Seeking Solutions for Venezuelan Newcomers and House1000 Meets Goal But Much Work Remains
Denver Challenged by Migrant Influx, Homelessness
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Community Issues
Denver Struggles to Help Migrants
They enter the City of Denver’s official reception center in North Denver carrying their few belongings in plastic grocery bags. Most have arrived from Venezuela, fleeing a 95 percent poverty rate, lured by the hope of a better life.
…NE News Updates
This Month: 1) The CO Spot Opens in Shops at Northfield; 2) Homelessness Initiative Attracts Volunteers, Critics; 3) Brookfield Properties Prepares to Break Ground; 4) Five-Alarm Fire on East Colfax; 5) Leadership Positions for New School Board Members; 6) District 5 Gets a New Police Station; 7) Bike Lockers Available at Central Park Station; and 8) Wings Over the Rockies Opens Wright Bros. Exhibit.
Denver Election Shakes Up School Board
On Nov. 7, voters made consequential decisions that altered the Denver School Board and rejected a property tax proposal.
War in Israel and Gaza Sparks Strong Emotions
Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israeli citizens, the violence has escalated dramatically and painfully, memorialized in brutal photos. Each new atrocity and violation of our common humanity seems to eclipse the one before it with no end in sight.
Homelessness Plan Still on Track Despite Some Community Pushback
Despite some pushback at public meetings, Mayor Mike Johnston’s ambitious plan to move 1,000 people currently living on the streets into temporary housing by the end of the year is still on track, according to Cole Chandler, the mayor’s lead advisor on homelessness. “We’re very much pushing forward and think it’s an achievable goal.”
Born into the Climate Crisis: Youth Working Toward a More Sustainable Future
As the burden of climate change will increasingly fall on our youth, “Front Porch” features two local students taking different approaches to some of the environmental challenges before us.
Before the Blue & Beyond the Badge
On a recent Wednesday in May, more than four dozen police recruits stood outside the Blazing Chicken Shack in Park Hill listening to owner Rhonda Banks talk about how she and other small business owners have felt ignored by the Denver Police Department over the years.
…NE News Updates
This month: Glissade Coffee Opens in NW Aurora; Alexan Montview Plaza Progress; East High Con-Law Fourth in Nation; Northfield Drones; Suncor Update; Denver Discovery Classrooms; and Costco Opens in Green Valley Ranch.
Parents and Students Demand School Safety
Anger has been growing after two recent incidents of gun violence at East High School, which left one student dead and two administrators wounded. Thousands of students, parents, teachers, and administrators are demanding that leaders at Denver Public Schools (DPS) take action to make schools safer.
Insurance Rates Rising due to Increased Car Crimes
In January 2022, Ara Nenninger had just returned from a trip to Missouri visiting her mother. She parked her Sprinter van on the street outside her home in north Central Park, but when she came out two days later to clean it out, the van was gone.
Monumental Gun Control Package Moves Through the CO Capitol
With two recent school shootings happening less than two miles from the Capitol and with residents becoming outraged about the rising rates of gun violence, Democrats in the Colorado Legislature have introduced a monumental gun control package consisting of four bills that began progressing through the Legislature in March.
