Denver Parks & Recreation just pulled a survey and canceled multiple meetings following a fatal shooting at one of the city’s rec centers.
Initially, the department had been touting a “Recreation Center Strategic Plan” survey for Wednesday, May 27, along with two open houses and a virtual meeting scheduled for between now and June 3. The idea was to gather public input on how the department should invest in the city’s recreation centers over the next 20 to 30 years.
But on the day that the survey was supposed to launch — and the first open house was planned for the Washington Park Recreation Center — the department went radio silent. The open house dates were struck through on the website. The survey was nowhere to be seen…