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Denver Parks and Rec to trim programs amid budget cuts
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When it came to digging up money to run Denver’s Parks and Recreation Department (DPR) next year, Executive Director Jolon Clark said his department was “looking under every couch cushion” to make the 2026 budget numbers work. Like other agencies across the city, DPR is grappling with cuts to the general fund and employee layoffs…
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Denver’s mayoral race is crowded, but it’s not the only one
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Almost 50 names will appear on the City of Denver’s April 4 ballot across several different municipal offices. The 17 candidates remaining for mayor (there was as many as 26) will be accompanied by nine city council at-large candidates and 23 others in an election that features three uncontested races, so far. Candidates were required…
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Denver approves crosswalk signals, welcomes Ulibarri Park
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Denver City Council took steps to improve pedestrian safety Monday night, and took time to honor a couple who made their mark on the city in the 1960s and ’70s. Council approved a budget amendment that adds $1.1 million for the purchase of pedestrian crosswalk signals – but it was half of what members wanted.…
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Denver City Council fails to override mayor’s veto of flavored tobacco ban
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Denver’s proposed ban against the sale of flavored tobacco products was officially shut down Monday after the City Council narrowly failed to override the mayor’s veto of the ban. Council members voted 8-4 in support of the ban on Monday with one council member absent; however, they needed nine votes to override Mayor Michael Hancock’s…
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Jolon Clark re-elected as Denver City Council president
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Despite a turnover of five new members, the Denver City Council has decided to stick with the same leadership it has had for the past year. The council voted unanimously 13-0 on Monday night to keep Jolon Clark as the City Council president and Stacy Gilmore and council president pro tem. “Thank you very much…
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DIA evolving its marketing strategy with new ad firm
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Denver International Airport is onboarding a new advertising firm in what it has coined as the next step in the evolution of its advertising and marketing approach. The idea behind the maturing effort is to tackle advertising for the entire airport under an umbrella approach, coupling all services offered into one marketing campaign, said Stacey Stegman, senior…
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Denver sets new requirement in fray over small lot parking exemption
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The lengthy, contentious debate over a parking exemption for small lot developments in Denver reached a climax Monday, with the City Council voting to require on-site parking, despite objections from city planning and development staff and some residents. The impetus of a city review of an otherwise rarely used parking exemption was the introduction of…
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Driverless cars a “game changer” for Denver
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It sometimes seemed like something from science fiction, as Denver City Council’s Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee viewed a presentation on driverless, or autonomous, vehicles by a venture capital investor and author of a book on the technology, with another book planned. Rutt Bridges, founder of Colorado’s Bighorn Center for Public Policy and former…
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Small lot parking exemption talks continue
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One proposed amendment to Denver’s small lot parking exemption was not viewed favorably by the city’s Community Planning and Development department, as a lengthy dispute over how the city should approach the issue continues. In August, City Council approved a seven-month moratorium on the zoning code’s small zone lot parking exemption for certain projects. The…
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Denver City Council’s small lot parking code dispute leads to delay
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Almost every new resident of Denver adds another automobile to the city’s already crowded roads and highways, and those cars and trucks need a place to park when their owners are home or elsewhere. How to come up with those spaces was the source of a somewhat tense exchange on Denver City Council and led…
