Community Issues

Winter Welcome

Winter Welcome

Winter Welcome on November 18 at the East 29th Ave. Town Center brought the coldest temperatures of the season to date—but that didn’t dampen the spirits of 3,000 people who came out to view the lighting of the tree and celebrate the holiday season.

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A Top-Performing Alternative

A Top-Performing Alternative

The top-performing alternative high school in the Denver Public Schools (DPS) district this year is Denver Online High School, which serves a surprisingly diverse array of students.

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City Casts Doubt On Affordable Housing’s Future at Stapleton

City Casts Doubt On Affordable Housing’s Future at Stapleton

The city of Denver will not enforce the Green Book vision for rental housing at Stapleton. “While the Stapleton Development Plan (Green Book) is mentioned in the Development Agreement as ‘principles’ to be adhered to, the Development Agreement does not adopt those principles as enforceable terms,” says Denver’s housing director Rick Padilla.

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2017 City Bond Planning Underway

Denver is expecting to place a half billion dollar general obligation bond before the voters in November 17 to pay for an extensive list of capital projects.

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Teens Take to the Streets

Teens Take to the Streets

While DPS has been scrambling to find seats for the many children who started arriving in Stapleton over 10 years ago, residents have been wondering what the streets will be like when those babies are teenage drivers.

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A Line Train Horns: Did They Blow It?

A Line Train Horns: Did They Blow It?

For the foreseeable future, the A Line commuter rail cars will continue to blast their horns as they pass through street intersections on their trips between Union Station and the airport.

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