Author: Mike McKibbin
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Denver social consumption events could start this summer
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The first of Denver’s marijuana social consumption permit applications are expected this summer, after proposed rules and regulations called for under Denver’s Initiative 300 are adopted. Ashley Kilroy, executive director of the city’s Department of Excise & Licenses, discussed the main provisions of the ordinance establishing the four-year pilot program and the proposed timeline for…
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Economic development plan targets affordable housing, grocery stores
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With an economy considered one of the strongest in America, the City and County of Denver wants to build on its success and identify future business trends and workforce needs, help address the affordable housing issue and locate up to three grocery stores in underserved communities. Those were among the goals recently outlined to the…
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Fearing deportation, Denver Latinos face higher property taxes
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As Cinco de Mayo approaches, fear of deportation is prevalent among Denver’s Latino community, as it is across the country, due to the federal government’s tough stance on immigration and President Donald Trump’s actions, such as proposing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. That was part of the preliminary findings from the Denver Latino Commission…
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Results are in: Denver citizen survey finds good and bad for Council consideration
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Getting a sense of what the citizens of the City and County of Denver think are key issues their elected officials should address depends on who is asked. So, Denver City Council, like many other governing bodies in other cities, often seeks survey results to help tell them what they should spend their time —…
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Driverless cars a “game changer” for Denver
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It sometimes seemed like something from science fiction, as Denver City Council’s Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee viewed a presentation on driverless, or autonomous, vehicles by a venture capital investor and author of a book on the technology, with another book planned. Rutt Bridges, founder of Colorado’s Bighorn Center for Public Policy and former…
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Denver liquor, pot license hearings to see changes
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Proposed changes to the City and County of Denver’s hearings for liquor, live music and entertainment and marijuana licenses — described as chaotic under current procedures — include requiring more signatures to hold evening hearings, time limits for those hearings and formal training for hearing officers. The changes were recently explained to the Denver City…
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ICYMI: More on the ‘Hamilton Electors,’ Mines to expand, ‘right to disagree’ bill dies and more
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• Remember those so-called “Hamilton Electors?” Of course you do. They were four of the nine Colorado Democratic electors who joined a national movement to try to thwart Donald Trump’s election through the Electoral College process. The plan was to get enough electors nationwide to band together and vote for an alternate candidate, keeping Trump…
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Denveright process working toward 20-year vision plan
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A first-time, multi-department planning process in the City and County of Denver — known as Denveright — is working well, members of Denver City Council were recently told. The effort was announced nearly one year ago by Mayor Michael Hancock and is designed to show a vision for Denver over the next two decades. Four…
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National Western Center study identifies ‘opportunities’
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Transforming the National Western Complex and Denver Coliseum sites into a year-round destination and regional asset could focus on companies and industries affiliated with the more traditional agricultural-based, but more technologically and globally involved, an economic study concluded. Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aeronautical Services Committee recently listened to a presentation on the…
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ICYMI: Hemp definition murky, Bennet visits DPS school, Bundy photos unlocked and more
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● While the state and federal governments have different definitions regarding the legality of marijuana, it’s an even murkier picture when it come to marijuana’s far less potent cousin, industrial hemp. And, as the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported, the differences surfaced over a water issue in southeastern Colorado. The Bureau of Reclamation denied a…
