Affordable Area Activities – Full Moon Harvest Festival

Yet another street festival!

Green Spaces Colorado presents the Full Moon Harvest Festival, Saturday, September 29.  Open from 10 am to 10 pm, the festival is free until 5 pm.  After 5 pm, admission is $5.

There’ll be farmer’s markets, food trucks, artist demonstrations, music and green vendor.

The event will be at Denver’s RiNo district at Sustainability Park on 26th and Arapahoe St.

Visit the official website here.

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DEBBIE PALLAI

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Brokers Guild Cherry Creek, Ltd.

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EPA Approves Colorado’s Plan Clean the Air

The air quality of the state’s national parks and wilderness areas will be improving.

The EPA has granted final approval to Colorado’s scheme to enhance air conditions.

For details, go to Regional Haze Plan.

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DEBBIE PALLAI

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Brokers Guild Cherry Creek, Ltd.

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MOLD AND YOUR HOME

Mold is everywhere.  It is part of nature.

Molds come in many colors.

There are many kinds of molds, but none can thrive without moisture.

Some molds are benign.  Some can cause health problems.

The EPA has recommendations and guidelines regarding who should perform mold mitigation and prevention.

To view the EPA’s brochure, click here.

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DEBBIE PALLAI

303-883-8837

Brokers Guild Cherry Creek, Ltd.

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Learn How to Compost – Free Class

The City of Denver is offering free two hour hands-on classes on how to compost through mid-October.

Participants are required to register at least a week ahead of time.  Denver residents will be given priority.

Classes are held at the community garden at 13th and Colorado Blvd.

For more information and to learn how to register, please visit this link.

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DEBBIE PALLAI

303-883-8837

Brokers Guild Cherry Creek, Ltd.

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Denver Watering Restrictions

In response to the current drought conditions, Denver is escalating the enforcement of its water restrictions.  In case you’ve forgotten, the following are a few of the rules in effect through October 1:

• Don’t water between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm
• Don’t water more than 3 times a week
• Fix leaky sprinkler systems within 10 days.

Fines and further restrictions can be found here.

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DEBBIE PALLAI

303-883-8837

Brokers Guild Cherry Creek, Ltd.

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Recycle Your Electronics

Cell phones, televisions, monitors, CPUs and other electronics can be recycled with the City and County of Denver this Saturday, October 29th.  $5 per carload.  Must have appointment and there are some restrictions.

For more information and to make your appointment, go to:

http://www.denvergov.com/trashrecycling/TrashandRecycling/Recycling/ElectronicsRecycling/EcorallyCollectionEvent/tabid/440780/Default.aspx

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Recycle for Charity

Saturday, October 17, 2009

9 am to 3 pm

Denver Coliseum

Clean out your garage and basement and help save the planet and help ARC at the same time.  Items that will be accepted include tools, scrap metal, cell phones and obsolete car parts.  No computers will be accepted. 

For a more complete list of objects that will be accepted, please visit:

Clean up Colorado for Charity

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Denver Water

                  

Denver Recycles Water for Parks

 In her July 2009 newsletter, Denver District 5 Councilwoman Marcia Johnson announced that several parks in the district will be using recycled water for irrigation.

Denver will be installing new pipes for the system, and some traffic may be diverted while this work occurs.  Impacted District 5 parks include McNichols Park, Crescent Park, Verbena Park and Denison Park.

The four parks will join 13 Denver parks that are already using recycled water.

Other parks are undergoing irrigation improvement programs.  It is estimated that the improvments will save 450 million gallons of Denver drinking water.

To link to Marcia Johnson’s article, click here.

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Radon: what is it? why should you care?

You can’t smell it.  You can’t taste it.  You can’t see it.

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that causes cancer.  It is the  leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers in the United States.

Radon can be easily detected and mitigated.

When you are purchasing a home, have your home inspector do a radon test.  If the readings come in higher than 4.0, have a radon mitagation company fix the problem.  It is relatively inexpensive both to test for radon and bring the levels within EPA standards.

You can test your home yourself.  Home testing kits are available in many home improvement stores.

Click here to learn more about radon.

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Denver Homebuyer Green Program Incentive

The Denver Board of Realtors® reported today that Denver is conducting a green pilot study for homebuyers. 

The program includes a free walkthrough of prospective homes, and discounts on furnaces, insulation and appliances.

In order to qualify, the home must be a single family detached home, have a Denver address and be built before 2000. 

This is a voluntary program with no requirement that the buyer purchase any upgrades.

 For further information, please contact: 

Matt Gibbs
University of Colorado Denver
Director, GAAN and IGERT programs in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
MATTHEW.GIBBS@email.ucdenver.edu
(303) 501-9075

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