Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery

Summer 2015 update

It’s been an eventful summer for the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery!

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been invited to begin working at Riverside and have nearly completed our first project – repainting the walls outside of the cemetery office.  It’s been a lot of work but has made quite an improvement!

Our summer board meeting was a success and we’ve made some great plans and goals for the coming year.  These goals include:

• Restarting the Doc-A-Block project at Riverside
• Continuing projects to beautify Riverside
• Creating a Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery Facebook page to connect with interested people and similar groups
• Monitoring progress of the RTD north light rail line and its impacts on Riverside

We’d also like to pass on a warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to Judy and Tom Kingsolver for becoming members of the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery!  We appreciate your support – Welcome!

Our next board meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14th at 7:00 PM in the TAXI II conference room.  Feel free to attend!  You may find directions to the meeting by clicking here.

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Work at Riverside and additional work days

Good work is happening at Riverside!

We have been prepping the areas outside of the office and will be painting soon.  This is only the first of our projects to help make Riverside shine – we’re thrilled to be helping!

Future work days are planned for:

Sunday, July 12th from 8:00 am to noon

Sunday, July 19th from 8:00 am to noon

If you are interested in participating simply come to the cemetery during the above work hours.

Also, just another reminder that the FOHRC Annual Board Meeting will be taking place on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 at 11:00 AM at TAXI. Click here and scroll to the meeting information for details.  We’d love for you to join us!

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Riverside Work Day and Annual Board Meeting

We are delighted to announce that Fairmount Cemetery Company, owners of Riverside Cemetery, are now welcoming the assistance of the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery in their efforts to maintain and spruce up the cemetery!

Our first Friends of Riverside work day will take place on Sunday, June 28th from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery.  We welcome anyone who would like to pitch in!  We will be painting and weeding during this work day, so dress for the weather; hats, gloves and sunscreen are recommended.  We will have cold water and snacks for volunteers.  A kneeling pad would be good if you have one, as we will be painting the planter in front of the office.

If you have questions or if you would like to RSVP for the work day please email friends@friendsofriversidecemetery.org.

In addition, we welcome you to attend the 2015 Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery annual board and members meeting.  The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in what the organization is about, what we are doing and what our future plans are.  This year will be having the meeting on Saturday, July 25th at 11:00 AM in the TAXI II Conference room.  The TAXI II building is located at 3457 Ringsby Court in Denver.  Click here for a map to the TAXI location.

If you have questions or would like to RSVP for the annual meeting please email friends@friendsofriversidecemetery.org

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!

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Updated tour brochure

The Riverside Cemetery Walking/Driving tour brochure has been updated with new information and photographs.  This tour is a great way to spend a day at the cemetery!

Click here to view and download the new version.

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FasTracks February Newsletter

Click here to learn more about the progress of the FasTracks North Rail line.  Riverside Cemetery and the Skyway Bridge are mentioned in the Bridge Construction section.

Please keep in mind that The Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery were not involved in the writing of this document, and can not confirm any information contained in it.

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December FasTracks update

Riverside Cemetery has another mention in the December FasTracks update.  Click here to read the update – the Riverside Cemetery mention is near the image of the gift.

Please keep in mind that The Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery were not involved in the writing of this document, and can not confirm any information contained in it.

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FasTracks update

As you may know, the North Metro line of the FasTracks project will run just past the entrance to Riverside Cemetery.  Click here to read the FasTracks newsletter.  You may also subscribe to updates on the construction by filling out the FasTracks form here.

Please keep in mind that The Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery were not involved in the writing of this document, and can not confirm any information contained in it.

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2014 – 2015 Board meeting dates

The quarterly board meetings for the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery board are open to the public and we encourage you to attend!

All meetings take place in the TAXI II conference room (3457 Ringsby Court) at 7:00 PM.  Meetings will take place on the following dates:

Monday, March 16th

Monday, June 8th

Monday, September 14th

Monday, December 14th.

In addition, the annual members meeting will take place on Saturday, July 25th.  Time and location TBD, this site will be updated when this information is available.  This meeting provides a summary of the year’s activities and takes input from interested parties.  The yearly board elections also take place at this meeting.

Please feel free to join us for any or all of these meetings!

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2014 Annual Members Board Meeting – Updated

You are invited!
Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery
2014 Annual Board dissertation or thesis Meeting

When: Saturday, August 16th at 10:30 am

Where: Holy Transfiguration of Christ Cathedral, Community Hall

Address: 349 E 47th Ave, Denver, 80216
(map is available at bottom of this page)

You are invited to attend the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery annual meeting and election of new board members. Join us to meet the board of directors and learn more about what is happening at Riverside Cemetery!

You may RSVP by sending an email to friends@friendsofriversidecemetery.org

Map to Holy Transfiguration Cathedral:

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Driving directions:

Exit I-70 at Washington street and drive north.  Turn left on east 47th avenue and drive 3 blocks to the corner of East 47th Avenue and Logan Street.  Street parking is available around the church, please observe posted parking signs.

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2014 Annual Members Board Meeting

Due to a conflict in scheduling the 2014 Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery annual members board meeting must be rescheduled from it’s original date of July 19th.  The new meeting date will be published on this site when it is confirmed.

Thank you for your patience.

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