The Greenway in Print

April 28, 2005 - Rocky Mountain Sports Newsletter

Aspen Edge, Coors' low-carb light lager, and the American Hiking Society, the only national organization dedicated to establishing, protecting, and maintaining America's foot trails, have named Denver's Sand Creek Greenway Trail one of the top 10 fitness trails in the United States. This honor comes on the heels of Denver being named one of the top five fittest cities in the country by Men's Fitness magazine. more...

April 21, 2005 - Commerce City Beacon

Aspen Edge(tm), Coors' low-carb light lager, and the American Hiking Society, the only national organization dedicated to establishing, protecting, and maintaining America's foot trails, have named Denver's Sand Creek Greenway Trail one of the top 10 fitness trails in the United States. This honor comes on the heels of Denver being named one of the top five fittest cities in the country by Men's Fitness magazine.

Fitness trails are defined as trails within 20 minutes of a major metropolitan area - meaning consumers can use them before, during or after work - have elements that can be completed in 60 to 90 minutes and can be used for a variety of fitness activities including trail running, hiking and biking. more...

April 14, 2005 - Denver Post

A bicyclist zips by below rush-hour traffic on Speer Boulevard. An in-line skater whizzes through the woods in Arvada. Walkers stroll the High Line Canal. A triathlete trains on the hills alongside busy C-470, safe from the thousands of vehicles rumbling past.

More than 300 miles of off-road paths loop and wind through the metro area, from Westminster to Parker, Commerce City to Highlands Ranch, Golden to Aurora. New paths continue to be developed and old ones extended, making a regional trail system that now links nearly 40 jurisdictions. more...

Best of Denver ® 2005:
Best Bikeway in Progress, Sand Creek Regional Greenway

Slowly but surely, the pieces for this thirteen-mile route that cross the old Stapleton Airport site are filling in. Eventually, the soft-surface trail, which is open to non- motorized vehicles only, will connect part of a fifty-mile loop of urban trails, going from the High Line Canal Bikeway in Aurora to the Platte River Greenway. Riders have to adapt to some construction sites, but backers insist that there is light at the end of the tunnel -- and plenty of room to roam in the future.

westword.com | originally published: March 24, 2005

August 11, 2004 - Commerce City Beacon

REI, Denver Parks and Recreation, Sand Creek Regional Greenway partner to  clean up Greenway
"The Sand Creek Regional Greenway in Denver and part of Commerce City will be cleaned up by volunteers on Saturday, August 14th from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm through a partnership with famous outfitter REI and Denver Parks and Recreation. Fifty volunteers are expected to show for a morning of trail cleanup, graffiti painting and weed pulling." more...

July 1, 2004 - Denver Post

North metro greenway is planned :$200 million, 150-mile trail system to connect cities, Rocky Mountain Arsenal
"Everybody loves open space. Even mayors. An almost-giddy group of state, city and county leaders announced Wednesday a plan to create a network of trails, greenbelts and open space in Denver, Aurora, Brighton, Commerce City, Thornton and parts of Adams County." more...

June 2004 - Better Homes and Gardens

Urban Hikes: "This 13-mile trail nestled on the banks of Sand Creek winds through Commerce City, Denver, and Aurora, boldly illustrating the dramatic contrasts of wildlife juxtaposed with an urban setting." more...

October 27 , 2003 - Denver Post

"New nature center on Aurora greenway offers rural retreat full of 'little critters'. The Morrison Nature Center opened Sunday as the newest addition to the Sand Creek Regional Greenway in Aurora." more....

October 27 , 2003 - Aurora Sentinel

"As Kate Kramer was hiking around Star K Ranch open space recently, a coyote jumped from behind a Russian olive tree and across her path. On its heels was a deer in hot pursuit." more...

October 23 , 2003 - Rocky Mountain News

"Once home to a beer-drinking, cigarette-loving sheep named Oscar and his eccentric owner, the old Star K Ranch today is the center of one of the metro area's open-space treasures." more....

October 22, 2003 - Rocky Mountain News

"About the Morrison Nature Center" more....

June/July, 2003 - 5280

From "The Road Less Traveled: Off the beaten path. An urban adventure in Commerce City." by Tom Winter

"....Still, as we plunged deeper into the heart of the city, we had to admit that the refinery was impressive. A mysterious collection of pipes, tanks, and gleaming towers, the plant fumed and smoked. Farther on, slivers of green held secrets of their own. Foxes, egrets, and other birds hid in the tangled growth adjacent to Sand Creek and a bum slept peacefully under a bridge. What had appeared to be a lonely, dangerous place was surprisingly beautiful, and the sudden realization that we had discovered an unlikely juxtaposition between the urban and natural made it all the more intriguing. ....."

March 27 , 2003 - Westword

"Best Missing Link - Sand Creek Regional Greenway

When this thirteen-mile stretch of urban trail opened to the public last summer -- amid cheers from outdoor enthusiasts -- it marked the completion of a fifty-mile loop in the northeast metro area by connecting the Highline Canal in Aurora to the Platte River Greenway in Commerce City". more...

June 4 , 2002 - Denver Post

"The Sand Creek Regional Greenway trail, a 13-mile link between the Platte River Greenway in Commerce City and the High Line Canal in Aurora, will be opened officially in ceremonies Saturday." more...