Nettie Moore remembered

Feb 16, 2021 by Staff in Community Almost a decade and a half ago we profiled her here: https :// northdenvernews . com / nettie – moore – leaving – a – north – denver – legacy – 5160 / . And not long ago, Nettie Moore could be seen on the sign boards of RTD buses, touting public transportation.
I first met Nettie Moore when Rick Garcia was running for RTD board. She was a singular advocate for public transportation, she was THE voice for the oft-neglected West Colfax neighborhood for decades.
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Feb 16, 2021 by Staff in Community Almost a decade and a half ago we profiled her here: https :// northdenvernews . com / nettie – moore – leaving – a – north – denver – legacy – 5160 / . And not long ago, Nettie Moore could be seen on the sign boards of RTD buses, touting public transportation.
I first met Nettie Moore when Rick Garcia was running for RTD board. She was a singular advocate for public transportation, she was THE voice for the oft-neglected West Colfax neighborhood for decades.
A remembrance from social media: An icon and hero of the West Colfax and Villa Park Neighborhoods’ quality of life passed last night at approximately 9:00 PM Mountain Time on February 8, 2021 at the age of 96. There are many activists in the neighborhoods of West Colfax, Sloan’s Lake, and Villa Park fighting for the community health of fellow citizens. Among the dozens of accomplishments of these heroes in Denver, Colorado, Nettie Moore championed the one place she loved the most. Beginning at the age of three in 1927, she lived 93 years in Lakewood-Dry Gulch of west Denver. This area for too many years was forgotten except as a dumping ground for trash and stolen cars. In the late 1980s, Marshall Vanderburg working as an aide to District 3 Councilwoman Ramona Martinez initiated an effort to change this. As a humble woman, Nettie would never take credit for her role in what happened in the years to come. Nettie and the Greater Avondale Heights Improvement Association, the Sloan’s Lake Citizens’ Group, and the Villa Park Neighborhood Association developed a master plan to transform the gulch’s image into a major city park. I still remember the bitter cold night accented by ice and snow in January of 1989. Nettie and I traveled to a neighborhood meeting to make a presentation to Mayor Federico Pena for the gulch’s master plan. Its acceptance was a wonderful example of neighborhood democracy and bottom-up change. Money was allocated gradually to transform the gulch into Lakewood Gulch Park. Over the years, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) built a light rail system for the Denver metro area. The system stipulated a west rail line and the neighborhood groups fought to route it through Lakewood Gulch Park. But Nettie was the neighborhood leader working with RTD to get the job done for the west corridor line. In addition to public transportation, the park features amenities and improvements for storm water drainage, bike-walking paths, landscaping, natural areas, a disc golf course, a community garden, and Nettie Moore Playground. Nettie’s legacy is beyond the pride she felt for a playground built directly across from her home in the 1200 block of Utica Street. The next step to reflect the appreciation and gratitude for Nettie’s life and accomplishments is to rename Lakewood Gulch Park to Nettie Moore Park from Sheridan Boulevard to Perry Street. The Villa Park Neighborhood Association and the Sloan’s Lake Citizens’ Group are parts of her and their legacies and are the people and neighbors to lead the change. Grassroots people are the leaders in developing healthy communities, and their neighborhood groups are the mechanisms to create and protect community health for individuals, their families, and the entire city of Denver.
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