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Historic Tramway building could get an affordable housing neighbor

4 days ago | denverite.com | Andrew Kenney

The historic Tramway Nonprofit Center in northeast Denver is home to more than a dozen nonprofits. That’s set to continue long into the future — but with some new neighbors. Urban Land Conservancy, the local nonprofit that owns the center and the property, hopes to build affordable housing on a vacant section of the block.
Denver planning director steps down after 13 months

6 days ago | denverite.com | Andrew Kenney

Manish Kumar, executive director of Denver’s Department of Community Planning and Development, is resigning on June 6. Kumar was appointed by Mayor Mike Johnston in February 2024, representing a major hire for the new administration after the job was vacant for close to six months. Kumar framed his resignation as a “mission accomplished” moment, departing the job sooner than some of his predecessors.
A developer is suing Denver over affordable housing fees

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

A homebuilder is suing the city of Denver for a law that requires developers to pay a fee into the city’s affordable housing fund when they build new structures. The company, redT Homes, boasts it builds homes that are “lite on your wallet and lite on the planet.” Denver’s affordable housing mandates, the company argues, are preventing the builder from doing just that.
Bird numbers have dropped in the metro, but counting them can still inspire hope

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kevin Beaty

A crowd gathered as Meredith McBurney plucked a bright, squirming yellow warbler from a net. “He’s so cute!” someone whispered. “That's a good bird,” McBurney said to him as she loosened fibers wrapped around his foot. “This one got pretty tangled.”She slipped him into a drawstring bag, then led her human guests back to a shelter nestled in the trees. It was just another spring day at the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ banding site in Littleton.
How Denver’s 16th Street became 'a ghost town' — and how the city hopes to resurrect it

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

The local historian Mark Barnhouse described 16th Street as “the heart of a great city” in his book about the 1.7-mile commercial strip. But lately, that heart has been struggling to pump blood. Mayor Mike Johnston and downtown boosters are betting big that a $175 million construction project and a $100,000 rebranding will bring life back to the former 16th Street Mall — now renamed 16th Street. The mall is a one-mile portion of the strip, designed by famed architect I.M. Pei and built in 1982.
Orangutans at Denver Zoo got into a secure ‘behind-the-scenes’ area

1 week ago | denverite.com | Paolo Zialcita

The Denver Zoo is investigating a “malfunction” that allowed several of its Sumatran orangutans to reach a part of its facility on Wednesday that is only meant for zookeepers.
How Denver and Aurora police cost taxpayers $19M in George Floyd protest lawsuits

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

“Let’s start a riot,” one Denver cop posted to social media, along with a photo of officers in riot gear. “If anyone moves, light ‘em up,” said another, according to a legal complaint filed against the Denver Police Department. “If you wanted to breathe, you should have stayed home tonight,” an officer told a person having an asthma attack after being sprayed with tear gas.
Animal rights group wants to ban foie gras in Denver this year

1 week ago | denverite.com | Paolo Zialcita

The animal rights group that tried to shut down a slaughterhouse in Denver has a new target: banning foie gras. Pro-Animal Colorado, formerly known as Pro-Animal Future, submitted a proposed ballot initiative earlier this month that would ban the sale in Denver of foie gras, which is produced by force-feeding birds. The proposal would also ban force-feeding poultry in the city. The proposed initiative is only in the beginning stage, so the details may change.
Outside Festival is back. Here’s what you need to know

1 week ago | denverite.com | Alex Scoville

Outside Festival returns this weekend, promising to bring a critical mass of your outdoorsiest friends to Civic Center Park in downtown Denver this Saturday and Sunday. But you don’t have to be a co-op member to enjoy what’s on offer. Here’s what to expect. Who’s playing it? Khruangbin headlines Outside Festival on Saturday night, with performances earlier from groups like electropop duo Sylvan Esso and Denver’s own Brothers of Bass.
Outage affecting Denver website, non-emergency line was not a hack, city says

1 week ago | denverite.com | Kyle Harris

Denver news1 min. readDenver government websites were shut down on Tuesday from around 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., interrupting some city operations. “To my knowledge, we’re fully back,” Jon Ewing, a spokesperson for Mayor Mike Johnston, wrote on Wednesday morning. The city is investigating the cause of the crash, which remains unknown. “It was not a hack,” Ewing wrote. An unknown number of departments shifted to backup policies and procedures.