Catie Cheshire

Denver

Staff writer @denverwestword 🗞 @RegisUniversity & @Cronkite_ASU grad 🔱 Concerned citizen, extra innings enthusiast (she/her)

Articles

Buzzing With Amenities: Downtown Denver Hotel Installs Beehives on the Roof

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Two colonies of bees are now enjoying the high life at Grand Hyatt Denver after the hotel installed beehives on the rooftop. Bees can travel up to six miles from their hive in search of pollen, so the Grand Hyatt put hives at 1750 Welton Street to improve downtown Denver's ecosystem, according to Grand Hyatt general manager Amit Patel. “In Colorado we’ve got such a beautiful backdrop when you look at the mountains and the greenery and all the parks,” Patel says.
New Lawsuit Disputes Ownership of Denver Music Venue

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Within the last six months, music venue and bar Your Mom’s House has experienced a lot of ups and downs, and the upheaval isn’t over yet as a new lawsuit questions the bar's ownership.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnson Serves Lunch at Bourbon Grill on Colfax

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

The enticing aroma wafting out of Bourbon Grill is enough to give people a thrill on a regular day. But today, April 16, patrons of the restaurant known for its large, cheap portions of tasty chicken had another reason to get excited. Mayor Mike Johnston clocked in behind the counter during the lunch hour to help serve meals as part of his initiative to stimulate business along Colfax during Bus Rapid Transit construction by doing stints as a guest server.
Neglected Home Owned by Habitat for Humanity Causing Problems for Neighbor

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

Worried about more damage to her home and run-ins with squatters since a small fire occurred in the garage last fall, Nelson says she has contacted both police and city officials to hold the owners of the vacant property at 4665 Josephine Street accountable. Nicole Nelson has lived in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood for thirteen years, proud that she’s the first person in her family to own a home.
How Denver Real Estate Market Has Changed Since 2020

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

March 2025 marked five years since the COVID-19 pandemic made Denver’s housing market explode. According to the a recent market trends report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors Market, the median sale price in metro Denver rose 38.5 percent from March 2020 to April 2022, to $616,500. By March of this year, the median sale price had dropped to $599,000 indicating Denver's residential real estate is not as hot as it once was.
New Rockies City Connect Uniforms Pay Homage to Mountains, Sunsets

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

The base colors of the jersey are baby blue and purple, with the team explaining that the color palette is also meant to evoke Colorado’s gorgeous sunsets with yellow, orange and red accent colors. Both the hats and the jersey include a logo in the shape of a mountain with a baseball flying over the peak. The Colorado Rockies have new City Connect uniforms, replacing the previous green rendition that mimicked Colorado’s license plates with a color-infused Rocky Mountain jersey.
Denver, Colorado Summer Forecast Calls for Hot, Dry Conditions

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac summer 2025 weather prediction, Colorado is in for an extremely hot and dry summer in 2025, so escaping to the mountains or finally making that trip to Alaska could be good ideas. If you love the Mad Max film series, this summer could be for you. If the Farmer’s Almanac is correct, nearly the entire country will experience extremely high temperatures this summer, with Colorado fitting into the large red zone representing hot, dry conditions.
Large Colorado Landlord Promises to Stop Using Private Data for Rent Prices

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

A large corporate landlord operating in Colorado will no longer use private data to set rents after state Attorney General Phil Weiser and apartment management company Cortland came to an agreement. Cortland’s Atlanta headquarters was raided by the FBI last June as part of an FBI investigation into rental price-fixing by RealPage, a software company used by swaths of landlords nationwide to determine how much to charge for rent.
New Poll Finds Coloradans Aren't Happy With Donald Trump, Elon Musk or DOGE

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

The majority of Coloradans have very unfavorable opinions of President Donald Trump and his policy choices, including negative views on tariffs and the Department of Government Efficiency headed by Elon Musk. A new poll of 615 likely 2026 Colorado voters conducted by the Colorado Polling Institute in late March found 58 percent have unfavorable views of Trump, with 55 percent of those voters holding very unfavorable opinions.
Downtown Denver Hotel Takes Home Hotel of the Year Award

1 week ago | westword.com | Catie Cheshire

On April 9, Esquire announced that the Populus in downtown Denver is the Hotel of the Year for 2025 in the magazine’s annual Best New Hotels in the World list. The Hotel of the Year is in Denver, according to a new ranking. It’s been a big week for the Populus, which was also honored in the Mayor’s Design Awards on April 9, taking home two prizes in one day.