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Economic Development

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Gaylord hotel project: Meet the locals in love with it (and one guy against it)

    Frank Gray is president of the Castle Rock Economic Development Council in Douglas County. Yet at a public hearing yesterday on six projects vying for big-bucks state tourism incentives, Gray eschewed his county's own project and, like many of the 23 people who testified, spoke in favor of Gaylord E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Five better ways to help Uganda than watching the Kony 2012 viral video

    By now your Facebook page has probably exploded with friends' posts of the viral video Kony2012. If you're one of the few who hasn't yet seen the video or read the hash tag on Twitter, Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of Uganda. He's been terrorizing Uganda and Southern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    RedPeak: City council's Susan Shepherd won't fight controversial West Highland development

    Denver City Councilwoman Susan Shepherd will not take any action to stop a proposed development just north of 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard that has neighbors fighting mad. Although she had hinted that she might try to change the zoning on the property, she released a letter late last week stati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Sunflower Market on Colfax inspires a food fight at Denver City Council

    ​Unlike so many Western towns, Denver has a wealth of wonderful neighborhoods close to the heart of the city. But with that wealth of neighborhoods comes a surfeit of NIMBY issues that often spill out of their immediate area and into City Hall -- as the fight over a new supermarket on Colfax w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    "Start-Up Colorado:" House Democrats announce job creation package

    Colorado House Democrats and representatives from CU, CSU and Colorado Technology Association met with the press to introduce "Start-Up Colorado." The package brings together three jobs bills focusing on promoting small business growth.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Susan Shepherd hints at her next step in battle over proposed development in West Highland

    No High Rises in West Highland​Neighbors surrounding the proposed site of three, five-story apartment towers just north of 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard have made their opposition to the project clear. RedPeak Properties, the developer planning to build the structures, and Tom Wootten, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Phil Bender among the winners of the Mayor's Award for Excellence

    Seems like just yesterday -- February, actually -- when the last round of the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, with the winners for 2010, was announced. But 2011 will see another group of honorees, because the next awards presentation has been moved up to November 3, the start of Denver Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Stapleton Brussels sprout is the new urbanist's dream vegetable: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

    ​ By arranging compact cabbages in spiral clusters around a thick stalk in an effort to realize maximum nutritional values with minimal land use, the Stapleton Brussels sprout has quickly become the profit-driven urban planner's dream vegetable...

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Tonight: Namibian conservationist John Kasaona at the Denver Botanic Gardens

    ​John Kasaona has helped pioneer a dramatic revival of wild lands in his native Nambia through a program called Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC), where members of rural communities, including former poachers, have been handed the mantle of protecting the wildlife o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    John Hickenlooper off to a fast start with three executive orders

    HIckenlooper.​The inauguration ceremony was cold, but Governor John Hickenlooper is off to a blazing start. Hickenlooper issued three executive orders in the first few minutes of officially holding office, taking aim at economic development and improving the efficiency of state government.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Betsy Long pleads guilty in wrong-way crash, when her blood-alcohol level was .252

    9News​A short time ago, 9News reports, Betsy Long, who was accused of causing a July crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. Regarding the last charge, Long re ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macro-economics

    9News​A short time ago, 9News reports, Betsy Long, who was accused of causing a July crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI. Regarding the last charge, Long re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Betsy Long: Alleged wrong-way drunk driver is green-biz entrepreneur

    Betsy Long.​Elizabeth "Betsy" Long is accused of drunkenly driving the wrong way on I-25 and causing a crash that killed Mary Warren, a young CSU grad bound for the Peace Corps. It's a far cry from the portrait of Long presented by GreenEdgeDenver.com, a site designed to promote environmental ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Andrew Romanoff gets boost from White House job controversy

    "It's nice to feel wanted."​In recent weeks, senatorial hopeful Andrew Romanoff has been under increasing pressure to talk about alleged job offers from the White House if he wouldn't challenge Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet in November, especially in light of similar claims made by Penns ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Laurie Brandt as suburban superhero Westminster Windskipper: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

    ​ Westminster Windskipper Real Name: Laurie Brandt Occupation: Renaissance Woman Suburb of Operations: Westminster Hair: Windblown Eyes: Wide Open Suburban superhero skills: Shortly after inadvertently swallowing a small insect while touring Westminster's Butterfly Pavilion, Laurie Brandt wa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Signs of the Times

    ​ Westminster Windskipper Real Name: Laurie Brandt Occupation: Renaissance Woman Suburb of Operations: Westminster Hair: Windblown Eyes: Wide Open Suburban superhero skills: Shortly after inadvertently swallowing a small insect while touring Westminster's Butterfly Pavilion, Laurie Brandt wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Columnist chronicles Denver's New Urbanism conference on the Huffington Post

    Photo by Jonathan ShikesThe new-urbanist enclave of Highlands' Garden Village. Last week, the Congress for the New Urbanism held its annual conference in Denver -- an event we commemorated with examinations of Bradburn Village, Highlands' Garden Village and several other New Urbanist developments i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Coors Field again asking for a law to preserve its mountain view -- and maybe get some more parking lots too

    Denver Planning DepartmentThe angle city officials are using to determine the proposed Coors Field view plane. The entity that owns Coors Field is pursuing a view-plane ordinance that would prevent the construction of buildings that might block the view of the mountains from stadium seats -- and no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Why did Coors Field buy the old Light Bulb Supply building?

    2010 Delgany, once a potential view-blocker, was recently bought by Coors Field Rockies fans will no longer have to worry about their view of the mountains from Coors Field becoming obstructed by a possible high-rise condo building. The special district that owns the baseball stadium quietly purcha ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Tom "The Troubleshooter" Martino's troublesome buildings are still standing

    2010 Delgany, once a potential view-blocker, was recently bought by Coors Field Rockies fans will no longer have to worry about their view of the mountains from Coors Field becoming obstructed by a possible high-rise condo building. The special district that owns the baseball stadium quietly purcha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    West Wash Park rezoning fight gains steam

    In October, we introduced you to  the battle over monster duplexes and neighborhood character in West Washington Park. Now, as a December 15 City Council hearing approaches, the controversy is exploding into a debate over the future of development in Denver's older neighborhoods. Some residen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, November 24-30

    It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    From Tosh's Hacienda to Kiva to Club Dynasty

    It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    In West Washington Park, a battle over monster duplexes and neighborhood character

    It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    Upcoming DNC roundtable: lotsa ugly politicians and a smokin' hot celeb

    It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    Upcoming DNC roundtable: lotsa ugly politicians and a smokin' hot celeb

    It's the economy, stupid. While chairmen of the Big Three auto-makers jetted by private plane to Washington, D.C., looking for a handout last week, hundreds of out-of-work Coloradans lined up before each prospective employer at job fairs across the state last Thursday. And on Saturday, 40,000 peopl ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of 8/21/2008

  • News

    May 1, 2008

    Hideous Houses of Highland

    More is not merrier for Highland homeowners who want to stop construction in their neighborhoods.

  • Film

    June 21, 2007

    Bamako

    This “festival film” puts globalization on trial.

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Shoot to Chill

    Beyond and Spy are outta here with a bullet.

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Creative Thinking

    Denver gets down to business about the arts.

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Building for the Future

    Peter Park is in the urban-planning game for good.

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    The Apes of Wrath

    It takes a village to raze a Chinese restaurant.

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of July 18, 2002

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    You Can't Go Home Again

    Especially when someone has leveled your childhood home to make room for two more.

  • News

    September 14, 2000

    A Tough Read

    The City Park West Gazette chooses its battles -- lots of them.

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    How to Build a Ghetto

    Everyone said they wanted homeless people to be invisible at Lowry. So why aren't they?

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Don't Be Dense

    A Denver neighborhood fights city hall and wins -- for now.

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Playtime Is Over

    Parents in northwest Denver finally got their school -- or did they?

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    A Rough Road Ends in Jeffco

    A proposed quarry gets bulldozed by irate residents.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Big Boss Man

    Jim Hannifin commands a ready-made urban army—and he keeps winning his battles.

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Hell, No, They Won't Grow

    Boulder property owners worry that the county's slow-growth policies have become no-growth policies.

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Hell, No, We Won't Grow!

    A new bill proposes leaving rural areas openand developed areas denser than your average pro-growth legislator.

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Worse Than a Pledge Drive

    A southeast Denver neighborhood howls about a public-TV station's profit-making development proposal.

  • News

    June 5, 1997

    Another Fight on Colfax

    Plans to spruce up the old street lead to a business squabble.

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    Neighborhood Botch

    Squabbles over money plague one of Denver's Oldest neighborhoods.

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Bridges to Nowhere

    Emblems of a bulldozing era, downtown's skybridges become a sore point.

  • News

    July 19, 1995

    FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT

    THE CITY IS UP TO ITS NECK IN THE OLD ELITCH'S--AND NOW IT'S CLAMMING UP.QUEASY RIDERS THE BATTLE OVER THE OLD ELITCH'S THROWS A CITY COUNCILMAN--AND HIS CONSTITUENTS--FOR A LOOP.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    UNECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    DID A SQUABBLE WITH COLORADO SPRINGS COST FORT COLLINS $300 MILLION?

  • News

    July 6, 1994

    HOTEL RESERVATIONS

    THE CITY OF DENVER HAS SUNK MORE THAN $2 MILLION INTO THE HISTORIC ROSSONIAN HOTEL. BUT CHECK OUT ITS ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

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