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A Denver Neighborhood Creates Green Space to Improve Community Health


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A Denver Neighborhood Creates Green Space to Improve Community Health
Members of Groundwork Denver, Denver Parks & Recreation, and community volunteers at the Platte Farm Open Space in Denver.
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Once a dumping ground for trash and industrial pollution, Platte Farm Open Space now has gardens, trails, and play areas enjoyed by the whole community.
Apr 27, 2021
With the arrival of spring, Platte Farm Open Space, in the diverse, working-class neighborhood of Globeville in north Denver, comes alive with native grasses, pollinator gardens that attract bees and butterflies, and wildflowers, such as Mexican hat, asters, poppies, and gaillardia. ....

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In Denver, a Former Brownfield Becomes a Park


In Denver, a Former Brownfield Becomes a Park
After a 14-year battle to bring the project to life, the Platte Farm Open Space brings much-needed green space to a north Denver neighborhood.
April 1, 2021, 10am PDT | Diana Ionescu |
This past summer, the Center for American Progress and the Hispanic Access Foundation released a report finding that communities of color experience nature deprivation at three times the rate of white Americans, writes Ambika Chawla. According to the report, 74% of communities of color live in nature-deprived areas, with Black communities experiencing the highest levels of deprivation. A 2019 study from the University of British Columbia that analyzed ten U.S. cities concluded that the widespread green inequities uncovered by this research are serious issues in the context of the effects of urban vegetation on urban health and well-being. Urban residents with less access to green space are also those who are most likely to exper ....

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