1. DENVER SHELTER PARTNERING UP TO REDUCE FERAL CAT POPULATION
Partnering with several organizations around the Denver metro area, the, which takes in a stray cat, spays or neuters it and releases it back into its habitat. The shelter estimates that the population of stray cats in the metro area could range from 20,000 to 400,000.
2. MILLENNIALS TAKE A HIKE – AND LIKE IT
20- and 30-somethings have created an extension of the Golden-based Colorado Mountain Club to cater to the so-called “millenial” generation. The Trailblazers, as they are known, like bowling or brew pub tours.
3. HAVANA BUSINESS DISTRICT SEES GROWTH, PROFIT FOR AURORA
The Havana business district in west Aurora is in and is challenging an unfavorable image of the city with waves of high-end redevelopment and community outreach.
4. FORMER THORNTON TARGET GETS NEW TENANTS
A former Target site,, is in the midst of a redevelopment project that will bring a car dealership, medical office building and casual dining restaurant to the gutted shopping center.
5. TOPGOLF COMING TO CENTENNIAL
A new golf-centered entertainment center is coming to Centennial. at the northeast corner of South Havana Street and East Easter Avenue.
6. CALL HIM “DR. JONES”
A resident of the Ball Park Lofts in LoDo called Denver Police to report a man named “Indiana Jones” was drunk and refused to leave the building. When police arrived to arrest him, he attempted an escape, but without his whip he was easily subdued. Read this and more of the best police calls around the metro area in the .
BUSINESS Q&A: DEER CREEK ANIMAL HOSPITAL, KEN-CARYL
In 30 years, Deer Creek Animal Hospital has evolved from a neighborhood veterinary hospital .
BUSINESS Q&A: MILE HIGH ACE HARDWARE & GARDEN, FEDERAL HEIGHTS
After ditching the corporate banking world, Nick and Kirby Kuklenski opened up their own hardware and garden shop with the Ace co-op model. And then another, and another. is a 20,000-square-foot facility that includes a huge garden and the “best grill and smoker selection in North Denver.”
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