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Community Issues
How Tariffs Impact Local Businesses, Owners, and Customers
Whiplash is a word often used by local small business owners to describe what’s happening to them during the Trump administration’s timing and imposition of tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, China, and other nations.
“We Can Fight for Justice for All Our Population”: A Denver Town Hall Offers Hope and Resources
Bagels and politics were on the agenda for a town hall in northeast Denver on Saturday morning featuring Colorado legislators, community advocates and other leaders.
Funding Cuts Cause Urgent Need for Support at Local Non-Profit
The food pantry at the non-profit Village Exchange Center (VEC) in northwest Aurora serves 4000 people every week. It’s now scheduled to end at the end of April due to funding cuts.
A Gathering of Support for a Denver Immigrant Activist
On March 17th, immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration...
Community Shows Support for Denver Area Immigrants
On a bitter old evening in February, a crowd gathered outside the GEO Aurora ICE Detention Center, just a few days after immigration raids were carried out in Denver and Aurora.
Food Bank Faces Challenges as Pandemic Relief Ends
Volunteers are at the heart of Food Bank of the Rockies, which supports 800 hunger-relief partner organizations across Colorado and more than 70 mobile pantries throughout Colorado and Wyoming.
An “Incredible Big Brother” Celebrates His Birthday by Honoring His Little Sister
On his 9th birthday, a NE Denver boy celebrated at his school, but not with the typical sharing of cupcakes in class. Instead, Conrad Robinson was at the center of a full school assembly at Swigert International School to celebrate the money he raised for the Make-A-Wish Colorado foundation to honor his little sister, Pippa.
…NE News Updates
This month: 1) Denver Drivers are Facing Closures on Quebec Street; 2) Scooters May be Coming Back to Aurora; 3) Money Awarded for Restoration at The Urban Farm; 4) A Parking Surprise for Some Patrons of Stanley Marketplace; and 5) New Sidewalk Fee in Denver.
Election Results Bring Fear to Immigrant Communities
Fear. Confusion. Sadness. Nervousness. Those were just a few of the adjectives used to describe how immigrants—and people who work with them—are feeling after Donald Trump’s victory in November.
…NE News Updates
This month: 1) A Second Major Retailer Closes at Beleaguered Intersection; 2) Village Farms Prepares for New Home at Stanley Marketplace Fields; 3) A Program to Keep the Prairie Dog Population Under Control at Bluff Lake; 4) Central Park Station Balloon Man Sculpture is Gone…for Now; and New Business Openings.
Ballot Issues Explained at October Event
On a mid-October evening, voters turned out for a ballot information session led by Pearlanne Zelarney with the League of Women Voters (LWV), a non-partisan grassroots organization.