Kevin Beaty

3 days ago | denverite.com | Kevin Beaty

Denver City Council will vote Monday on a major milestone for redevelopment at the National Western Center: an agreement to send $23.3 million per year, for 35 years, to the authority that is reshaping the home of Denver’s annual stock show. It would be $812 million in total, sourced from tourism taxes passed in 2015 to support the area. The spending is part of a sweeping redevelopment plan that has already brought a new Colorado State University campus and green space to Elyria Swansea.

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kevin Beaty

Last year, Denver launched a pilot program meant to pull the city’s most vulnerable out of loops of arrest, incarceration and homelessness. Officials are now working to turn that pilot, called Roads to Recovery, into a permanent city service, and they’re looking for a building to become a temporary shelter and a base for some operations. On Wednesday, Denver City Council’s Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee considered a proposal to purchase an old halfway house at 4280 N.

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kevin Beaty

It’s been 112 years since the RMS Titanic descended into the Atlantic’s briny depths. Even a century later, people are still entranced by its catastrophic demise. It’s one reason why there are two parallel exhibitions about the ship this month in Denver. The first, hosted by Historic Denver’s Molly Brown House, dives deep into the historic record, spinning a true tale about what happened after the disaster.

1 week ago | denverite.com | Andrew Kenney |Kevin Beaty

Property values in most Denver neighborhoods held steady or even dropped from 2022 to 2024, according to the latest data released by the Denver’s Assessor's Office. Keith Erffmeyer, Denver’s assessor, said it ends a decade-long trend of steadily rising home values. “The last time I can remember anything flat-ish, much less a reduction, would've been 14 years ago in 2011,” he said.

2 weeks ago | denverite.com | Kevin Beaty

Local hikers will have to wait until the dust settles, quite literally, to get full access to Waterton Canyon this monthDenver Water owns the Jefferson County open space, and closes it each year for a “dust mitigation project.” Its trails are closed to visitors on weekdays now through May 9 to make way for that work. Spokesperson Jimmy Luthye said crews are fully regrading and resurfacing roads in the area, which are beaten up each year by weather and heavy use.