“In June, a south suburban Denver fire district filed suit against the urban renewal authority (URA) in Parker, Colorado over the diversion of property taxes to subsidize redevelopment projects. Also in June, news broke that the URA in Arvada, Colorado in the north metro Denver area sold a 9-acre parcel of land to a … [Read more…]
“ In an unusual legal challenge of a powerful Colorado redevelopment resource, a south suburban Denver fire district claims in a lawsuit that it stands to lose millions of dollars because of property tax money that is wrongly being diverted to the town of Parker’s urban renewal authority. At the heart of South Metro … [Read more…]
“The South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Protection District is suing the town of Parker’s urban renewal authority, which was created to encourage development in blighted areas, accusing it of diverting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from the fire district that should have been used for fire, rescue and emergency services. If the Parker … [Read more…]
“outh Metro Fire Rescue has filed a lawsuit against the Parker Authority for Reinvestment, alleging the urban renewal authority illegally diverted taxpayer funds to reimburse private investors and that it skirted legal requirements before using those funds for economic development projects. The suit was filed in Douglas County District Court in Castle Rock on … [Read more…]
“Jeff Wakeland and Dwanda Shadden had been staying at the Denver Catholic Worker House on Welton Street for only a month when they woke up to smoke billowing from the hallways. “I felt the door and there was heat. I could feel that,” Wakeland told CBS4 from a temporary hotel room on Thursday night. … [Read more…]
“One person was injured in a fire in the 2400 block of Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood in Denver Thursday morning. The man taken to the hospital is being treated for smoke inhalation and is in serious condition. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Fire crews had to … [Read more…]