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Denver City Council to revisit vote on emergency shelter funding
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The Denver City Council will have a light agenda on Monday. Meetings will continue in the Parr-Weidner Community Room while renovations progress in the council chambers. Returning to the council from the Community Planning and Housing Committee is a resolution to fund hotel rooms and ballrooms to accommodate overflow from the city’s emergency shelter beds…
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Denver council chambers to get $1.5 million remodel
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Denver’s historic City Council Chambers is getting a makeover that will bring the space, including the dais where councilmembers sit, into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The cost of the six–month renovation project is approximately $1.5 million, aimed at making the room more accessible to all, according to Robert Austin, spokesperson for Denver’s…
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Denver City Council to revisit cold-weather shelter funding next week
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Funding to pay for hotel rooms and ballrooms to accommodate overflow from the city’s emergency shelter beds during cold-weather activations will have to wait until next week. A resolution was delayed that would have added $450,000 to an existing contract between the city and U.S. Motels North, LLC, for short-term shelter when city-owned emergency shelter…
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Limited seating as Denver Council mulls Skyline Park, Peña Boulevard
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The Denver City Council begins the new year in a new location as renovations to the Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber begin. The Council will now meet in the Parr-Widener Community Room through June 2026. Seating is very limited, and the room will fill up quickly. Residents may attend in person; however, most will be…
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Denver Summit to stay in city after council approves $70M stadium deal
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With an incredibly short timeframe to start construction on a major league women’s soccer stadium, Denver’s City Council dropped the biggest hurdle for Denver Summit FC. Now, the team plans to move forward with its stadium and stay in Denver’s urban core. “With Denver City Council voting the measure through, the club will proceed with…
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Women’s soccer stadium package up for final Denver City Council vote
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Monday is shaping up to be a big night for the Denver Summit FC, as the Denver City Council is set to vote on the construction of a women’s soccer stadium. Council Bill 25-1541, which proposes changing the land’s zoning classification to permit the construction of the stadium, will return to the chamber floor during…
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Could Denver’s refusal to approve Key Lime Air contract be a risky move?
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The Denver City Council recently voted down a contract to expand Key Lime Air’s operations at Denver International Airport, citing disagreement with the company’s suspected operation of federal deportation flights on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But in doing so, could the city be rolling the dice with federal grant money the airport…
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Denver council delays stadium rezoning, rejects Key Lime Air contract
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Denver’s dreams of a new women’s soccer stadium will have to wait a little longer as members of the city council voted Monday to delay an ordinance rezoning the land where the stadium is proposed to be built. Council Bill 25-1541 was postponed at the request of the city’s “executive branch” to allow for the…
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Denver City Council to consider rezoning for NWSL stadium land deal
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The Denver City Council will hold a public hearing to consider rezoning for the Denver Summit FC stadium site in the Baker neighborhood. The hearing is focused on Council Bill 25-1541, which proposes changing the land’s zoning classification to permit construction of the stadium. The address cited in the rezoning request is 709 S. Delaware…
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Denver approves $30M shelter contract with Urban Alchemy
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With a 9-4 vote, Denver City Council members approved a new $30 million, three-year contract with Urban Alchemy, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, to run The Aspen, a former DoubleTree Hotel that has been turned into a homeless shelter. More than two hours of discussion focused on the contract and the new service provider, selected by…