Saga of the former popular Denver course could be near an end
By Jim Bebbington
The former Park Hill Golf Club in Denver, closed and fenced off to the public for several years, is slated to become a public park as early as this summer, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced this week.
Johnston announced a land-swap had been agreed to that would put the 155-acre former golf course into Denver’s hands in return for the property owners, Westside Investment Partners, receiving a 145-acre parcel of city-owned land in Adams County.
Both the Denver City Council and the Adams County Commissioners must vote to approve the deal.
The owners of the property, Westside Investment Partners, had bought the site for $24 million in 2019 and sought voter approval for a development plan that would have transformed the 155-acre course into a blend of commercial and residential development and parkland. Voters shot down the proposal in April, 2023, 59 to 41 percent.

Westside Investment Partners then fenced off the entire site, and their spokesman stated that the vote meant the citizens wanted it to be returned to a golf course operation and that is what the company would seek to do.
The former course is along Colorado Boulevard near East 35th Avenue and began operations as a private club in the 1930s. When it closed in 2018 it was operated as a public course managed by Arcis Golf.
The city announced that the land would be opened for some public use as early as this summer with ‘low-cost amenities’ such as a dog park, disc golf, walking trails and picnic areas. The park will be the largest park in the city, and the city will then move to develop an overall vision for the long-term use of the park.
The Adams County land that Westside Investment Partners would receive is near Denver International Airport at 56th Avenue and Valley Head Street.
Jim Bebbington is the Director of Content at Colorado AvidGolfer and can be reached at [email protected]
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