denver business
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Downtown Denver Partnership cancels 2024’s ¡Viva! Streets
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The Downtown Denver Partnership on Thursday announced ¡Viva! Streets Denver, an annual business promotion event encouraging non-motorized modes of transportation, is canceled for 2024. The Denver Streets Partnership is calling for Mayor Mike Johnston and the Downtown Denver Partnership to “establish a reasonable permitting process,” to allow the event to go on this year, a…
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Denver business leaders applaud unemployment insurance relief
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More than 900 business leaders and government officials applauded loudly Thursday when Gov. Jared Polis said the legislature had provided $600 million to offset unemployment insurance loans the state had to take to cover the massive spike in jobless numbers during the pandemic. It was likely a grateful acknowledgement the money wouldn’t have to come…
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Denver airport on track to meet sustainability goals in emissions, energy use, water use
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The Denver International Airport is on track to hit a number of environmental sustainability goals set in 2017, reducing the airport’s greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and water use. To date, the airport has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 30,476 metric tons since 2017, reaching 65% of its goal to reduce emissions by 47,100…
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Denver council OKs $1.1B to complete DIA’s Great Hall Project by 2028
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The Denver City Council approved a series of contracts Monday that allocate $1.1 billion to complete the Denver International Airport’s long-running Great Hall Project by the summer of 2028. The contracts passed in a block 10 to 3 vote, with council members Candi CdeBaca, Amanda Sawyer and Paul Kashmann voting “no.” All members in opposition…
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Denver council postpones final vote on $1.1B for DIA’s Great Hall Project
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The Denver City Council postponed its final vote on a series of contracts Monday that, if passed, would approve the spending of $1.1 billion to complete the Denver International Airport’s long-running Great Hall Project. Councilwoman Deborah Ortega led the postponement of the four contract additions, pushing the council votes to Monday, Jan. 10. “I’ve had…
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Nearly 100% of King Soopers union employees vote to strike in Denver metro
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In a nearly unanimous vote, King Soopers employees in the Denver metro area supported going on strike Sunday amid ongoing contract negotiations, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 labor union. After the union held three votes Sunday, 98% of retail employees and 97% of meat employees from Denver King Soopers stores…
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Denver’s minimum wage to increase to $15.87 on Jan. 1
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Denver’s next citywide minimum wage increase is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, raising the minimum wage from $14.77 to $15.87 per hour. This will be the third time the city’s minimum wage has increased since the City Council passed its local minimum wage ordinance in November 2019. When the ordinance passed, the city’s…
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‘It’s like having an execution date’: Retailers fear closing amid Denver’s flavored tobacco ban
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For the 416 tobacco retailers in Denver, time might be running out. On Monday, the Denver City Council approved a bill to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products in the city beginning on July 1, 2023. If Mayor Michael Hancock signs off on the ban, flavored menthol cigarettes, chewing tobacco and vaping products cannot…
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Denver’s Elitch Gardens to reopen in April at 18% capacity
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After being closed for the 2020 season because of COVID-19, Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park in Denver will reopen at 18% capacity next month, officials announced Monday. Elitch Gardens, located in the Auraria neighborhood downtown, is set to reopen to season pass holders on April 24 and April 25 and to the general public…
