gentrification
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Denver Public Schools recommends three schools for closure
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Superintendent Alex Marrero will recommend shuttering three Denver Public Schools at the end of the academic year because of declining enrollment when the Board of Education meets Thursday. The three proposed schools – Denver Discovery, Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy and Fairview Elementary – were singled out at the last board meeting. District officials had…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Hancock to face Giellis in mayor’s race runoff
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is headed for a runoff election with challenger and urban planner Jamie Giellis. Unofficial results at 1 a.m. Wednesday showed Hancock with 39% of the vote, falling short of the 50% plus one vote that he would have needed to avoid the June 4 runoff. They also showed Giellis, a former…
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COVER STORY | Meet Lisa Calderón, candidate for Denver mayor (AUDIO)
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This is the fourth in a series of profiles of Denver mayoral candidates. Much of what Denver mayoral candidate Lisa Calderón has talked about on the campaign trail traces back to her life experience. When she talks about her interest in criminal justice matters, she recalls her experience when, she claims, her then-15-year-old son was…
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Mayor Hancock cites ‘bold aspirational goals’ for Denver in State of the City speech
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock was in his element Monday morning in the political pulpit of Denver’s newest recreation center. His seventh State of the City address presaged his third and final run for mayor next year, in the heart of a contentious mid-term election this year. In a key political moment of his 42-minute address,…
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Politics on stage: New play asks audiences not to look away from veterans in trouble
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A gospel song plays as a man in scraps of a uniform stands on a Denver stage staring at the audience. He’s wordless but for his cardboard sign: “US vet. Anything helps.” This opening scene of the new play “Honorable Disorder,” which runs through April 29 in Denver, plays on long enough for everyone in the…
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Denver Highlands pot dispensary pushes back on redevelopment
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Finding parking in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood these days is challenging, but if you want to find parking to patronize businesses near 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street, may the Force be with you. If you don’t have the Force, you should ask Wanda James, owner of Simply Pure dispensary, for permission. As she sat down with…
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Fueled by gentrification, community activist vying for Denver Council President Brooks’ seat
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The election isn’t until May 2019, but one community activist is already eyeing Albus Brooks’ seat on the Denver City Council. Denverite has the report about Candi CdeBaca, founder of the Cross Community Coalition and executive director of Project VOYCE, who told the online news outlet her decision to file paperwork to run for District…
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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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Drawing ire themselves, Denver leaders say ink! gentrification saga speaks to a bigger issue
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Denver’s ink! Coffee shop making light of gentrification on a sandwich board has become a national story and drawn droves of condemnation and protests. “Happily gentrifying the neighborhood since 2014,” the sign read outside the shop last week before it was taken down. The property was vandalized and protests persisted at the shop. Ink! reopened…
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What Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and others are doing to solve "2Gen" poverty
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Donna Lynne, Colorado’s lieutenant governor and chief operating officer, is working with Ascend the Aspen Institute to identify two-generation poverty and pool resources to break the cycle. Ascend describes two-generation approaches as a focus on creating opportunities for, and addressing the needs of, both children and the adults in their lives together. “The approach recognizes…
