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This site updated: September 4, 2009 |
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The NEW 2008 Prismatic Electric Fountain:
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After delighting generations of Denver citizens and visitors with dramatic water displays and dynamically changing colored lights at night, the Prismatic Electric Fountain in Ferril Lake at Denver City Park fell into disrepair, reduced to an unchanging display of water. Eventually even that display was shut down and the fountain was seemingly forgotten.
The Friends of the Electric Fountain was formed by Larry Kerecman to assist the Denver Department of Parks and Recreation to help bring this wonderful source of great family memories back to life. Working with Dick Gannon at the DPR on a volunteer basis, he helped get the reconstruction of the Electric Fountain vault included in the Montclair Storm Water Improvement Project. This saved a significant amount of money since Ferril Lake was drained for the Montclair project.
The new fountain vault, pipelines and the center geyser nozzle were installed and operating during the summer of 2007.
We celebrated the centennial of the dedication of the 1908 Prismatic Electric Fountain on May 30, 2008 with a demonstration of the first water features and lighting of the new fountain to be completed.
A total reconstruction of the concrete fountain vault, the labyrinth of plumbing and nozzles and multi-color lights brought back the Electric Fountain to all of its full 1908 glory and beyond. Fountain shows featuring the dramatic interplay of water and light returned to Denver City Park on August 19, 2008 when the 2008 Electric Fountain was dedicated with a crowd of over 700 people attending.
The Friends of the Electric Fountain Fund has been established to underwrite the cost of the final items needed to complete the new fountain and to establish an endowment to pay for the replacement of major operating equipment over the expected 75-100 year lifetime of the new fountain. |
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You may make a donation to the Friends of the Electric Fountain Fund through the City Park Alliance. Please write “ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN FUND” on the memo line of your check.
YOUR DONATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Remembering the Electric Fountain with a Legacy Gift will help keep this landmark operating for generations to come.
City Park Alliance is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to charitable and educational activities in City Park. Contributions to the Alliance are tax deductible and are used for the maintenance, improvement and preservation of City Park’s features for the enjoyment of all visitors and users.
City Park Alliance |
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This page updated: September 4, 2009 |
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Fund Raising and Maintenance Endowment:
City Park Alliance: Roz Wheeler-Bell, Happy Haynes, Dennis Smith, Carolyn Lievers, Joe Mauro, Peggy Day Thanks for all of your support. The City Park Alliance will process public donations to the Friends of the Electric Fountain Fund.
Chambers Family Fund: Merle Chambers, Letty Bass Many thanks to Merle Chambers and the Chambers Family Fund for the first grant to the Friends of the Electric Fountain Fund. This gift will provide funds for the music system and other finishing touches for the fountain as well as the seed money for the endowment.
Denver Foundation: Sarah Harrison The Denver Foundation is the home for the Friends of the Electric Fountain Fund. Their experience in setting up Donor-Advised Funds made them the perfect choice to help create this critical support system for future maintenance of the Electric Fountain. |
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Thanks to the generosity of multiple individual donors and the Chambers Family Fund (recognized below) we were able to purchase and install the additional lights for the Peacock display and the intercom system. We plan to raise the money for the lightning detection and camera systems by the spring of 2010 so that they can be installed before the start of the 2010 Electric Fountain season. A generous gift from Lou and John Robinson was used to purchase a complete set of maintenance tools for the Electric Fountain vault. |
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Items are listed in order of priority |
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Lightning Detection System |
$ 40,000 |
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Camera system for vault and bandstand |
$ 17,500 |
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Additional Ribbon LED lights |
$ 10,000 |
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Water Feature 11a (east-west spray bars) |
$ 40,000 |
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Water Feature 11b (radial spray bars) |
$ 30,000 |
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Remote test box for lights and valves |
$ 1,000 |
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Recorded music system |
$ 7,500 |
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Security and monitoring system |
$ 7,500 |
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Extension of Ribbon spray bars |
$ 7,500 |
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Process control monitoring system |
$ 40,000 |
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Live music system |
$ 20,000 |
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Equipment Completion Goal: |
$ 221,000 |
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Amount raised as of September, 2009: |
$ 9,600 |
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Endowment Fund Goal: |
$ 350,000 |
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Amount Raised as of September, 2009: |
$ 2,500 |