Two days before Denver Public Schools started classes in August, about 50 volunteers gathered in the gym at the Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center to fill 250 backpacks for low-income students and 250 boxes of supplies for teachers. It was the kickoff event for Denver First Lady Courtney Johnston’s volunteer program called Give5 Mile High.
New Fully Electrified School in Far Northeast Denver; Back to Class Bash; Northfield Students Win Grant for Solar-Powered Charging Stations; and New Denver School of the Arts Campus Opens
There isn’t always a big, shining sign pointing to the future. But on East Colfax Ave., there is, and the local arts community in northwest Aurora believes it’s a beacon of what’s to come for the neighborhood and its overlapping 16-block creative district.
A 10-acre stretch of three medians that used to be covered in high-maintenance, high-water-usage bluegrass is now a site for native plants and pollinators. But the City of Denver has received complaints from nearby residents who think the area has been neglected and taken over by weeds.
McAuliffe International School’s new principal, Brian Duwe, PhD, kicked off the 2023-24 school year with playtime. “I am absolutely up for basketball or throwing a football at recess,” he says.
Having taught Environmental Communication for over two decades now, I find myself in frequent conversation about climate change. I’ve noticed a shift over time.
After a series of break-ins at his cyclery shop in northwest Aurora, Mackenzie Hardt changed store policy to admit customers by appointments only—no walk-in business.
This month: 1) Bicycle Shop Owner Asking for Help from the Community; 2) Copper Thefts Create Slowdowns and Noise Along Train Lines; 3) A Pilot Program to Provide Technology Services to Seniors; and 4) New Pickleball Courts in Lowry.
This month: a new community film series, Fresh Cuts: Recent World Film plus the documentary Sugarcane, the show Babylon Berlin, and two related books—In the Garden of Beasts and Prequel.
View/add events at FrontPorchNE.com/events. Submissions by the 17th will be considered for the upcoming month’s issue.
On the same day the “Affordable Denver” tax proposal moved closer to the Denver ballot through a unanimous vote by a City Council committee, community members in northeast Denver listened to in-person pitches for the plan from Mayor Mike Johnston and City Councilwoman Shontel Lewis.
The American avocet is a colorful and unique appearing shorebird. The black-necked stilt is smaller than the American avocet but its legs are extremely long
