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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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12 years in City Hall: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s triumphs and failures
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Outgoing Mayor of Denver, Michael Hancock, sits down with Denver Gazette for exclusive interviewTom HellauerTomHellauertom.hellauer@denvergazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a3dc80c0a9d47d671f1f3da872cc0a06?s=100&d=mm&r=g Denver Mayor Michael Hancock knows what he’ll regret most from his three terms as the most powerful elected leader in Denver: Thanksgiving, 2020, when Hancock was caught traveling in the thick of a raging pandemic despite having urged the public to…
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Denver mayor, leaders announce effort to restore public’s trust in safety of downtown
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Denver mayor Michael Hancock, along with other city and state leaders, announced Thursday afternoon a new public safety initiative that includes hiring more officers and prosecutors, expanding Support Team Assisted Response – or STAR – unit, and a safety oriented app. The effort, he said, seeks to restore public faith in the safety of the downtown area. Hancock…
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Denver City Council approves business support programs
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Denver City Council unanimously approved two contracts with the city’s Department of Economic Development and Opportunity that would help small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the 16th Street Mall reconstruction project. One of the contracts is with Mile High United Way, setting aside $5 million in American Rescue Plan funds to provide financial…
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Denver police to test shot detection system in downtown Denver
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If you hear gunfire in downtown Denver on Thursday night, don’t panic. It most likely will be a set of controlled shots to test an expanding monitoring system that alerts officers to actual shootings. Officials with the police department and the Downtown Denver Partnership have scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning to explain the…
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$5.7B in downtown Denver investments since 2014, says partnership
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Anyone with eyes in their head already knows that downtown Denver has undergone a tremendous building boom over the last five years. But now you can also see it in a map compiled by the Downtown Denver Partnership. The map details how and where some $5.7 billion worth of investments has occurred in the city’s…
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Hancock proposes new Denver department for housing and homelessness
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said Friday that he will seek to create a new city department of Housing and Homelessness aimed at focusing efforts to create affordable housing and help homeless people find places to live. Hancock also unveiled two new initiatives intended to ease the persistent problem of homelessness: ? A $5 million program…
