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Denver’s new City Council aims to slow, or even reverse, the trend of gentrification

Economic displacement in rapidly growing Denver neighborhoods will be a major focus of one the city’s most diverse councils in history

Denver Councilmembers Flor Alvidrez, left, Serena Gonzlaes-Gutierrez, center, and Diana Romero Campbell stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a meeting at the City and County building in Denver on July 17, 2023. The diverse makeup of the council bucks the trend of a Denver that has become less diverse. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Denver Councilmembers Flor Alvidrez, left, Serena Gonzlaes-Gutierrez, center, and Diana Romero Campbell stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a meeting at the City and County building in Denver on July 17, 2023. The diverse makeup of the council bucks the trend of a Denver that has become less diverse. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Denver is a less diverse place than a decade ago. It's a demographic shift that has played out in many of the city's traditionally Black and Latino neighborhoods as tremendous population and economic growth has driven gentrification in previously marginalized corners of the city.
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