“Denver property owners with a big payment coming due may get some breathing room. The city is considering allowing those who normally would need to pay their 2019 property taxes in full by April 30 to instead pay half on that date and half on June 15. “The Department of Finance is looking into … [Read more…]
read the entire mailer PDF City of Denver Mailer 2020.
Name of Document: Property Tax Information and Homeowners Resource Guide Mailer Insert 25 January 2019 Date: 25 January 2019 view document PDF Contact: City of Denver Assesors Office Source: City of Denver postal mail January 2019
“Denver, like most American cities, has a lot of infrastructure debt that future generations, and urban dwellers in particular, are going to get stuck with the bill for maintaining and paying off. Perhaps more surprising, though, is just how many seemingly-wealthy suburban neighborhoods aren’t capable of covering the cost of their own infrastructure. By … [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…]
“The Colorado Constitution establishes a property tax exemption for senior citizens and disabled veterans. For those who qualify, 50 percent of the first $200,000 in actual value of the primary residence is exempted from property tax. The State of Colorado pays the property taxes on the exempted value. Qualifying seniors are urged to submit … [Read more…]
“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…]
“The Renaissance of Lower Downtown should be celebrated along with the politicians, civic leaders and public policies that helped urban revitalization occur at an incredible pace in a once nearly abandoned part of the city. The Denver Post’s Jon Murray recently documented LoDo’s rapid growth over the last three decades: a population rising from … [Read more…]
“The multi-year fight at the Legislature over the diversion of tax money to aid cities’ revitalization opened a new chapter this past year that may not be over.” read the entire article Sealover, Ed. Denver Business Journal 9 June 2017.
“Five Points is launching a bid for its own business-development group. Property owners in the fast-growing neighborhood want to put together a Business Improvement District (BID) to promote and maintain the Welton Street Corridor. The BID would cover about 42 acres and 88 parcels stretching from 20th and Welton streets up to about 39th … [Read more…]