecast for the next few days, we’re cancelling our volunteer work day scheduled for this Saturday, March 2. We want our volunteers to have a great (and safe)...
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Butterfly Pavilion and Sand Creek Partner on Dragonfly and Butterfly Monitoring
The Sand Creek Regional Greenway partnered with Butterfly Pavilion (BP; Westminster, CO) on the Colorado Dragonfly Monitoring Project in 2018. That citizen science project aims to track dragonfly...
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