“All downtown light rail trains are heading to Union Station after a man and woman were stabbed on a train in downtown Denver Thursday evening, authorities said. Lines affected include C, D, E, F, H and L, the rider alert issued by RTD said. There is no train movement in the downtown area at … [Read more…]
“Denver’s city government plans to issue refund checks to the owners of hundreds of affordable homes who were accidentally charged too much property tax. The average refund check will be about $250, according to city finance officials. The Denver assessor’s office says it overvalued 287 homes last year that belong to the city’s troubled … [Read more…]
“Stormwater in Denver will naturally run downhill and towards the South Platte River. The problem is that growth and development through the years halted that natural process, leaving some of our historic north and northeast neighborhoods prone to frequent flooding. Denver Public Works refers to that problem area as the Montclair basin. It is … [Read more…]
“Before Red Rocks, the Fillmore and the Ogden defined music in Denver, there was Five Points. “Five Points was the epicenter of what was going on in Denver music,” said G. Brown the former executive director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. The roots of Denver’s music scene, particularly jazz, can be traced … [Read more…]
“THE QUESTION Imagine trying to sell your house, and the City of Denver says you can’t sell it for just any price. You have to sell for the price it picks. That’s what you signed up for if you bought a house through the city’s affordable housing program. Now imagine your next-door neighbor — … [Read more…]
“Denver hit a milestone on Wednesday, opening it’s 3,000th affordable housing unit in the last four years. Mayor Michael Hancock has a ‘3×5 Initiative’ to open 3,000 affordable housing units in five years. He hit that mark one year early with the ribbon-cutting of the Ash Street Apartments at 11th Avenue and Ash Street, … [Read more…]
“You need to make $93,000 to qualify for a mortgage in Denver. Software programmers, police officers and bus drivers – on average – all make less according to an analysis from the Denver planning office, ‘Denverright.’ Housing prices keep going up and the city is working on solutions. “Neighborhoods are changing, there is no … [Read more…]
“For years, Elbert “Big Al” Richardson, Jr. was a staple in the African-American community around Five Points. “Our dad came to Denver in 1946 after serving his country,” Larry Richardson, son, said. “He wanted people of color to create businesses and property and prosper.” Big Al was a long time leader of the Five … [Read more…]
“With the average one bedroom apartment hovering around $1,300 a month, many families are finding they can no longer afford the rent. Tracking the number of homeless people is not an exact science. The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative conducts a “Point-In-Time-Survey” on one day every year to try and get a snapshot of the … [Read more…]
“The Apartment Association of Metro Denver found that median rent is up $50 from the first part of the year – making it $1,324. That is a new record high. The association also found there are 2,400 more units in Denver metro than there were three months ago, but the problem is, these are … [Read more…]