mary beth susman
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COPO PODCAST | ‘I am going to miss it’: Denver Councilwoman Susman reflects on 2 terms in office
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Mary Beth Susman’s first visit to Denver came in 1960 when her dad drove his three kids on a road trip from Omaha to Colorado in a pink 1957 Chevrolet Station Wagon. Susman remembers how they rode along Colfax Avenue that day until checking into one of the many tourist motels that lined the road…
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Denver City Council approves 320-unit Sloan’s Lake project that includes affordable housing
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A new 320-unit housing development is set to rise in the Sloan’s Lake neighborhood after the Denver City Council this week approved a re-zoning plan for the project. The council voted 10-1 in favor of the project following a lengthy hearing on Monday night. Councilman Wayne New cast the lone dissenting vote. The decision required…
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DENVER COUNCIL NEWCOMERS | Meet District 5’s Amanda Sawyer
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Amanda Sawyer, Denver City councilwoman-elect, representing the city’s 5th District.(Courtesy photo) Former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill once famously declared that “all politics is local,” back in 1935 when he first ran for public office. Newly-elected Denver City Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer is a living example of that adage. Sawyer, a 40-year-old lawyer and mother of…
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Denver’s green roof initiative surprises with narrow lead
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Considering the obstacles environmental activists faced in their organized efforts to mandate green roofs in Denver, Initiative 300 appeared a long shot leading into election night. Nonetheless, Denver’s green roof initiative appeared poised to succeed late Tuesday by a narrow margin. As of 10 p.m., the initiative had garnered 51 percent of the vote (43,599…
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Denver green roof initiative faces mounting opposition
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Denver could soon be budding trees, vegetable gardens and/or solar panels atop its roofs under a November ballot question, but the initiative has proven unpopular at least among city officials and developers. Alongside school board races, GO Bond proposals and other initiatives, Denverites will be asked on the ballot to consider whether the city should…
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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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National Western Center study identifies ‘opportunities’
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Transforming the National Western Complex and Denver Coliseum sites into a year-round destination and regional asset could focus on companies and industries affiliated with the more traditional agricultural-based, but more technologically and globally involved, an economic study concluded. Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aeronautical Services Committee recently listened to a presentation on the…
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Denver ethics code debate focuses on meals, event tickets
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An annual $300 limit on meals and event tickets a Denver City Council member could accept from a company doing business with the city may be too low compared to current prices, one councilman said at the Council’s third meeting to discuss ethics code changes proposed by Councilman Kevin Flynn. The Finance and Governance Committee delayed…
