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In Five Points, Change Comes at the Community Level

5 June 2020 by Welton Corridor

  “Long-term Five Points resident Candace kneels down with her daughter, Sparrow, to fill a trash bag with plastic bottles, cigarettes and other debris. She is part of a gathering at 8 a.m. on June 3, when over forty Five Points residents came out to clean up parks and streets in the neighborhood. “I think … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Bodies by Perseverance, Brother Jeff, Brother Jeff's Cultural Center, Coffee at The Point, Courtney Samuel, COVID-18, Fathima Dickerson, Five Points Business Improvement District, five points jazz festival, FPBID, Juneteenth Music Festival, LaSheita Sayer, Legacy Business Committee, Mona Dickerson, Oliva Omega, Ryan Cobbins, taxes, Welton Corridor, Welton St. Café, ZoZo Group LLC

Pauline Christensen: Why care about metro districts?

4 February 2020 by Welton Corridor

  “City Council has spent an inordinate amount of time in the last two years discussing residential metro/special districts. Longmonters’ eyes glaze over. Why should the residents of Longmont care? What are special and metro residential districts anyhow? Colorado State Title 32 Special Districts allows the creation of a third form of state government (a … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: *, audits, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado State Title 32, DOLA, double taxation, eminent domain, longmont, metro district, quasi-government, Regional Transportation District, RTD, SCFD, Science and Cultural Facilities District, Special Districts, Special Districts Association, taxes, transparency reports

Guest Commentary: City officials must heed the red flags flying over Colorado’s special districts

20 November 2019 by Welton Corridor

  “It has become clear to me, after careful study, that we face a day of reckoning over the unchecked proliferation of special taxing districts across Colorado. Local officials for years have been approving an unmanageable, crazy-quilt of these districts — quasi-governments that operate with little accountability over huge sums of money they collect and … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Colorado Springs, Creekwalk Marketplace Business Improvement District, Denver Post, Michael Roslin, quasi-governments, Scheels All Sports, special taxing districts, tax-increment financing, taxes

No Place Left to Go: Business Districts Keep Homeless Populations on the Move

19 February 2019 by Welton Corridor

  “Sophia Lawson will never forget the last conversation she had with Michael Alvarado. She’d known him for six months as an outreach worker for St. Francis Center, a homeless service agency in Denver, where Lawson spent her days walking, handing out socks and toothpaste as she built relationships and tried to help people get … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Business Improvement District, Downtown Denver Business Improvement District, Downtown Denver Partnership, gentrification, government, homeless, Legislation, lobbyist, Right to Survive, St. Francis Center, taxes, urban camping, Urban Renewal

Denver’s Urban Neighborhoods Subsidize Its Suburban Ones

24 January 2019 by Welton Corridor

  “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…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: charts, infrastructure, property tax, Strong Towns, taxes

Five Points Business District IRS Tax Forms 2017

10 January 2019 by Welton Corridor

Update: 9 January 2019 The 2017 IRS tax information is not available. This page will be updated once the 990 Form is found. Below is information from weltoncorridor.com post 19 January 2018 Five Points Business District IRS 990 Tax Forms 2016 date: 10 January 2019 Contact: Internal Revenue Service source: GuideStar and Charity Navigator websites … [Read more…]

Posted in: DOCUMENTS Tagged: charity navigator, EIN, Five Point Business District, Five Points Historic District Inc, form 990, Guidestar, IRS, operating budget, salary, taxes, Tracy Winchester

Five Points Business District IRS Tax Forms 2016

19 January 2018 by Welton Corridor

updated: 10 January 2019 Five Points Business District IRS 990 Tax Forms 2016 Contact: Internal Revenue Service source: GuideStar and Charity Navigator websites 10 January 2018. PDF Five Points Historic District, Inc 2016 IRS Form 990 “2016 Summary Contributions Grants $210,125 Investment Income $1 Total Revenue $231,406 Expenses $243,264 Net Assets $-11.858 Salaries $128,819 Tracy … [Read more…]

Posted in: DOCUMENTS Tagged: charity navigator, EIN, Five Points Business District, Five Points Historic District Inc, form 990, Guidestar, IRS, operating budget, salary, taxes, Tracy Winchester

Blair-Caldwell Library in Five Points helps preserve city’s African-American history

13 June 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “ Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb is a huge supporter of Black History Month and lessons that introduce young people to the lives and work of national black innovators and leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. But he also believes people should learn about Barney Ford, an escaped slave who became a businessman … [Read more…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Barney Ford, Blair-Caldwell Library, bonds, library, taxes

Urban-renewal reform bill inked, but issue may come back in 2018

9 June 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “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.  

Posted in: IN THE NEWS, LEGISLATION Tagged: Denver Business Journal, Legislation, property tax, taxes

South Metro fire district sues Parker urban renewal authority over tax money

6 June 2017 by Welton Corridor

  “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…]

Posted in: IN THE NEWS Tagged: Denver Business Journal, fire department, lawsuit, Parker Authority for Reinvestment, South Metro, sue, taxes, TIF
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Informational links, announcements, and media coverage for Denver, Colorado's Welton Corridor neighborhood meetings, development projects, transit issues, Business Improvement District, and community affairs.

Recent Posts

  • A New Bar and Plant Store Is Finally Ready to Bloom in Five Points 16 March 2023
  • Longtime Five Points soul food restaurant reopening in new location 20 February 2023
  • What’s going on with shared streets? City officials shared an update on them this week 17 February 2023
  • Five Points’ New Businesses Show an Optimistic Future for the Neighborhood 15 February 2023
  • This Denver district’s crime rate was 91% higher than the second worst districts’ 14 February 2023
  • A play about Five Point’s past offers hopes of a more collaborative future 13 February 2023
  • Melody Market will close at the end of January. It’s the latest Black-owned business to leave Welton Street 19 January 2023
  • Haroun Cowans, new chair of the Five Points BID, talks the future of Welton Street 16 January 2023
  • Three-plus miles of Broadway, Welton will go car-free for ‘ciclovía’ on four Sundays this year 13 January 2023

Upcoming Events

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2023
3:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Apr 3 @ 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Denver City Council Calendar https://denver.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Monday Meetings Begin at 3:30 p.m. and recess between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. for the General Public Comment. The council meeting continues at 5:30 p.m. City Council meetings are open ... [Read more...]
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2023
6:30 pm Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Apr 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  The Curtis Park Neighbors meets at 6:30 pm the first Thursday of every month at Mile High United Way 711 Park Avenue, Denver, CO.   AGENDA   Curtis Park Neighbors website.   Meeting dates ... [Read more...]
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10
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2023
3:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Apr 10 @ 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Denver City Council Calendar https://denver.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Monday Meetings Begin at 3:30 p.m. and recess between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. for the General Public Comment. The council meeting continues at 5:30 p.m. City Council meetings are open ... [Read more...]
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12
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2023
7:00 pm Heart of Five Points RNO Meeting
Heart of Five Points RNO Meeting
Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Heart of Five Points webpage https://www.heartoffivepoints.com/ Meetings second Wednesday of the month 7:00 PM
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17
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2023
3:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Apr 17 @ 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Denver City Council Calendar https://denver.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Monday Meetings Begin at 3:30 p.m. and recess between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. for the General Public Comment. The council meeting continues at 5:30 p.m. City Council meetings are open ... [Read more...]
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24
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2023
3:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Apr 24 @ 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Denver City Council Calendar https://denver.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Monday Meetings Begin at 3:30 p.m. and recess between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. for the General Public Comment. The council meeting continues at 5:30 p.m. City Council meetings are open ... [Read more...]
May
1
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2023
3:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
May 1 @ 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Denver City Council Calendar https://denver.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Monday Meetings Begin at 3:30 p.m. and recess between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. for the General Public Comment. The council meeting continues at 5:30 p.m. City Council meetings are open ... [Read more...]
May
4
Thu
2023
6:30 pm Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
Curtis Park Neighbors Public Mee... @ Mile High United Way
May 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  The Curtis Park Neighbors meets at 6:30 pm the first Thursday of every month at Mile High United Way 711 Park Avenue, Denver, CO.   AGENDA   Curtis Park Neighbors website.   Meeting dates ... [Read more...]
May
8
Mon
2023
3:30 pm Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
Denver City Council Meeting @ Cathy Reynolds City Council Chamber
May 8 @ 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Denver City Council Calendar https://denver.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx Monday Meetings Begin at 3:30 p.m. and recess between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. for the General Public Comment. The council meeting continues at 5:30 p.m. City Council meetings are open ... [Read more...]
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