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COPO PODCAST | A conversation with Denver District 1 Councilwoman-elect Amanda Sandoval
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Amanda Sandoval talks about how she prevailed in the crowded race for Denver’s City Council District 1 in Northwest Denver in this episode of the Colorado Politics Podcast. Sandoval also discusses lessons she learned from her father, the late former state senator and North Denver power broker Paul Sandoval. Here’s that conversation. And check back…
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Denver City Council adopts 2 plans that map growth through 2040
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The Denver City Council on Monday night adopted two sweeping long-range planning documents that advocates hope will map and manage where growth and development take place in the city over the next 20 years. After hearing three hours of testimony from about 50 residents, the council voted 11-1 to approve a comprehensive plan called Denveright…
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No bump stocks turned over one month after Denver ban enacted
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It’s been about a month since Denver police offered to take bump stocks off any owner’s hands as the city’s ban on the device officially became active. Yet, no such device has been surrendered, Denverite reports. In late January, Denver became among the first cities in the country to institute a ban on bump stocks…
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Denver to debate ban on bump stocks after their use in Las Vegas massacre
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A Denver councilman has proposed a ban on bump stocks – the device used by the Las Vegas shooter in October to increase his weapons’ rate of fire. The legislation proposed by Denver Councilman Rafael Espinoza would amend the city’s existing ordinance banning assault weapons to make it illegal to sell, carry, store or otherwise…
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Denver neighbors fight high-density development, changing neighborhood character
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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Denver is thriving and growing and being redeveloped at a rapid clip – to the dismay of some residents grappling to preserve the vanishing character and charm of their neighborhood. Take the case of a rezoning proposal before the Denver City Council on Monday. Property owner Urban…
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DU, Colorado light rail stations seen as mobility hubs
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After nearly a decade, Denver Regional Transportation District’s University of Denver and Colorado light rail stations need to become more visible gateways to surrounding communities, rather than the “back doors” they now represent to their neighborhoods, according to a study of the two stations and their mobility possibilities. “It is time these stations transition from…
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City moves to protect Denver parks through new designations
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The city moved to designate about 65 acres of open space as new Denver parks May 2, protecting the land from being developed or sold. The new park designations include 30 acres of Northfield Pond Park and six acres at the Southwest Recreation Center and were part of the city’s tenth round of designations over a…
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Denveright process working toward 20-year vision plan
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A first-time, multi-department planning process in the City and County of Denver — known as Denveright — is working well, members of Denver City Council were recently told. The effort was announced nearly one year ago by Mayor Michael Hancock and is designed to show a vision for Denver over the next two decades. Four…
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Denver Council argues over extending marijuana store hours
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Instead of a sought-after additional five hours of business, Denver’s recreational marijuana dispensaries seem likely to be allowed three extra hours, and city coffers could see between $664,000 to $1.3 million in extra revenue if all those dispensaries decided to take advantage of the extra hours that may soon be allowed under a City and…
