Author: By LINDSEY TOOMER

Denver is using $150,000 in federal pandemic aid to provide safe overnight parking to people living in their car, city officials said Thursday. The city’s Department of Housing Stability entered into a contract with the Colorado Safe Parking Initiative, which is administering a program that will allow for two safe parking sites in Denver with eight…

Denver’s minimum wage will increase to $17.29 per hour starting Jan. 1, according to a news release from the city. Minimum wage for tipped food and beverage workers will increase to $14.27 per hour if they earn at least $3.02 in tips per hour. 9News meteorologist ‘keeps it real’ sharing her experience with skin cancer…

Denver City Council unanimously passed on final reading a bill intended to work in conjunction with state legislation targeting catalytic converter theft. Anytime someone sells a catalytic converter to a scrap yard or an auto parts shop in Denver, the shop owner must now provide the city with the seller’s identification — including a car…

The Denver Deserves Sidewalks initiative gathered enough signatures to get onto Denver’s ballot this fall, with the intention of publicly funding the construction and repair of sidewalks across the city. The proposed ballot language asks Denver voters if the city should adopt a sidewalk master plan and implement a “sustainable program for the construction, reconstruction,…

A Denver committee on Wednesday approved two contracts that would help low-income families make their homes more energy efficient through the Healthy Electric Efficient Homes program. Both of the contracts are for three years. The funding for the contracts comes from the city’s Climate Protection Fund. The first contract is for $2 million with BlocPower…

In a split vote, Denver City Council approved Monday a contract amendment with the Mental Health Center of Denver, doing business as WellPower, to pay an additional $3.7 million for short-term crisis stabilization and transitional sheltering at the Behavioral Health Solutions Center. This extends the contract through the end of 2022 with an adjusted total…

Denver is partnering with Solar United Neighbors to launch another solar co-op along with a new rebate program to help residents to step into solar at a better price. The 2022 Denver Solar Co-op is the fourth iteration of a program that has helped almost 100 families install solar, according to a news release from…

Three Denver City Council members are developing a plan they say would make the city more friendly to mobile home parks. While no action was taken Monday, council President Jamie Torres updated the council’s Budget and Policy Committee on the latest discussions on mobile home parks. She along with council members Candi CdeBaca and Jolon…

Denver Economic Development and Opportunity awarded seven community development programs $150,000 through the city’s annual Community Development Block Grant program to support underserved neighborhoods and disadvantaged small businesses. When soliciting applications for the program, DEDO requested proposals from organizations with a budget of at least $150,000 that have programs serving residents in one or more…