Hundreds signed a beam for Denver's rebuilt City Park bandstand
Residents wrote names and memories on a beam that will go into the City Park bandstand being rebuilt after a fire. The effort has raised $250,000, including $90,000 from 9NEWS' Word of Thanks.
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Hundreds of Denver residents wrote their names and memories on a beam that will go into the City Park bandstand, 9NEWS reported. The bandstand is being rebuilt after a fire, and this beam is one of the pieces that will go into that rebuild. The effort has raised $250,000, including $90,000 from 9NEWS' Word of Thanks campaign. The signing is a way for neighbors to leave their names in the new structure. The money figure is what has been raised so far for the rebuilding, and the beam is still on its way into the building.
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In Denver, hundreds of people wrote their names and memories on a beam that will be built into the City Park bandstand, 9NEWS reported. The bandstand is being rebuilt after a fire. The rebuilding effort has raised $250,000. Of that, $90,000 came from 9NEWS' Word of Thanks campaign. The beam is a piece of the new building, so the names will be part of the park when the bandstand is finished.
- Why would a city ask people to sign a beam instead of only a poster?
- What is the difference between money already raised and a building that is still going up?
- How can a park building hold a neighborhood's memories?
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