Social media has been abuzz with complaints from Northeast Denver residents about mosquitoes.
Bzzzzy Season
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Community Issues
Letters to the Editor
Think the MLK & CPB Intersection is Congested Now?
SUN Survey Results & June SUN Meeeting
In partnership with Denver Police Department, the MCA, and Northeast Transportation Connections, SUN developed a survey to: 1) Identify ways to improve community safety, 2) Measure community preferences for policies employed by Denver Public Schools, 3) Determine how residents could be encouraged to engage with public transportation, 4) Measure health behaviors and assess where community support could improve health, 5) Determine what additional services and amenities are desired in this large urban in fill project, 6) Assess barriers to community involvement, 7) Measure opinions on the community name, and 8) Measure overall satisfaction with community life. Results will be shared over a series of Front Porch articles, of which this is the first instillation.
Mountains of Waste
What’s the fastest-growing mountain in Colorado? It’s near DIA. And it’s not a volcano.
Outcome of the 2016-17 Legislative Session
The tentative optimism conveyed by area legislators in January regarding the upcoming session of the Colorado General Assembly appears to have been justified.
How Do New Neighborhoods Stapleton and Lowry Differ from Denver as a Whole?
A recent study of “Housing Affordability in Stapleton” presents a demographic profile comparing Stapleton, Lowry, the city of Denver, and metro Denver.
Large Encampments Found Under Bridge
Complaints from local hotels about increased crime along the Quebec corridor unearthed large homeless encampments in labyrinthine spaces underneath the 40th St. and Smith Road bridges, according to District 5 Lt. Ian Culverhouse.
PCMD Agrees To Pay WCMD Expenses for Legal Counsel
The Park Creek Metropolitan District (PCMD) has agreed to pay the Westerly Creek Metro District’s (WCMD) costs for independent legal counsel.
Fee on Stapleton Home Sales May Go Toward Affordable Housing
Every residential and commercial sale in Stapleton pays the “community investment fee”—one-quarter of 1 percent of the property’s sale price (after the first $100,000).
Nighthawks Take Wing with New IB Authorization
Last month, superintendent Tom Boasberg and the entire Northfield High School community celebrated the announcement that NHS has been officially authorized as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.
Annual Community Forum Overview and Next Steps
Planned agenda items during the annual community forum were covered quickly and were generally well received by the audience.
“The American Dream Is Still Alive”
For hundreds of years, industrious and courageous people have emigrated from countries with limited freedom and opportunity, overcoming tremendous odds, to make a better life in the United States.
