Thank You & Happy New Year

As 2023 begins, I wish to thank everyone who supported my election campaigns in 2020 and 2021, in particular my wife, Lora, and our friends, Ellen and Liz, who helped canvas each year. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve two concurrent terms as the District 11 Community Delegate.

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MCA Meeting Recap: Q3 2022

My second and final Community Delegate term ends on Saturday, December 31, 2022, and as I am not seeking reelection to this post, I am happily endorsing my friend and neighbor, Josh Dembicki, a fellow North End resident and small business owner for the elected position.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: April 2022

the Central Park MCA invited members of the Denver Fire Department to speak at the last community forum, where Department Chief, Desmond G. Fulton and Division Chief Robert Murphy eloquently addressed the issue at hand, offering reassuring facts and practical advice.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: Q1 2022

My friend and fellow Community Delegate, Shalise Hudley-Harris, who represents District 10, Beeler Park, and concurrently serves as a member of the MCA Board of Directors (BOD), recently assumed the role of President, becoming the first woman of color to hold the top position on the MCA BOD.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: December 2021

If you received a couple letters from Park Creek Metropolitan District (PCMD) in recent months that left you with more questions than answers you are in good company, and if you questioned who covered the cost of sending these letters to 13,000 plus households, you are not alone either.

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MCA Meeting Recap

Creating a budget for a large-scale community such as ours is both an art and a science, for it takes skill and data to create a working document, a functional framework that effectively balances the desire to keep dues low while maintaining a high standard for the facilities we all value and enjoy.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: September 2021

The MCA is creating a campaign called “Remembering our Titans,” which seeks to honor Central Park’s founders. As described by Community Director, Diane Deeter, Remembering Our Titans is an effort to provide meaning to the founders of the community while also drawing attention to the Town Center.

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MCA Meeting Recap: August 2021

If you received a letter in the mail speaking to a dispute between Westerly Creek and Park Creek Metropolitan District, a message that announced an August 11th meeting to address the two parties’ differences several days after the meeting took place, and have questions, you are not alone.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: July 2021

This month’s MCA meeting covered a variety of topics ranging from community issues, such as street racing and parking on residential streets to dogs off leash and weeds; an executive board post; pools and aquatics, and more.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: June 2021

June’s monthly MCA meeting largely covered issues of racial profiling, and it was widely agreed among all present that such behavior has no place in our neighborhood, a community designed for all people without exception.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: April/May 2021

The following information is a synopsis of the last two MCA meetings, which dealt largely with the pools reopening. News from the last two meetings have been combined as much of the information was not available until now.

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John B. Holt
MCA Meeting Recap: March 2021

The meeting began with an overview of the community, which includes 65 lane miles of roadway, 454 unique alley configurations, and 11,000 addresses. To plow the grounds, it was estimated the MCA’s trucks travel upwards of 80 miles as they navigated all the streets and alleyways.

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John B. Holt
Snow Removal Update: 03/16/21

Thank you for your patience. The Central Park MCA has crews out in the field, actively clearing alleys. If your alley has not been cleared, please submit a complaint form, complete with a photo of the alley in question, to the MCA via the contact page, thank you. Click on this article for more details.

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John B. Holt
Snow Removal Update: 03/15/21

Please note it will take several days for the MCA to clear both the streets and alleys with a single pass. At present, there are no busses running, and the entire city is critically impacted, i.e., service workers across Denver are dealing with the same conditions we are

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John B. Holt
Snow Removal Update: 03/14/21

MCA crews will resume snow removal activities on Monday, and will focus on reopening alley access between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM, making a single pass down the center of each alley. Heavy snow accumulation can result in drifting behind residential garages and can cause difficulty for some vehicles, therefore the MCA’s goal is to ensure that each alley can efficiently drain throughout the melting process.

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Street Racing Update

This past Sunday, March 07, a highly coordinated event took place on Interstate I-225, in which hundreds of street racers shut down the interstate, causing significant delays. As part of this unsanctioned and illegal event, firearms were waved, fireworks discharged, and more.

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MCA Meeting Recap: February 2021

This month’s HOA meeting covered a variety of topics ranging from auto theft to the eventual return of pools, concerts, and more. Please read on for tips from the Denver Police Department (DPD), and to learn how you can get involved in the neighborhood.

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