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Denver council approves $13.6M contract to restore Park Avenue bridge
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The Denver City Council unanimously approved a $13.6 million contract Monday for rehabilitation work on the Park Avenue bridge as part of the Elevate Denver Bond program. The Elevate Denver Bond program was passed by voters in 2017, allocating $937 million to fund more than 500 projects over 10 years to preserve and enhance Denver.…
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With another space for homeless scuttled, where do organizers go from here?
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The city’s plan to establish three managed homeless campsites took a hit late Tuesday with Mayor Michael Hancock’s announcement withdrawing the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library from consideration. The suggested location had drawn harsh criticism from Five Points community members. It was the second time a proposed location for an encampment has been withdrawn. Last…
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ON THE DENVER CAMPAIGN TRAIL | Lisa Calderón, candidate for mayor
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This is the fourth in a series of stories on Denver mayoral candidates in their last days on the campaign trail ahead of the May 7 city election. No matter what the outcome of Denver’s May 7 municipal election, chances are that mayoral hopeful Lisa Calderón will be the only candidate who can claim she…
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Former GOP congressional candidate Casper Stockham takes stock of gentrification
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Uber driver Casper Stockham ran for Congress and lost last year, but he hasn’t lost sight of a campaign promise to help build up Five Points around the families who settled there. A first-timer, Stockham didn’t know enough about campaigning, how to get his message out and how to raise the millions of dollars in…
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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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YESTERYEAR: Owens talks economy on West Slope, Romer and JBC butt heads, ADL condemns David Duke
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… Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Politicos and policy wonks from Denver braved the treacherous mountain passes on I-70 to visit the Western Slope for an economic roundtable, featuring Colorado’s chief executive, Gov. Bill Owens. The Republican governor stated that allowing businesses and consumers to buy “Chevrolet instead of Cadillac” health insurance plans would…
