Community invited to event marking start of Greyhound Park demolition

Commerce City will begin demolishing the former Greyhound Park race track on Saturday and the public is invited to join in.

Just before the demolition starts with the destruction of the former clubhouse entrance a free community event will allow allow residents to reminisce about the past and learn what the future has in store as the 56-acre park is redeveloped.

The Commerce City Historical Society will display some of the objects that will be preserved from the track.

Former long-time employees will also be at the event to help mark the new direction.

Dog races ran at the track from 1949 through 2008. The city's Urban Renewal Authority bought the 65-acre site in August 2011 with plans to redevelop. In August the city council approved a $2.5 million loan to the renewal authority to help pay for the demolition.

The event starts at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at Greyhound Park, 6200 Dahlia St.

Yesenia Robles: 303-954-1372, yrobles@denverpost.com or twitter.com/yeseniarobles

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