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North/East Denver Change Looks Critically at Development, Gentrification

By Kevin J. Beaty
May 2, 2016

A team led by University of Colorado Denver professor Jordan Hill has launched North/East Denver Change, a website dedicated to nonpartisan information about developments and the neighborhoods being affected. The site was assembled in a space on the Auraria campus, where Hill works with a mix of master's students and undergrads...
CDOT Hearing on I-70 Plan Draws Opponents, Pleas to "Ditch the Ditch"

By Kevin J. Beaty
Apr 25, 2016

The Colorado Department of Transportation held a public hearing on April 21 focusing on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, CDOT's four-year plan that directs funds toward various projects. But testimony from speakers focused almost entirely on a proposed plan to lower the I-70 viaduct in north Denver, and the hearing was...
Lawsuit Against Denver Police Camera Seizure Raises Questions About DPS Video Policy

By Kevin J. Beaty
Mar 31, 2016

A civil action was filed this week accusing District 6 Commander Tony Lopez of violating protester Jessica Benn’s constitutional rights when he seized her cell phone as she recorded her husband’s arrest last April. The suit claims Lopez and the Denver Police Department violated her First Amendment right to record “newsworthy...
Coalition for an Inclusive Colorado Battles Islamophobia, Builds Bridges

By Kevin J. Beaty
Mar 28, 2016

On March 26 a delegation of interfaith leaders met with concerned community members at the Colorado Muslim Society, the largest mosque in the Rocky Mountain region, to openly denounce Islamophobia at “Building Bridges with the Muslim Community.” The gathering was organized by the newly-formed Coalition for an Inclusive Colorado, and offered break-out...
Celebrating Denver Communities Endangered by I-70 Expansion Plan

By Kevin J. Beaty
Mar 21, 2016

The Stompin' Ground Games danced into the Swansea community center on Saturday, March 19, celebrating the conjoined neighborhoods of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea. Warm Cookies of the Revolution, the city's "civic health club," has been holding these events in different neighborhoods each month. January's program in Capitol Hill, for example, used comedy...

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