Inspiration Point Park Improvements Complete

Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) celebrated the completion of renovations at Inspiration Level Park, together with a brand new playground, enhanced picnic websites, improved western overlook, and restored historic wall.  

In November 2017, voters permitted the Common Obligation Bond which allotted $2,135,000 for Inspiration Level Park enhancements to incorporate a brand new playground, picnic websites and shade pavilion, restoration of the historic masonry wall on the level, enchancment to the western park overlook, improved ADA parking, and a brand new visitors circle. The rest of the $2.5 million venture was funded by the Denver Parks & Recreation Legacy Fund and Capital Enchancment Funds.    

The 25.5-acre park is positioned at forty ninth Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in northwest Denver. The park sits at an elevation of 5,415 ft and affords unimaginable views of almost 200 miles of the Rocky Mountain Entrance Vary, in addition to your complete metropolis of Denver. Accomplished in 1910, Inspiration Level Park is listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.   

Extra transportation and pedestrian enhancements in the neighborhood are at present underway that embody asphalt paving of 17 streets inside 0.5 miles of the park, including bike lanes to Harlan Avenue and collaborating with CDOT, Jefferson County, Arvada, and Adams County on pedestrian enhancements at Sheridan Boulevard and 52nd Avenue.  

Within the early twentieth century, the nationwide “Metropolis Stunning” motion, impressed by Chicago’s 1893 World’s Truthful, aimed to raise the human spirit by making communities aesthetically enticing by constructing parks, planting greenery, including sidewalks and paving streets. Denver Mayor Robert Speer, elected in 1904, was an enthusiastic supporter of the Metropolis Stunning motion, and he grew to become the driving power behind the creation of Inspiration Level Park and different areas recognized for Denver’s Metropolis Stunning grasp plan. A State Historic Society plaque on the bluff commemorates the primary panned gold strike in 1850 and the ensuing gold rush that led to the eventual Statehood of Colorado in 1876. 

This venture is a part of DPR’s Sport Plan for a Wholesome Metropolis to protect and improve Denver’s legacy park system whereas making it extra equitable and resilient.