NEW: The City of Denver is threatening to use eminent domain against a local church that has refused to sell it access to the only road leading into its new mountain park.
In 2021, the Axton family donated its 448-acre ranch to Denver for use as the city’s 23rd mountain park and its first new mountain park since 1939. The land is in far northern Jefferson and Gilpin counties, just south of Boulder County. It includes expansive meadows, ponds, a creek and one slice of a historic trail built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.That was not for lack of trying, according to city lawyers.
The city made offers on May 31 and again July 3, without success. Its lawsuit does not say how much money it offered, and city spokespeople refused to answer that question Tuesday. But the city’s court documents claim that the easement’s fair market value is $9,735. Beth Eden itself dates back to 1893, when it opened in the Highlands neighborhood. It is now at the corner of 26th and Wadsworth, west of Denver city limits. Reached by phone Tuesday, its senior pastor, Jason Pilchard, declined to discuss the eminent domain lawsuit.
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