michael b. hancock
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Denver International Airport sets passenger record
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Denver International Airport served more passengers in 2022 than ever. The 69,286,461 passenger level eclipsed the pre-pandemic yearly best in 2019 of 69,015,703 and marked a 17.8% increase from 2021, according to a news release. October was the busiest month of the year – and ever – with more than 6.5 million passengers. That annual record came…
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Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston pledges to end homelessness in first term
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In an ambitious promise, Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston pledged to end homelessness by the end of his first term. Accomplishing that goal, he said, is contingent on a coordinated attack on overlapping challenges that are fueling homelessness. Homelessness has spiraled out of control in Colorado in the last several years. Today, almost 7,000 people are…
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Why immigrants from South America choose Denver
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In early November – long before the crisis at the border in El Paso, Texas spilled over into Denver – a bus of immigrants rolled into the Mile High City. Andrea Loya, executive director of Casa de Paz, had been communicating with a volunteer organization in El Paso since August to see if the Denver…
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Denver’s homelessness prevention efforts improved, but panelists agree plenty of work remains
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Despite Denver’s recent multi-year effort to ramp up services to prevent homelessness, Denver’s Office of Housing Stability officials got an earful of criticism – and suggestions for improvement – Friday from area homeless advocates and homeless people themselves. The housing stability office empaneled a group of subject matter experts for a discussion on the city’s burgeoning…
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Developers have doubts about Denver’s plan to boost affordable housing
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As housing prices soar in the Denver area, a City Council committee is expected to discuss a proposal that supporters say would build and maintain more affordable units. The proposed program would ensure that developers create affordable units along with market rate condos and apartments. Builders and Realtors, however, have doubts whether those plans will help or…
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Mayor Hancock vetoes Denver’s flavored tobacco ban
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Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock Friday vetoed the controversial bill that would have outlawed the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city. Hancock’s office issued a release stating the bill was well intentioned, but not the right tool to address the problem of underage tobacco use. “I share with the sponsors of this ordinance…
