Crime, safety, traffic, transportation, and shelters for the unhoused. These are all frequent...
Community Members Wanted to Join a Quebec Corridor Task Force
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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.
“It’s a Culture Shift”: A Program Focused on Dignity in the Denver County Jail
The line is often long at the Central Park Goodwill store, with people donating bags of clothes and household goods. Some of those clothes will now go to individuals in custody at the Denver County Jail on Smith Road so dignity can be part of in-person visits with family members.
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.
…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.
