RHGNA is co-hosting the Denver Community Film Fest! The night will feature a reception, screening & post-film discussion of the documentary Join or Die. Tickets are FREE but an RSVP is required. The event will be held at the Holiday Theatre (2644 W 32nd Ave).
Jobseekers! We’re excited to invite you to the District 7 Job Fair on May 29th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Harvard Gulch Recreation Center.
This event is a fantastic opportunity to connect with local employers who are hiring for a variety of positions. Whether you’re actively looking for a new job or exploring career options, this job fair offers a welcoming space to meet recruiters, learn about available roles, and take the next step in your career.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, May 29th
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. - check-in starts at 4:25pm!
Location: Harvard Gulch Recreation Center, 550 E Iliff Ave, Denver, CO 80210
RSVP: Click here to RSVP
Questions? Email us at workforce@denvergov.org
Interested in helping out with the summer concert? Another planning meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 27th
Where: lil Coffea Shop Downing
When: 6:30-7:30P
Come celebrate the birthday of our beloved namesake! This is a free community event for the entire family with Polish food, drinks, prizes, games, and an opportunity to tour our campus!
When: Sunday, May 18th 1-4PM
Where: 2330 S. Sherman St. Denver, CO 80210
To RSVP, head HERE
The Master Gardener Plant Sale at the CSU Denver Extension building* is back!
The event will take place Saturday, May 17th from 8AM-3PM and Sunday, May 18th 10AM-Sell Out in rain/snow or shine.
This annual fundraiser will feature heirloom and modern tomatoes as well as New Mexico Chile plants, vegetables, native plants, flowers (annuals and perennials) and herbs.
For more information & to see what will be for sale, please visit: https://denver.extension.colostate.edu/upcoming-events
https://www.facebook.com/CSUDenverExtension
*The extension building is located in Harvard Gulch Park at 888 E. Illif Ave.
Park volunteer day is back! We'll be mulching trees and doing general clean up. Please sign up here in advance. Our plan is to meet at the playground. We’d love for you to join us, even if it’s for an hour. We will meet at the playground, and all you need to bring is your own gloves and water bottle.
Join us for our April Board Meeting on Thursday, April 17th from 6:30-8P online. If you might be interested in volunteering with RHGNA or joining the board, these are great meetings to attend. Hear what’s going on in our community and what’s coming up this summer.
The April meeting will be virtual only. You can join us via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85253934337?pwd=UxkSqctpuigeXlpXR22UdXB1sP0vTc.1
(Meeting ID: 852 5393 4337 Passcode: 897556)
Come join the summer concert planning committee! This will be our first meeting of the year, and we need your support to make sure it runs smoothly. This is a great opportunity to get involved with RHGNA and meet your fellow neighbors.
Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting with Board Elections on Thursday, January 20th from 6:30-8P in the Harvard Gulch Rec Center. We will be electing new members to our board and discussing the summer concert in more detail. If you might be interested in volunteering with RHGNA or joining the board, this would be the meeting for you! Refreshments will also be provided.
If you cannot attend in person, you can join us via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85253934337?pwd=UxkSqctpuigeXlpXR22UdXB1sP0vTc.1
(Meeting ID: 852 5393 4337 Passcode: 897556)
AGENDA
Call to Order – Katie Rice
Meeting Attendance – Ginny Eiseman
Approval of November Minutes – Ginny Eiseman
Approval of Treasurer Report – Kevin Riley
Reports and Updates
President’s Report – Katie Rice
District 7 Report – Mark Anthony Montoya/Caleb Todd
INC Report – Jane Potts
Denver Police Update – Grant Brown
Partners and Sponsors Update – Natalie Dorshimer
Zoning Update – Jess Hastings
2025 Board Elections
Nominations
Vice President (2-year term)
Treasurer (2-year term)
Secretary (2-year term)
Community Liaison (1-year term)
Business Liaison (1-year term
Communications (1-year term)
At-large (1-year term)
Election (requires quorum of at least 20 general members of the association)
Adjourn meeting and convene new meeting with the 2025 Board
Initial Meeting of the 2025 Board
Call to Order
Attendance
2025 Summer Concert Planning
Tentative date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Planning and process updates
Formation of Concert Committee
2025 Spring Events
Discuss formation of an Events Committee
Event Ideas
Spring Volunteer Day in the Park
Community Potluck
Dinner/Fundraiser with The Post
Open Forum
Adjourn Meeting
Next Meeting – Monthly RHGNA Board Meeting, March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Harvard Gulch Recreation Center and Zoom
Join us for our monthly board meeting on Thursday, January 16th from 6:30-8P in the Harvard Gulch Rec Center. We will be discussing dates for our summer concert, board elections in February and volunteer opportunities this year. If you might be interested in volunteering with RHGNA, this would be the meeting for you!
If you cannot attend in person, you can join us via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85253934337?pwd=UxkSqctpuigeXlpXR22UdXB1sP0vTc.1
AGENDA
I. Call to Order - Katie Rice
II. Meeting Attendance - Ginny Eiseman
III. Approval of Nov Minutes - Ginny Eiseman
VI. Approval of Treasurer Report - Kevin Riley
V. Reports & Updates
a. President’s Report - Katie Rice
b. District 7 Report - Mark Anthony/Caleb Todd
1. Next District 7 RNO Gathering
c. INC Report - Jane Potts
1. Renewal of INC Membership
d. Denver Police Update - Grant Brown
e. Partners & Sponsors Update - Natalie Dorshiemer
f. Zoning Update - Jess Hastings
1. SPJ Update
VI. 2025 Board Elections
a. Q&A with prospective RHGNA board members
b. Nominations
VII. 2025 Summer Concert Planning
a. Partnering with Swallow Hill
b. Denver Office of Special Events 2025 Forum
c. Discuss Date
d. Discuss formation of a concert committee
VIII. 2025 Spring Events
a. Discuss formation of an Events Committee
b. Event Ideas
1. Community Potluck
2. Dinner/Fundraiser with The Post
3. Spring Volunteer Day in the Park
IX. Open Forum
X. Adjourn Meeting
Next meeting - Annual Membership Meeting & Board Elections. February 20th, 2025 1t 6:30PM in the Harvard Gulch Rec Center with a virtual option
Join your neighbors for a night out on South Downing Street & enjoy a FREE elf scavenger hunt. As you search for the elves in participating stores, you’ll get to know some of the local businesses in your own backyard. The participating businesses from the newly formed South Downing Business & Wellness District will also be offering samples, giveaways, and discounts! Once your elf scavenger map is complete, bring it to Right Cream for a free scoop of ice cream sponsored by RHGNA.
Advanced registration is HERE, but day of registration will also be available. More information coming soon!
Check In Location - Lil Coffea beginning at 4:45PM. We'll send out an email to participants the weekend prior and update that info here soon.
Note: Email addresses for this event will be shared with the participating South Downing businesses.
Come reset your clock through the beauty of sunset and the power or community at a 25-minute guided meditation. This is a free event for the community, and all no meditation experience is necessary. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss, share, mingle and ask questions, while taking in the day’s end.
More details here: Click Me
Come reset your clock through the beauty of sunset and the power or community at a 25-minute guided meditation. This is a free event for the community, and all no meditation experience is necessary. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss, share, mingle and ask questions, while taking in the day’s end.
More details here: Click Me
The Broadway Halloween Parade is back again this year showcasing the uniqueness of local Broadway businesses. Expect spooky floats, bands, marchers, magicians & more. And of course CANDY!
Parade Timing: 6-8 PM
The stage for the parade announcer will be at 1st and Broadway, but the route will start at Rita Bass Parking lot (190 W 6th ave) and then end at Alameda.
More details: thebroadwayhalloweenparade.com
Come reset your clock through the beauty of sunset and the power or community at a 25-minute guided meditation. This is a free event for the community, and all no meditation experience is necessary. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss, share, mingle and ask questions, while taking in the day’s end.
More details here: Click Me
Come reset your clock through the beauty of sunset and the power or community at a 25-minute guided meditation. This is a free event for the community, and all no meditation experience is necessary. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss, share, mingle and ask questions, while taking in the day’s end.
More details here: Click Me
Head on over the Rosedale Community Garden Annual Harvest Sale on Saturday, Aug 24th from 9AM to 12PM. Grab yourself some fresh picked vegetables, flower arrangements and/or heirloom garlic. There will also be some baked and canned goods along with garden books and beeswax from the hive.
For more information, reach out to atolenti@aol.com
It is back-to-school time! Next Tuesday, Aug 20th, join RHGNA at Denver Beer Co (South Downing) and bring some school supplies for our neighboring elementary school, Godsman. As a thank you to helping them get ready for the year ahead, RHGNA will buy you a DBC pint or a Right Cream scoop of ice cream. We’ll also have some local community partners there to tell you about some of their ongoing programs/projects. Look forward to seeing you all there!
When: Tuesday, August 20th from 4:30-6:30PM
Where: Denver Beer Co (South Downing) & Right Cream
Supplies needed: #2 pencils (Ticonderoga sharpened), erasers (Pentel), colored pencils, pencil sharpners, pencil box, crayola crayons, kid sissors, glue (liquid + sticks), backpacks, water bottles, headphones, kleenex, clorox/lysol wipes, dry erase markers (Expo), highlighters, post it’s, protractors, rulers, composition notebooks (primary + wide ruled) & folders with prongs (blue, red, yellow, orange, green, purple, sky blue, black)
The annual Swallow Hill Open House returns! Come see their space, hear about their 100+ music classes being offered, enjoy live performances, and win free concert tickets/memberships/classes. Swallow Hill provides musical classes for all abilities and age groups, so come in and take a demo workshop.
Free registration is required & all attendees save $15 on a future class: CLICK ME
When: Saturday, August 17th 10AM - 2PM
Where: 71 E Yale Ave, Denver, CO 80210
Thursday, August 15th, 2024
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
Harvard Gulch Rec Center Game Room (map)
Join from Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85253934337?pwd=UxkSqctpuigeXlpXR22UdXB1sP0vTc.1
AGENDA
I. Call to Order - Katie Rice
II. Meeting Attendance - Ginny Eiseman
III. Approval of May Minutes - Ginny Eiseman
VI. Approval of Treasurer Report - Kevin Riley
V. Reports & Updates
a. District 7 Report
b. INC Report - Jane Potts
c. Denver Police Update - Grant Brown
d. Partners & Sponsors Update - Natalie Dorshiemer
e. Zoning Update - Jess Hastings
VI. Old Business: Event planning
VII. Denver Police Update - Grant Brown
VIII. Old Business
a. Summer Concert: July 13th, 2024
i. General Debrief
ii. Survey Results - Dana McGlone
iii. Early planning for 2025 - Katie Rice
b. Back-to-School Supply Drive for Godsman Elem: Tue, Aug 20th
i. General Updates - Katie Rice
ii. Final day-of planning
c. Updating the Policies & Procedures document, particularly the
communication guidelines
i. Refresher and process update - Katie Rice
ii. Group discussion
VII. New Business
a. Future Events
i. September/Fall: Sponsors/Local Business Spotlight
ii. Dinner/Fundraiser with The Post
iii. Lantern Festival
iv. Community Potluck
v. Fall Volunteer Day in the Park
b. Budgeting and Expenditures for rest of 2024
i. Website & communications upgrade
ii. New banner, tents, other equipment/supplies
c. Open Forum
X. Adjourn Meeting
Next meeting - September 19th, 2024 in the Harvard Gulch Rec Center game room with a virtual option
Grab your favorite blanket or lawn chair, snacks, and enjoy the movie “Kung Fu Panda 4” at Harvard Gulch North Park across the street from Harvard Gulch Recreation Center. Admission is free and presented by the MY Denver Card. Registration not required. Movie starts at 7PM.
Location: The event entrance will be located off Iliff Avenue in the parking lot in front of the Harvard Gulch Recreation Center. The movie screen will be in the southwest section of the parking lot facing the Harvard Gulch fields.
The FREE neighborhood summer concert returns, so be sure to mark your calendars for this event! This year will feature a variety of music, food trucks, face painting, bubbles, Mounted Patrol, vendors & giveaways!!
NEW THIS YEAR: We will be doing a cereal drive for the La Paz Micro-Community. Please bring a box of your favorite cereal to donate to our newest neighbors!
When: Saturday, July 13th 6:30-9PM - arrive just after 6PM to grab a good seat
Where: Basketball Courts at Harvard Gulch
Who: Queen City Rovers (our own neighbors!), DJ Mark Anthony & Jazz Hands Foundation Band
Food Trucks: Mischief Pizza, Tacostao, Sweet Cow Ice Cream
Local Business Deals: Order a “Family Love” from The Post ahead of time & receive a free Crowler. Little’s Liquors will also be offering 10% of the day of the concert when you mention it.
This event is happening thanks to donations from local businesses & neighbors like YOU each year. Please consider donating to RHGNA via Paypal, click HERE.
Celebrating the birthday of the school's namesake and the 100th anniversary of Rosedale Elementary School, which is now home to JPG. There will be tours of the building and activities for the whole family! Please RSVP here: https://www.jpthegreatdenver.org/birthday
The Master Gardener Plant Sale at the CSU Denver Extension building* is back!
The event will take place Saturday, May 18th from 8AM-3PM and Sunday, May 19th 10AM-3PM in rain/snow or shine.
This annual fundraiser will feature heirloom and modern tomatoes as well as New Mexico Chile plants, annuals and perennials.
For more information & to see what will be for sale, please visit: https://denver.extension.colostate.edu/upcoming-events
*The extension building is located in Harvard Gulch Park at 888 E. Illif Ave.
Register HERE to come help us with a Harvard Gulch Parks project.
We’ll be mulching trees and doing general clean up. Tools will be provided, but please bring your own gloves. For additional info, email community@rhgna.org. Meet by the playground at Iliff and Logan.
Following the neighborhood watch training, we'll host an abridged version of our monthly meeting. Agenda will be posted soon.
Learn more about how to keep our neighborhood safe with the Denver Police Department.
Details: https://www.denverinc.org/calendars/may-delegate-meeting
This event is being co-hosted by RGHNA and the Overland Park Neighborhood Association and will draw folks from around the city, including presenters Jolon Clark from Denver Parks and Rec, Liz Babcock from Denver Climate Action Sustainability & Resiliency Office, and our own District 7 Councilwoman, Flor Alvidrez. Come early at 8:30 AM for coffee and a chance to connect with neighbors near and far!
First meeting for the summer concert committee. Come on by if you’re interested in helping us out, and bring your ideas to make this year’s concert the best yet.
We will meet at Table Public House at 7PM.
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
Harvard Gulch Rec Center (map)
Join from Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85253934337?pwd=UxkSqctpuigeXlpXR22UdXB1sP0vTc.1
AGENDA
I. Call to Order - Katie Rice
II. Meeting Attendance
III. Approval of March Minutes - Virginia Eiseman
VI. Approval of Treasurer Report - Kevin Riley
V. Reports & Updates
a. District 7 Report
b. INC Report - Jane Potts
c. Denver Police Update - Grant Brown
d. SJPTG Update - Jess Hastings
e. Partners & Sponsors Update - Natalie Dorshiemer
VI. Old Business: Event planning
VII. Denver Police Update - Grant Brown
VIII. Old Business
a. Summer Concert: July 13th, 2024
i. Permit Update - Dana McGlone
ii. Partnership with Swallow Hill - Jessy Clark
iii. Concert Committee meeting April 22nd 7PM (location TBD)
b. May Events
i. Co-hosted INC Meeting: May 11 8:30P Public Table House
ii. Neighborhood Watch Training: May 16 6P Harvard Gulch Rec Center
iii. CSU Denver Extension Master Gardner Plant Sale: May 18 & 19th CSU Extension (Harvard Gulch Park)
iv. Denver Parks Volunteer Event: May 18 Harvard Gulch Park Time TBD
v. SJPTG (Catholic High School) Open House & 100 Year Anniversary: May 19 Time TBD
c. Future Meeting Topics
i. Planning for June
ii. Topic for July & August
VII. New Business: Open Forum
X. Adjourn Meeting
Next meeting - General Membership Meeting May 16th directly following the Neighborhood Watch Training (~7:15P) in the Harvard Gulch Rec Center game room with a virtual option.
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
6:30 PM 8:00 PM
Harvard Gulch Rec Center (map)
Join from Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85253934337?pwd=UxkSqctpuigeXlpXR22UdXB1sP0vTc.1
AGENDA
I. Call to Order - Katie Rice
II. Meeting Attendance
III. Approval of February Minutes - Virginia Eiseman
VI. Approval of Treasurer Report - Kevin Riley
V. Report by Councilwoman - Flor Alvidrez (Nikki Johnson)
a. District 7 Office Hours: Have an idea or concern? Want to meet the Councilwoman? Plan to attend the District 7 office hours
i. April 5th | 9A-11A @ Molecule Effect | 300 S. Logan St, #100
ii. April 18th | 5P-7P @ Table Public House | 2190 S Platte Dr
VI. Inc Report - Jane Potts
VII. Denver Police Update - Grant Brown
VIII. Old Business
a. Summer Concert
b. Temporary Managed Community Updates
IX. New Business
a. 2024 planning
i. Meeting topics and guest speakers
ii. Event planning
b. Collaboration with other RNOs and organizations
X. Adjourn Meeting
Next meeting - General Membership Meeting April 18th at 6:30PM in the Harvard Gulch Rec Center game room with a virtual option.
Many thanks to the businesses that support RHGNA!
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