Help Clean Up Downtown Denver On Wednesday, Friday
DENVER (CBS4)- The Downtown Denver Partnership is asking for volunteers to help clean up the damage after days of protests. The group says it is also a way to spread a message of love and hope during these tough times.
Volunteers can donate their time on Wednesday and Friday to pick up debris, remove graffiti and pass out water to workers making repairs in the heat.
"We certainly need help in addressing some of the damage that's been done," explained Tami Door, the President and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership. "We've had around 230 incidents of damage whether it's a broken window or graffiti."
Those who want to help can meet in Skyline Park on Arapahoe Street between 16th and 17th beginning at 7 a.m. on June 3 and June 5 to get a volunteer assignment and pick up supplies.
"It's about bringing people together to say there's hope, this is still a community that believes in giving back, believes in coming together," Door said. "It also allows people to connect with each other in a time with such a turbulent, with everything that we're facing, and really to reconnect with our city."
The vandalism comes after several days and nights of protests in Denver in the wake of George Floyd's death during a confrontation with Minneapolis police.
The Downtown Business Improvement District's clean team will go through the area beforehand to make sure surfaces are sanitary and safe for volunteers. Door said this is not only helpful to the city, but can allow volunteers to meet new people and have important conversations.
"It's a splinter conversation of sorts of the things that we are experiencing here as a community and as a nation," Door said. "Which starts the healing, but more importantly starts people really thinking about what do we look what do you look like as a city going forward and a nation."
Additional Information from the Downtown Denver Partnership:
- How you'll be helping: let's come together to collect trash, remove graffiti, and support our downtown businesses. The Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID) team will assess the needs and direct you to places in need of some love.
- What you'll need: be sure to wear your mask (and practice social distancing). If possible, please bring along gloves and/or trash bags.
- What else you should know: the BID team will have done a first sweep, which will include removing any potentially dangerous substances from surfaces. Above all, we're committed to your health and safety, and that of our entire community.
Those business or propery owners can request help from the Downtown Denver Partnership.
