A new Denver-area聽聽in the 麻豆影院聽Program in Environmental Design聽(ENVD)聽will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, June 3, with a聽ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The newly-completed playscape is located at聽Kendall Apartments in Lakewood, an affordable housing community serving聽48 families and 65-plus聽children. The owner of the community, Northeast Denver Housing Center (NDHC), first approached environmental design instructor Jeremy Ehly about replacing the existing聽meager playground structures.
Partnering with the NDHC, Ehly's students began working聽on聽the new playground as their junior year praxis project鈥攈andling everything from fundraising and聽community outreach to design, fabrication and construction.聽
To inform the design and identify what would be most valuable to the community, the students held meetings and completed door-to-door interviews at the apartment complex, resulting in specially designed play equipment requested by聽the children and聽multi-sensory spaces聽that put all residents in touch with native vegetation and a serene environment聽at home.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new playscape, located at 1760 Kendall St., will start at 4 p.m. and feature remarks from聽the student design/build team, the NDHC and representatives from the city of Lakewood. Light refreshments and drinks will be provided.