Greetings From the SHCA!

Save the Date

Annual Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday April 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM at Slavens
Join us on the field and playgrounds at Slavens School for a chance to hunt for eggs and visit with your neighbors!

We are looking for volunteers to help set up and hide eggs at 8:00 AM. Please reply to this email or email us at [email protected] if you can lend a hand!

Annual 4th of July Bike Parade - Friday July 4, 2025. Time TBD at Slavens
Cover your ride with festive decoration and join us at the field at Slavens School for a bike/scoot/walk around the neighborhood behind a fire truck! Stay after the parade to play in the spray when the fire truck turns on the hose.

Annual Meeting - October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM at Slavens
More details to come. Please consider paying your dues in advance if you live in the Membership area.

Interested in volunteering at these events or have ideas for new ones? Help is always welcome. Reply to this email or email us at [email protected]!

Join or Support the SHCA!

We can’t do it without you! Please consider joining the SHCA and paying your annual dues if you live in the neighborhood. If you don’t, please consider a contribution anyway! All are welcome at our public events.

Interested in joining the Board or a committee? Reply to this email or email us at [email protected]!

Did you receive this email from a friend? Join our mailing list.

Make Your Voice Heard

What matters most to YOU about southeast Denver? Councilwoman Diana Romero Campbell launched an important community survey regarding local issues and the quality of city services. Especially with a new bond initiative announced by the City of Denver, YOUR responses will have a direct impact on decisions affecting our community now and in the future. 

Make your voice heard and complete the survey now!

Trash, Recycle, and Compost

With all the recent changes to Denver’s trash, recycling, and compost services, it can be hard to figure out what to put out when. Here are some quick tips:

Get a personalized schedule for your address:

• On the web, visit Trash, Recycle, Compost: Collection Schedules and Guidelines

• On your phone, download the app for iOS or Android

Recycling is now being collected every other week instead of weekly:

• The city noticed that folks were not recycling enough to justify weekly truck rolls and the accompanying pollution, so recycling has been cut back to every other week. Read more at Denverite.

• Need more recycling capacity? Make sure that you are breaking down your boxes to maximize your space. Still need more? Request a second recycle bin from Denver Utilities.

Large Item Pickup is now every nine weeks instead of every four weeks:

• The city hopes that “reducing large item pick-up frequency will help incentivize efforts to find alternative options to throwing items into the landfill.” (CBS News)

• To that end, if you have an item to get rid of that someone else might consider using, try Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor, or a local “buy nothing” group on Facebook to find someone to take it off your hands.

Our neighborhood has finally received compost bins!

• If you did not get one and think you should have, or if you would like one now, request a compost bin from Denver Utilities.

• Compost rules have also changed a little from when the program was first introduced years ago. Currently, you may only put food scraps and yard debris in your compost bin. Learn more about what goes in the green bin.

Thanks for Reading!

Thanks for reading this issue of the Southern Hills Community Association Newsletter. You received this email because you were previously subscribed to the newsletter, you recently renewed your membership, you attended our October 2024 meeting, or a member of the Board thought you would like to receive it. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please use the link at the bottom of the email to manage your preferences.