Proposed regulations for Denver’s sharing economy will force some short-term-rental hosts out of business — or they’ll face strict fines if they continue to operate outside the law. While the proposed ordinance would legalize STRs, a primary-residence provision would require that owners live on site — a suggestion that is…
ApartmentList.com has just released its latest analysis of rents in Colorado. This time, the focus is on prices during January 2016. And while the prices in many areas have leveled off to some degree, the rate of growth over a twelve-month period beginning in January 2015 remains almost double the…
The annual 4/20 rally in Denver’s Civic Center Park seems to get bigger every year. And now, the longtime promoters of the event, including Miguel Lopez and attorney Rob Corry, are looking for help putting it on. The group has issued an open invitation for proposals in regard to the 2016…
Most people who move to Colorado are interested in an active lifestyle. And that includes those who come to our fair state to retire. No wonder Colorado did so well in a WalletHub study that names the best and worst states in which to retire. A key factor used to…
It’s a change that neatly symbolizes how times have changed in Colorado. Two Pueblo companies are in the process of opening what’s described as the “first hemp/CBD dispensary” in the community. And the site’s operation was once home to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The companies in question are CBDRx,…
Denver rent isn’t cheap — but at least the prices are beginning to level off. That’s the overall message delivered in the Apartment Association of Metro Denver’s report about apartment and rental rates in the Mile High City during the fourth quarter of 2015. According to a massive survey shared…
Jeff Popp and Casey Lorenzen will unpack their Denver-based CO.ALITION line of backpacks on tonight’s episode of ABC’s popular Shark Tank, and Mile High Spirits is hosting a free “Get Shark Tanked” viewing party for the business partners — and the public — from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. CO.ALITION…
At what one council member called “one of the worst public hearings,” 58 people stood before Denver City Council on January 25 to speak about the Emmaus Lutheran Church’s request to re-zone a portion of its property at West 32nd Avenue and Irving Street to allow a two-story medical facility…
Environmental groups claim that U.S. Forest Service officials felt politically pressured to aid a Texas billionaire’s plans for a massive resort development on Wolf Creek Pass and made various attempts to conceal or destroy records in order to avoid public scrutiny of the decision process — including one e-mail from…
The forty-foot-high Willie Nelson statue has yet to appear on the edge of Colorado Boulevard — but that could only be a matter of time. Because otherwise, the construction crew is putting the finishing touches on what promises to soon become one of metro Denver’s top tourist attractions: The Smokin’…
This project has moved slower than traffic on I-70 at rush hour — after a thirty-car pileup. On Friday, January 15, the Colorado Department of Transportation released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the I-70 East project, kicking off a thirty-day public review period. According to CDOT, the FEIS…
Last year, a coalition of Denver officials, business representatives and cannabis advocates agreed to work together to create a workable policy that would create a legal way for adults to consume marijuana in a public place in the Mile High City. But more than four months have passed since the effort…
If you’ve been looking for a place to live in these parts lately, you know all about the hot Colorado housing market. Now, one of the biggest online real estate sites has noticed, too. Zillow has just announced its picks for the hottest U.S. housing markets of 2016, and Denver made…
Pastor Dennis Fitzpatrick Jr. isn’t one to make his problems public — but as attacks on Emmaus Lutheran Church and his family escalated, turning the other cheek was no longer an option. In November, he wrote a letter to the community: “To say I’m disappointed regarding my 1 year of…
Back in November, we shared a list of the ten most expensive places to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Colorado according to October figures collected by the folks at ApartmentList.com. In the two months since then, prices have actually started to moderate or even decline in some locations — but not…
Is there any topic that gets Denver residents talking more than growth — and what comes with it? High rents, traffic congestion and, in my neighborhood, renewed parking wars, with an entire block (see above) now closed, and two side roads often off limits, too — or so clogged with…
We first told you about the Fourth Corner Credit Union back in November 2014, with our William Breathes noting that it was “set to open” — possibly as soon as January 1, 2015 — “and even has the backing of Governor John Hickenlooper, who calls it the ‘end of the line’…
As we recently reported, Colorado added 100,986 residents in 2015, landing it in second position among fastest-growing states. The lifestyle and scenery in Colorado are two big reasons why, and marijuana legalization is likely a factor, too. But another influence is the economy — and specifically the job market, which…
Last month, we noted that gun sales were booming in Colorado following mass shootings in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino. According to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 42,271 background checks for gun purchases were made in Colorado during November 2015 — a total higher than it’s been in that…
In 2013, Colorado passed a THC driving bill, which established a cannabis intoxication level of 5 nanograms per milliliter of blood. The standard was controversial from the jump, in part because THC tends to react very differently depending upon who consumes it — and the substance lingers in one’s system…
Remember when marijuana was still illegal? We barely do. Westword’s coverage of the Colorado cannabis scene has taken readers through the legislation that first made medical marijuana legal through the early days of unregulated chaos to full legalization and into 2015’s quirky, but ever-maturing industry. Some older issues, like edibles packaging,…
A recent study in states where medical or recreational marijuana is legal shows that most employers haven’t let the social shift in legalization soften their tolerance, or lack thereof, regarding employees who test positive for the substance. Conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, the survey polled 623 human…
