Community Issues

…NE News Updates

…NE News Updates

1) Brookfield Submits Plan for Almost 500 Additional Residences in Central Park; 2) Exchange at Blvd. One in Lowry Announces New Tenants Including Clark’s Market; 3) Central Park Garage Sale Sat., May 22; 4) May 15 Public Celebration on the New Section of I-70 before Opening to Traffic; 5) New Pet Licenses Have a QR Code; 6) Park Hill Methodist Church Offers Safe Space for Unhoused Neighbors

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…NE News Updates

…NE News Updates

This month: 1) Central 70 Drainage System Nearing Completion 2) 168 Apartments Coming to Stanley 3) Special District Taxes in Central Park. 4) Westerly Creek Metro District has a vacancy on its board.

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Can We Bridge the Divide?

Can We Bridge the Divide?

While the election and presidential transition continued to dominate the news well into November, the Front Porch asked a group of NE Denver residents for their thoughts on bridging the great political divide in our country.

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Congregations Find their Way during the Pandemic

Congregations Find their Way during the Pandemic

Seven months after most houses of worship in Denver were forced to temporarily close to prevent the spread of Covid-19, religious leaders have found new ways of conducting services, including livestreaming sermons, holding outdoor baptisms and bar mitzvahs, and offering drive-by communion. “They didn’t teach us in rabbinical school how to make a TV studio in our basement but that’s what I had to do,” says Rabbi Joe Black from Temple Emanuel.

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Police Training: “Stress Inoculation”

Police Training: “Stress Inoculation”

Law enforcement may well be the only profession where you can be called upon to change a tire, address neighbors’ disputes over barking dogs, intervene on behalf of someone who has been physically battered by a spouse, and talk down a gunman. All in one day. “Regardless of the purpose of the call,” says Capt. Sylvia Sich, the 38-year Denver Police Department veteran now in charge of the Police Academy, “that is the most important thing happening in that person’s life right now…And you respond to it that way.”

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…NE News Updates

…NE News Updates

This month: 1) NE Denver Summer Crime Statistics; 2) I-70 Nighttime Noise Variance Approved; 3) Planning Board Recommends Zoning Code Changes for Group Living; 4) StoryCorps: Submit Thoughts on Central Park Name Change 5) New City Park Golf Course Opens 6) Reminiscences from 1966 & 1946 and 7) Youth Program Locator

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