“After seven city races were too close to call in last month’s municipal election, candidates went back to the trail and voters went back to their ballots for a runoff on Tuesday. After more than six months of campaigning, debating, tweeting, apologizing, celebrating, and campaigning again, we finally know who will lead Denver for … [Read more…]
Denver Election Division website Register to Vote April 15: Ballots begin mailing to active voters April 15: 22-day residency deadline April 15: Drop-boxes open across the City April 29: Vote Centers open May 7: Election Day Vote Centers open 7am – 7pm Ballots must be received by 7pm June 4: Run-Off Election … [Read more…]
“On a bitterly cold January day in 2013, then-Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco heaved a hail mary pass into the endzone for a touchdown that eventually helped knock the Denver Broncos out of the playoffs. It was a heartbreaking loss. In the stadium that day was Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, sitting in a suite paid … [Read more…]
“The day before Christmas nearly every windshield on every car parked on on the west side of Cheesman Park was smashed. Despite the thousands of young urbanites flocking to River North, the bike path from Coors Field to I-70 remains overgrown, dark and vaguely ominous — especially at dawn and dusk. Affordable housing is … [Read more…]
“Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is ordering Denver police to temporarily stop taking camping equipment, including tents and blankets, away from homeless people because of frigid weather. Hancock said Saturday city enforcement of its unauthorized camping ordinance is being suspended through April because the city has a responsibility to protect residents. Hancock says he does … [Read more…]
“With some of the fastest-rising rents in the nation, Denver’s working poor have a rough time balancing the cost of life and getting to work. An expanded fund announced Tuesday hopes to alleviate some of that housing and transportation stress. The Denver Transit-Oriented Development Fund, launched in 2010, added a new goal to create … [Read more…]
“Part of the city’s redevelopment strategy, however, must focus on transit-oriented development — a mix of housing options and retail space going up around the growing FasTracks train lines that will allow surrounding neighborhoods to thrive, Hancock said. But in order for this “Transit Oriented Denver” strategy to thrive, Hancock said, the Legislature must do … [Read more…]
Mayor Announces Welton Design/Development Challenge Awards Five commercial, residential, mixed-use projects to receive predevelopment grants totaling $475,000 Press Release PDF from City of Denver website DENVER, CO - Thursday, February 20, 2014 – Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) today announced the winners of the city’s first-ever Welton Design/Development … [Read more…]