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How should downtown Denver look in 20 years? Work begins to shape official vision
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When Denver’s Downtown Area Plan — a document to guide city policies for the urban core over 20 years — was last developed, Apple’s first iPhone came onto the market, the housing market was collapsing and the Colorado Rockies made the World Series for its first and only time. A lot has obviously changed since 2007 —…
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Denver OKs massive Cherry Creek West redevelopment
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The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously approved rezoning the west side of the Cherry Creek Shopping Center for a 13-acre mixed use community known as Cherry Creek West, giving the project the green light to start infrastructure work and design of the redevelopment’s public spaces and buildings. Over a projected buildout that could span…
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Denver is ‘open’ to A.I., mayor says at first city summit
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With the rise of artificial intelligence, there’s been many conferences and business events to discuss the moral, risky and money-making — or saving — implications across industries. But Denver’s DenAI Summit is the first event of its kind to be hosted by a city government, showing Mayor Mike Johnston administration’s openness to adopting the technology. “One…
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Denver Startup Week kicks off with hopes to make Colorado a top 5 tech hub by 2035
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Denver Startup Week has begun. The event running through Thursday is expected to attract more than 12,000 attendees for its 13th year, according to primary organizer Downtown Denver Partnership. The weeklong discussion of Colorado’s startup scene will be focusing a lot of attention on the rise of artificial intelligence and the state’s leadership in quantum…
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Return to Nature owners accept plea deal in federal case, court records show
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The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home have accepted a plea deal in their federal case, according to court documents obtained by The Gazette. Jon and Carie Hallford, the owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, filed a notice of disposition and a motion requesting a change of plea. According to Crystina Page, whose son…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s first report on wolf reintroduction does not include livestock killings
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s first annual report on reintroducing wolves notably excludes any mention of the dozens of livestock killed by the apex predators in two counties. That’s because the timeline for the report didn’t fall within the “biological year” as defined by the wildlife agency. The report covers April 1, 2023 — more than…
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Denver’s rushed $570M downtown plan raises questions on how it’ll work
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Mayor Mike Johnston’s first major initiative to revitalize downtown Denver faces an expedited timeline. The Downtown Development Authority — a financing tool created to fund Union Station’s 2014 redevelopment with future tax revenues the project was expected to generate — is nearly done paying off the transit hub project’s debts and will soon cease to have a…
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Wells Fargo announces another round of layoffs in Denver, bringing total to 150 jobs in 2024
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Wells Fargo notified the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment in a letter last week that it plans to cut 70 workers in Denver through a second round of layoffs, bringing the total number of cuts to 150 jobs in 2024. The finance corporation said on Aug. 20 that it plans to shutter its Chief…
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Colorado recorded 72,000 jobs fewer than earlier report, revisions show
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Something’s off with Colorado’s job market data. Colorado recorded the biggest change to its employment numbers of any state, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary benchmark revisions for March. The revisions were released Wednesday. The number of jobs reported in the state was down 2.5% — or 72,000 jobs fewer — than previously…
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Denver councilmembers worry about Cherry Creek West project, even as they advance it
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A panel of Denver councilmembers on Tuesday moved to advance a motion to rezone the west end of Cherry Creek Shopping Center, expressing relief that the project has finally reached their desks, even as they said it should have guardrails, given its scale. Cherry Creek West by East West Partners is on track to bring seven…