Author: Jessica Gibbs
-
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s inauguration: Poet laureate, protesters and other side-stories
—
by
Before, during and after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s inauguration Monday, there were plenty of non-ceremony events happening. Here’s a small collection: Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre delivers new poem The crowd really got fired up from this poem, “Questions for the Moment,” delivered in three minutes during the 1-hour-and-15-minute ceremony: “Let us say that this…
-
Denver mayor, councilmembers honored for time in office
—
by
The Denver City Council honored elected officials leaving office on Monday. The meeting included a visit from outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock, who was awarded with a proclamation for his years of service. Councilmembers thanked the mayor for his service not only as mayor for the last 12 years but as a councilmember before then. The…
-
Denver City Council approves funds for tiny home village expansion
—
by
The Denver City Council has approved amending an agreement with Colorado Village Collaborative to support the expansion of a tiny home village. Its mission is to help homeless individuals transition to stable housing through a housing-first approach. The new agreement adds $500,000, bringing the financial agreement total to $640,000, and adds roughly seven more months…
-
Johnston transition committee gathering public feedback through forums
—
by
The transition committee for Mayor-elect Mike Johnston is currently conducting a series of 28 public forums to gather community input that will help develop the administration’s priorities, both long term and for the first 100 days in office. The group that turned out for the labor relations public forum on Sunday faced a unique task,…
-
Denver makes way for more affordable housing
—
by
More affordable housing units are under construction in the Park Hill neighborhood as Denver marked its largest, city-funded affordable housing project to break ground since the development of the Department of Housing Stability (HOST) in 2019. Mayor Michael Hancock joined developers Delwest Development Corp. at a late June groundbreaking ceremony for the Holly38 development. The…
-
Denver to offer RTD passes for 3,000 airport employees at reduced rate
—
by
The Denver city council this week approved a program that is offering reduced-rate transit passes to nearly 3,000 employees at Denver International Airport in a bid to help them access job opportunities, commute to work and address workforce challenges facing the airport. A past version of the program had also placed an inordinate financial burden…
-
Denver gives early approval to new fund to support immigrants arriving from southern border
—
by
The Denver City Council gave preliminary approval to creating a new fund that would exclusively support the city’s response to this year’s influx of immigrants from the southern border. A bill that establishes the “Border Crisis Response Special Revenue Fund” passed unanimously on first reading on Monday. Staff proposed the fund in the wake of…
-
Denver OKs $10.4 million contract to convert Clarion Hotel to housing units
—
by
The Denver City Council approved a $10.4 million contract with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless on Tuesday to support the city’s largest hotel conversion into housing and shelter so far. The contract will pay off bridge financing the city used to purchase the Clarion Hotel in December 2022 and “(ensure) the site will provide shelter…
-
Denver City Council approves controversial rezoning in University Hills
—
by
The Denver City Council voted 10-3 to rezone several properties in the University Hills neighborhood following more than four hours of tense debate Tuesday. One of the sites had become an emotional sticking point as the owners of a medical center included in the rezoning pleaded with councilmembers to vote against it. They said the…
-
Race for mayor picks up in Aurora
—
by
The race for mayor in Aurora is picking up as more candidates enter the field, including a nonprofit leader whose career is focused on social change, and the formal entrance of sitting Mayor Mike Coffman. In the Nov. 7 election, Aurora will choose its next mayor, a councilmember each for wards IV, V and VI,…