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Denver is adding e-bikes to city streets faster than it is building infrastructure for them
The exploding popularity of e-bikes raises a question: Is Denver building the right kind of infrastructure to serve a varied group of bike lane users moving at different speeds? Bike...
Denver wants to fight fentanyl overdoses with a supervised drug use site, but the project is still stalled 4 years in
In November 2018, the city council put Denver in a position to be on the leading edge of an alternative approach to addressing illicit drug use. Four years later, the...
In Denver’s brutal housing market, hitting the voucher lottery might not be enough
Denver's tight housing market has increased competition for places that should be within the reach of someone with a Section 8 voucher in hand.
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Denver extends deadlines again for housing projects that overwhelmed planning queue in 2022
With an estimated 220 proposed housing projects still clogging the city's review queue after an unprecedented rush to beat new affordability regulations in 2022, the Denver City Council on Monday...
Denver mayor creates neighborhood safety office in $11 million shift in public safety approach
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston will launch a new office within city government focused on neighborhood safety -- one that will be independent from the city鈥檚 police force and its safety...
Denver’s new migrant strategy offers intensive help — but what about the many who won’t qualify?
Migrant advocates and some City Council members are raising concerns that the drastic rollback of shelter stay lengths will have consequences. Those include migrant children living outside in tents.
Mayor Mike Johnston unveils plan to break downtown Denver out of “doom loop” with $500 million in public investment
The approach relies on a strategic funding tool that helped turn Union Station from an all-but-deserted bus terminal into an anchor of downtown Denver's economic resurgence.
Denver terrorism exhibit reopens as Gov. Polis says it provides “a reminder to all of us”
The CELL will reopen to the public for the first time since 2019.
Denver City Council clears way for small homeless shelter in Lincoln Park neighborhood
City Council gave a local nonprofit Haven of Hope the green light to turn an industrial building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood into a homeless shelter with eight to 12...
Northglenn to file ethics complaint against state Sen. Faith Winter after Democrat appeared intoxicated at meeting
Democratic state Sen. Faith Winter requested empathy from the Northglenn City Council over an incident where she was intoxicated at a community meeting, but city leaders pushed for consequences by...
Denver inks $30 million stagehands contract for Red Rocks, other venues despite wage-theft concerns raised by union
The Denver City Council has approved a $30 million contract with ASM Global to manage stagehand staffing at Red Rocks and other city venues after discussing concerns about the company's...
Denverites face possible return to homelessness as vouchers expire — highlighting complexity of city’s challenge
The uncertain future facing the 42 people housed through a city-led effort in 2022 puts a fine point on the challenge the city and its partners face if they hope...
Denver’s fire chief faces investigation over claiming of comp time, receiving $42,000 in extra pay
Denver Fire Department chief Desmond Fulton said that he was following what he believed to be the department抖阴ap standards when he effectively cashed comp time in for $42,000 in extra...