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Safety remains high concern for those who work in downtown Denver, despite crime drop
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CBS Colorado, Local

Safety remains high concern for those who work in downtown Denver, despite crime drop

By Jasmine Arenas | KCNC-TV CBS Colorado In downtown Denver, crime rates may be down, but for those who work and live in the area, the reality on the streets often feels different. Recent statistics show a significant reduction in violent incidents, including shootings and homicides in Denver.  However, as locals share their stories, it's clear that safety is still a growing concern for many who call downtown Denver home. Many longtime employees say the nature of crime has shifted in more concerning ways. READ THE FULL STORY AT KCNC-TV CBS COLORADO
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In 8-5 vote, Denver votes to remove cap and distance requirement on needle exchange programs
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In 8-5 vote, Denver votes to remove cap and distance requirement on needle exchange programs

By Deborah Grigsby | Denver Gazette Denver City Council's decision to remove restrictions on syringe exchange programs, including a cap on the number of sites and distance limits from schools and daycare centers, could lead to an increase in these programs in 2025. City Council voted 8 to 5 vote Monday night to update the existing city municipal code and remove the cap on the number of sites permitted and lift a distance barrier that prohibited their operation within 1,000 feet of schools and daycare centers. Councilmembers Flor Alvidrez, Kevin Flynn, Amanda Sawyer, Diana Romero Campbell and Darrell Watson all cast “no” votes. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Fences on target to come down this year on Denver’s 16th Street Mall
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Fences on target to come down this year on Denver’s 16th Street Mall

By Maddie Rhodes | KDVR-TV Fox 31 News The 16th Street Mall has been under construction for three years, leaving the heart of downtown Denver covered in fences. While the project still has a ways to go, it’s expected to wrap up in 2025. The 16th Street Mall started construction in 2022 in hopes of improving safety and mobility. Over the past three years, the city has been working on demolishing the street and touching up storm and sewage work before rebuilding the area. By the time the fences come down, the street is rebuilt with a transit way, trees, new curbs at shuttle stops and more. Denver opened up the first part of the mall in the summer of 2024, with four blocks between Market and Curtis Street finished. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31 NEWS
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Denver home prices are falling, but does that mean buying a house is affordable?
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Local, Westword

Denver home prices are falling, but does that mean buying a house is affordable?

By Catie Cheshire | Westword Denver had the seventh-highest drop in home prices in 2024, according to Realtor.com. But that doesn’t necessarily mean buying a home in Denver is affordable. Though the median list price of a home in Denver was down 5.35 percent in December 2024 compared to December 2023, the median list price is still $577,350. Still, real estate experts are taking the news of the drop as another sign that markets are leveling out from pandemic-induced, skyrocketing prices. “Austin, Denver, Phoenix and Nashville were the darling markets of 2021 and 2022 and places where prices went wild,” says Joel Berner, Realtor.com senior economist. “Now, with more homes on the market, prices are returning to where they belong.” READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD...
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Mayors of Denver and Aurora clash over ‘offloading of illegals’ in Aurora
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Mayors of Denver and Aurora clash over ‘offloading of illegals’ in Aurora

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado In an op-ed published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman accused Denver Mayor Mike Johnston of not being truthful about how migrants, including Venezuelan gang members, ended up in Aurora. Coffman said he filed an open records request that shows Johnston used the cover of non-profits to quietly dump migrants in other cities. Johnston denied the allegations, stating,  "The City of Denver never places anyone anywhere."  Johnston said he was blindsided by the op-ed that included a headline claiming, "Denver's Mayor offloads immigrants on Aurora." READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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How millions in tax money has failed to deliver a change to Denver’s mental and behavioral health needs
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Colorado Public Radio, Local

How millions in tax money has failed to deliver a change to Denver’s mental and behavioral health needs

By Ben Markus | CPR News The campaign’s premise was simple: For nothing more than a modest sales tax increase, Denver could create a $45 million-a-year stream of grants to nonprofit mental health and drug treatment programs. “This initiative will give us the capacity to get everybody who needs help into a place where they can get the help that they need,” said Dr. Carl Clark, the president and CEO of WellPower, a large Denver community mental health provider.  “It's the type of thing that is a gamechanger.” Voters enthusiastically bought into the concept. And after six years and more than $170 million in tax dollars granted, a year-long review by CPR News found that the game has indeed changed, but perhaps not in the ways supporters and voters envisioned. READ THE FULL ...
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Upticks in Denver COVID, RSV, flu, norovirus cases brewing a post-holiday quadruple punch
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Upticks in Denver COVID, RSV, flu, norovirus cases brewing a post-holiday quadruple punch

By Deborah Grigsby | Denver Gazette It’s not unusual for health officials to see a rise in the standard trifecta of co-circulating winter viruses — influenza, RSV and COVID-19 — particularly as people return from extended holiday travel and gatherings. But this year officials with the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) said norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea, is a fourth component joining the mix. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Denver’s Crestmoor residents hit panic button as a bollard bikeway heads their way
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coloradopolitics.com, Local

Denver’s Crestmoor residents hit panic button as a bollard bikeway heads their way

By Mark Samuelson | Colorado Politics Bollards — waist-high white plastic poles that line the new bike lanes popping up in downtown Denver and in several city neighborhoods — are headed for streets further from the urban core. And neighbors aren’t happy about it. “This project, far from enhancing our neighborhood, threatens to destroy the very qualities that make it a desirable place to live,” residents of Denver’s Crestmoor Park neighborhood wrote Mayor Mike Johnston last week, with a copy forwarded to the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. DOTI is a well-known agency to residents in Denver neighborhoods further west that are coping with bollards installed on their streets during recent years. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Audit finds ongoing misuse of taxpayer funds in Denver’s Technology Services department
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coloradopolitics.com, Local

Audit finds ongoing misuse of taxpayer funds in Denver’s Technology Services department

By Deborah Grigsby | Colorado Politics, via The Denver Gazette A follow-up audit has revealed ongoing misuse of taxpayer funds within Denver's Technology Services department, stemming from inadequate policies and poor administration of its employee purchase card program. Auditors from Denver Auditor Timothy O'Brien's office found the department failed to enforce Executive Order 18, which clarifies the mission, role and authority of Technology Services and specifically prohibits technology purchases using city government purchase cards. A 2023 audit, which reviewed departmental transactions and processes from Jan. 13, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022, found that “city leaders and employees bypassed required approvals for purchase card use and expense reimbursements.” READ T...
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Incoming Denver DA to get pay bump to oversee 6,000 felony, nearly 8,000 misdemeanor cases each year
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coloradopolitics.com, Local

Incoming Denver DA to get pay bump to oversee 6,000 felony, nearly 8,000 misdemeanor cases each year

By Deborah Grigsby  | Colorado Politics, via Denver Gazette Incoming Denver District Attorney John Walsh hasn’t even been sworn in and he’s already set to get a pay raise — although he’ll have to wait a year before it shows up in his bank account. In its last meeting of the year on Monday, the Denver City Council voted, 9-2, to approve an amended version of his plea for an annual pay increase for his office. Walsh first brought the request to the Dec. 4 Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee, where he asked for a 4% annual pay raise beginning next year, which would have placed his starting salary at $254,609 instead of $244,816. He said he had to ask for a pay raise now — otherwise, that window is foreclosed for the next four years. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLOR...
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