Colorado Politics

Denver’s Mayor Hancock will kick-start campaign for $937 million in bonds

The mother of all bond issues – seven questions in all, totaling just under a billion bucks – will be on the Nov. 8 municipal ballot in Denver, and Mayor Michael Hancock is gearing up for the campaign. He’ll kick off the “Yes on 2A thru 2G” campaign Saturday in west Denver’s Rude Park.

The $937 million bond package – which, backers point out, won’t include and increase in tax rates – will upgrade infrastructure and amenities of just about every kind throughout the City and County of Denver. Libraries, the art museum, roads, bridges, rec centers and much, much more are all up for makeovers. The bond will buy a new building for Denver Health, too. The list is broken down into categories covered by the seven ballot questions.

From a press release today announcing the campaign kickoff:

Our Denver is mobilizing voters to support measures 2A through 2G on the November ballot. These bond proposals will fix and repair our roads and bridges, police and fire stations, parks and recreation centers, Denver Health, libraries, museums, theaters and the zoo. By voting yes on measures 2A through 2G this November, Denver voters will be supporting repairs and improvements to the city’s infrastructure and facilities so Denver remains a great place to live.

And here are the specifics of Saturday’s event:

WHO: Mayor Hancock, City Councilman Paul Lopez, Sun Valley resident Lisa Saenz, and Katie McKenna, Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Committee

WHAT: Our Denver Campaign Kick-off

WHERE: Rude Park, West 13th Avenue and Decatur Street, Denver, CO 80204

WHEN: 10 a.m., Saturday


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