Subject: House and Home

• Voice of Reason

  March 16, 2007

• Denver offers a bonanza of free construction permits

  www.denvergov.org Applying for permits of any kind isn't thrilling stuff. But for the next two weeks, the process of getting the city's building department to check off on your home improvements involves the words "free" and "bonanza." What's more exciting than that? From June 1 until June 15, during what the city is calling the Home Renovation Bonanza, you can get construction permits for minor to mid-range improvements to your one- or two-family home (get the details here) for free!

  June 2, 2009

• A Green Thumb in the Eye

  July 18, 2008

• Walk on the Wild Side

  February 18, 1999

• The Secret Garden

  Employee concerns bring an early frost to the Botanic Gardens' blossoming bond proposal.

  June 14, 2001

• Playing the name game with Union Station’s new public spaces

  November 5, 2008

• Win a holiday party at Loews Denver Hotel

  If your company has canceled its holiday party because of the economy, there's still hope! Loews Denver Hotel will be giving away a full holiday party to a local small business. To enter, a business manager must create a DVD or YouTube video explaining why his or her company should win, and do it fast -- the deadline is Friday, November 28. For full details, go to www.loewshotels.com/partyon.

  November 25, 2008

• Best community project

  June 29, 2000

• Best neighborhood greenhouse

  June 29, 2000

• Best high-altitude cultivars

  June 29, 2000

• Urbavore's Dilemma: Introducing Heirloom Gardens, your friendly neighborhood farm

  Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. Photo by www.BrianKraft.comThe Grove Street garden It's hard not to stop and stare when you pass the brick bungalow on Grove Street in northwest Denver. While neighbori

  June 2, 2009

• Best Seeds for Alpine Gardeners

  March 27, 2003

• Drink of the Week

  November 27, 2003

• Best Free Service for Gardeners

  March 25, 2004

• Best Garden Decor

  March 25, 2004

• Night & Day

  April 30 - May 6, 1998

  April 30, 1998

• The Bulb Botanic

  September 20, 2007

• Bugging Out

  Greek Town's Taki Dadiotis wants to clean up Colfax, but angry tenants say he should start with his own apartments.

  November 20, 1997

• History Lesson

  When it comes to the Southwest, English is the new Spanish.

  July 19, 2007

• Suite Dreams

  Things are looking up — way up — on 14th Street.

  July 5, 2007

• Grow Forth

  June 1, 2006

• Growing Concern

  Old Matelski had a farm ...

  May 24, 2007

• Party Proopser

  World horrors reduced to reality TV

  June 19, 2003

• Artbeat

  Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

  June 19, 2003

• Exhibit A

  Where it's always showtime

  February 13, 2003

• Talking Shop

  Rare finds and real deals.

  November 14, 2002

• Talking Shop

  Paradise Found

  May 30, 2002

• The Plot Thickens

  A fear of development is growing in community gardens around Denver.

  September 27, 2001

• Dirty Work

  A tale of prison gardeners is this summer's sweetest feel-good comedy.

  August 30, 2001

• Best Place to Find Replacements for Old Light Fixtures

  March 29, 2001

• 'Tis Better to Receive

  The Original Dinner Party is serving up a rotten deal.

  March 22, 2001

• Green Acres

  Rosedale Community Garden gives people a little piece of the prairie.

  September 7, 2000

• Talking Shop

  Paths of Glory.

  April 13, 2000

• The Secret Garden

  North High school's Greenhouse Club keeps on growing.

  March 9, 2000

• Bella Dinner

  July 29, 1999

• Dig This

  May 13, 1999

• Something Bugs You

  August 21, 1997

• Life in a Fog

  Did a dose of pesticides ruin a Denver family's health?

  September 5, 1996

• A Growing Boy

  Gardening prodigy Jonah Bradley is already a perennial favorite.

  May 23, 1996

• GLOBEVILLE WARMING: DESPITE A RECENT TURF WAR, RESIDENTS ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

  THIS IS BUCK OLETSKI. HE'LL GIVE YOU THE DIRT ON HIS FAMILY.

  December 6, 1995

• ROOM TO GROW

  UP IN WINDBLOWN CHEYENNE, SHANE SMITH CULTIVATES ALL KINDS OF LIVING THINGS--BANANAS, SWEET PEAS AND PEOPLE NO ONE ELSE WANTS.

  February 23, 1994

• YO VERMIN! HEY TRASH-OUTS! DAVE EMGE IS ON THE WARPATH. CLEAN UP YOUR ACT!GRIME & PUNISHMENT IT'S A DIRTY JOB, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT. FORTUNATELY, DAVE EMGE LOVES TO.

  January 19, 1994

• Urbavore's Dilemma: Grow Local Colorado brings back the Victory Garden

  Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. His first piece appeared in print this week. Check out the full series here. Joel WarnerEllen RosenthalWhat's so funny about a little peace, love and hard-core gardening? That's the attitude of Ellen Ro

  May 5, 2009

• Dave Logan invades Tom Martino's territory with TeamDaveLogan.com

  There could be some tension at the next Clear Channel Denver staff meeting. Dave Logan, longtime voice of the Broncos and co-host of the KOA afternoon-drive program The Ride Home (as well as a former high school athlete recently honored as being one of the fifty best ever by Parade magazine), is launching a new website called TeamDaveLogan.com, which will specialize in home-improvement referrals. The new enterprise is scheduled to launch on June 1 -- the very same day that fellow Clear Channel

  May 27, 2009

• It's not easy being the greenhouses at Denver Botanic Gardens

  For everything, there is a season -- and for this greenhouse, it's the last winter.​This week, crews at the Denver Botanic Gardens are removing ten greenhouses, many of which have been at the DBG's York Street site for decades, in advance of a $16 million renovation that should be completed by next year. Don't worry about the flowers that once resided in these structures, however. They've been moved to Chatfield, where no dozers will demolish them. Want more details? Check out the press r

  August 4, 2009

• Urbavore's Dilemma: Blue and Yellow Logic hopes to mix up a new form of green

  Joel WarnerAshara Ekundayo and Maurice Ka at the Eastside Growers Collective garden​Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. In a grassy lot in north Park Hill, not too far away from where the Holly Shoppin

  August 4, 2009

• Urbavore's Dilemma: Breaking Ground is putting down roots in vacant lots

  Joel WarnerThe Breaking Ground team​Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. The vacant lot on West Caithness Place in northwest Denver had long been a drag on the neighborhood. Just around the corner from

  August 11, 2009

• Urbavore's Dilemma: Fort owner Holly Arnold Kinney uses her garden to dig into her past

  Joel WarnerHolly Arnold Kinney and neighbor Matt Slater in Kinney's greenhouse​Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. Holly Arnold Kinney is as close to Colorado culinary royalty as you can get. She was l

  August 18, 2009

• Urban homesteading deluxe with Fort owner Holly Arnold Kinney

  Joel WarnerHolly Arnold Kinney and neighbor Matt Slater in Kinney's greenhouse​Most of the gardening operations I've been exploring as part of "Urbavore's Dilemma," my summer-long series on the local urban agriculture movement, are grassroots affairs: compost bins made from recycled plastic barrels, chicken coops built in old kids' playhouses, garden fences born out of back-alley wood scraps. That's why when I heard that Holly Arnold Kinney, owner of The Fort, a legendary restaurant, was

  August 19, 2009

• Macy's and Food Bank of the Rockies aim to feed 10 million

  ​ September is Hunger Action Month, and department store giant Macy's is partnering with Feeding America and food banks across the country to fight hunger here at home. Macy's will launch its "Come Together" awareness and fundraising campaign, which aims to feed 10 million people suffering from hunger, from 6-8 p.m. today, September 15, at more than 650 Macy's stores. All Colorado locations will participate in the World's Largest Dinner Party, offering customers appetizers as well as info

  September 15, 2009