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Solar panels installed on low-income homes for free as GRID Alternatives comes to Colorado

GRID Alternatives, a California-based nonprofit group that works on renewable energy, is launching a national expansion plan to bring solar panels to homes across the country -- and its first stop is in the Denver metro area, which has a long and complicated history with alternative energy research.

Photos: Groundbreaking for Mariposa housing project unites Michael Hancock, Flobots

The Denver Housing Authority did not stand on authority. Yesterday, the latest phase of Denver's newest city housing community broke ground with passed-out pinwheels, high school drummers and speakers ranging from Mayor Michael Hancock, Representative Diana DeGette and councilwoman Judy Montero to t ... More >>

Virginia Village: I'll be out reppin' my transitional neighborhood like a mascot

I bet your neighborhood doesn't have one of these bad boys.​I live in a transitional neighborhood. At least I think that's what it's called when white people move into a lower-class section of town and start sprucing it up with Ikea-looking exterior siding and park their way-too-expensive cars ... More >>

Denver City Council District 1: Which hopefuls survived the post-Paula Sandoval scramble?

​The race for the District 1 City Council seat in Northwest Denver has gone from snoozer to scramble. Paula Sandoval's March 2 announcement that she wouldn't seek reelection gave hopefuls just eight days to gather the 100 signatures needed to get on the ballot.

Happy Birthday, Paul Newman! Five films you would have made better

Improves everything.​Today is the birthday of Newman's Own best selling product, the late Paul Newman, everyone's favorite cool-eyed and irreverent actor/philanthropist. He can't so much celebrate his birthday, being deceased, but everyone else can -- and surely they will, running some retrosp ... More >>

The Highlands Mommies are raising babies and raising Cain in northwest Denver

Larry Ambrose: City Council District 1 showdown, part 9

Larry Ambrose​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig w ... More >>

Georgia Sigala: City Council District 1 showdown, part 8

Georgia Sigala​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig ... More >>

Ken Padilla: City Council District 1 showdown, part 7

Ken Padilla​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig wit ... More >>

Jerry Frangas: City Council District 1 showdown, part 6

Jerry Frangas​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig w ... More >>

Jon Lehmann: City Council District 1 showdown, part 5

John Lehmann​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig wi ... More >>

John Haney: City Council District 1 showdown, part 4

John Haney​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig with ... More >>

Susan Shepherd: City Council District 1 showdown, part 3

Susan Shepherd​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig ... More >>

Randle Swan: City Council District 1 showdown, part 2

Randle Swan​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig wit ... More >>

Chris Jeffrey: City Council District 1 showdown, part 1

Chris Jeffrey​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig w ... More >>

Denver City Council candidate has a "campaign chef"

Dave MonneratOoh la la. City Council candidate Jon Lehmann's got himself a campaign chef!​One Denver City Council candidate hopes to win 'em over with food. Jon Lehmann, one of ten candidates vying for the council seat recently vacated by Rick Garcia (who went to work for the U.S. Department o ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Buy local, think local December 1-7

Buy local week continues through December 5. And while, with Barack Obama's appointments announcement today, it doesn't look like many Coloradans will be heading to D.C., there's plenty to do here at home. Nothing gets the home fires burning like neighborhood fights, and Denver's Neighborhood ... More >>

Size Does Matter

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 12/07/2006

Watch This

NIMBY neighbors go low in Park Hill.

We're Not Worthy

Charity began at home. This home.

Pitching Tents

A camp for the homeless works in Portland. Can it work here, too?

Best Skate Park

Denver Skatepark

It Takes a Village

Denver's East Village is finally experiencing a boom -- of demolition.

Bite Me

Gone Fishin'

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 25, 2002

Appointed Hours

An apartment-complex curfew keeps kids out of sight, but not out of mind.

The Village People

Nearly a year after the Denver Housing Authority purchased East Village, the future of the project -- and its residents -- remains unsettled.

This Old Housing Project

To save East Village, is it necessary to destroy it?

How to Build a Ghetto

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

Scenes From a Mall

A timeline of the Pearl Street Mall

Welcome to the Real World

The further these students get from the classroom, the more they learn.

Hell, No, They Won't Grow

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

Chance of a Lifetime

Off the Deep End

Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

Uncharitable Contributions

Homeless people say fees for background checks are a get-rich-quick scheme for social service agencies.

Off Limits

Neighborhood Botch

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

Making It Big

The big boys from Denver buy a little bank in booming Parker.

FADE TO BLACK

A LOAN AGAIN, NATURALLY

A CASH-FLUSH CITY AGENCY MEASURES SUCCESS--AND CONTROVERSY--ONE INVESTMENT AT A TIME.

THIS IS ONLY A TEST

THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LESSON FOR GRADE-SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS: THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ROCKY FLATS.

THE $1 MILLION MAN

MAYOR WEBB'S SAFE CITY SUMMIT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE SUMMER SAFER. BUT IT HASN'T BOUGHT POLITICAL PEACE.

DIALING FOR DOLORS

WHILE TELEMARKETERS RAISE MONEY FOR A NEW FOOD BANK--AND THEMSELVES--ONE POLITICALLY POWERFUL NEIGHBOR WANTS THE PROJECT SHELVED.

OFF LIMITS

OFF LIMITS

REDEEMING VALUE

A GROUP TRIES TO CONVERT A PIECE OF A CONVICTED PREACHER'S EMPIRE TO GOOD USE.