On Tuesday, June 30, a Land Use, Transportation, and Infrastructure meeting unanimously moved to designate the Berkeley Park Funeral Chapel as a historic Denver Landmark. This is the penultimate step in the designation process, leaving […]
The most sweeping police reform bill in the country was sponsored in part by North Denver Representative Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez. In the wake of Black Lives Matter marches and increased scrutiny on police brutality, government bodies […]
While the potential renaming of Columbus Park has so far garnered the most attention, several other efforts are also being discussed. Mayor Hancock has formed a committee to look at parks and buildings across the […]
A common question of 2020 seems to be, “Where can I go hiking in Colorado?” There are all kinds of caveats with this question, such as, with a dog? with young kids? within less than […]
Walking into Sprouts Farmers Market, a young woman, obviously a recent immigrant to our North Denver neighborhood, asked me if I knew what the old green frame building on the lot with the liquor store […]
As COVID-19 stay-at-home orders rolled out across the country, one mighty little nonprofit in Colorado turned on a dime to re-engineer its services and onboard over 500 new volunteers in the Denver metro area, all […]
Dana Richardson retired this spring after 25 years at the Smiley Branch Library on 46th Avenue, known as “Mr. Dana” by the thousands of kids that walked through the library doors over the years. His […]
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. We think of this as the […]
Racist: One who is supporting a racist policy through their actions or inaction or expressing a racist idea. Antiracist: One who is supporting an antiracist policy through their actions or expressing an antiracist idea. Ibram […]
The end of this school year brought many struggles and disappointments to parents and students. Online teaching suddenly became a norm, but one that had not been practiced much. There were some innovators that charted […]
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