Barnum Skate Park Grand Opening June 27th at 360 Hooker St. from 12-4 PM
The Barnum neighborhood in West Denver is bounded by Sixth Ave. north, Federal Blvd. east, Alameda Blvd. south, and Perry Street west. Barnum West begins west of Perry and extends to Sheridan Blvd. The community was named after circus mogul P.T. Barnum, who purchased the land in 1878 and briefly owned it before selling it to his daughter, Helen Buchtel.
Read more about Barnum's history on the Denver Public Library site:
https://history.denverlibrary.org/barnum-neighborhood-history
July 26th, 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Barnum Recreation Center will be hosting an adult outdoor volleyball tournament to help raise donations of school supplies in the community. Please contact Roman.Deleon@denvergov.org for more info.
July 12th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Barnum Recreation Center will be hosting a free, one day basketball tournament to help raise donations of school supplies for our community. Please contact Roman.Deleon@denvergov.org for more info.
May 5th - July 31st
Barnum Recreation Center is requesting school supply donations to hand out at our Denver Days School Supply Giveaway event at the end of the summer. Please drop off donations at the Barnum Rec Center, 360 Hooker St., Denver, CO 80219.
Please join us for our community meetings to get updates on local events, developments, community resources, and other neighborhood issues. Barnum’s 2025 neighborhood meetings will occur on the second Tuesday of every other month: February, April, June, September, October, and December. There will be no meeting in August of 2025. The meetings are welcome to all and run from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Please see our dates below or calendar for the next event, or email beautifulbarnum@gmail.com for more info.
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