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Federal officials are devoting $3 million in revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to create new parks in nine cities, including Denver, to make urban areas healthier.
Denver officials and private partners plan to preserve 4.5 acres at Albrook Drive and Peoria Street, in the northeastern Montbello neighborhood. That land is vacant but “at risk of development,” according to a federal document.
The plans call for creation of “a unique, natural open-space park in a densely developed residential area,” including restoration of habitat for wildlife. The land sits just south of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
