Denver voters on Tuesday approved $70 million in debt funding to turn the former Park Hill Golf Course into the city’s fourth-largest park.

The city acquired the property in recent months. Last week, the land opened as a bare-bones park — mostly just weeds and paths — from sunup to sundown.

The funding will pay for the first phase of construction on a much more ambitious plan. The overall budget of the park is still unknown but could be hundreds of millions in total.

Open-space advocate Woody Garnsey, who has fought to preserve the land as open space for nearly a decade, was elated by the results.

“It shows that Denver citizens really care about the infrastructure of the city,” he said. “We’re particularly thrilled that there will be $70 million available in bond money to build out the

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