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March 2024
A community land trust known as Tierra Colectiva is buying a plot of land, bordered by railroad tracks and a metal manufacturing plant, to convert into a community-owned green space and urban food forest. It’s a first for the neighborhood.
January 2024
December 2023
The GES Coalition held a food sale Dec. 2 to raise funds to acquire a vacant plot of land in Swansea. The property, located at 4790 Josephine St., if acquired by Tierra Colectiva Community Land Trust, would transform into a food forest and community space and would be purchased in collaboration by the GES Coalition, Tierra Colectiva and Tierras Verdes.
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Here, you will find a range of focus areas that we work on as an organization.
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Community Organizing
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March 2024, Mayor Johnston pledges ‘community ownership’ for the last slice of the National Western Center
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March 2024, Caravan Through Neighborhood Starts and Ends with Commitments to Community - GES Gazette
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Jan, 2024 Green space vs. Gentrification:Who will win?
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June, 2023 GES Coalition Maps Out What It Wants on ‘Triangle’ Land - GES Gazette
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Feb, 2023 GES Coalition Seeks to Revitalize Public Parcels in Neighborhoods - GES Gazette
Collective Land
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March 2024 How a Denver neighborhood came together to buy their first community-owned green space
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Dec, 2023 Tierra Colectiva and GES Coalition Intend to Purchase Vacant Land for Food Forest - GES Gazette
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Nov, 2023 Affordable Housing Projects Move Forward - GES Gazette
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May, 2023 4995 Washington Building Starts to Take Shape - GES Gazette
Community Voice
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March, 2024 GES Coalition Public Statement on the NWC federal dollars