Denver’s Civic Center Park flower beds get volunteer help

DENVER (KDVR) — Fear not, lovers of color, flowers and civic engagement: The Civic Center Conservancy has stepped up to ensure blooms fill Civic Center Park’s beds this year, despite city budget cuts.

Denver announced in early February that as part of cost-saving measures to continue supporting migrants and sheltering them, the city would not be planting its flower beds.

The city projected a cost of $180 million to shelter migrants brought to the Mile High City from the…