The state’s population grew just 0.5% last year, the slowest since 2011. Plus: Twitter job cuts, interest rates and more.
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How two big Denver suburbs are approaching the reality that they’re running out of water
Fast-growing Castle Rock starts with a turf ban, while Arvada doubles connection fees. Water prices are now part of the affordable housing equation.
Posted inBusiness
Housing Lottery: Inside a manufactured neighborhood fighting Colorado’s high country housing crisis
At Norwood’s Pinion Park, a model to make homes affordable for paycheck-to-paycheck residents is put to the test
Posted inBusiness
As places like Cañon City court redevelopment, they find an unlikely ally in the EPA
The agency’s brownfields program just came into lots of new money. And they want rural and small-town Colorado to help spend it.
Posted inEnvironment
Vilified, sanctified, politicized, humanized: The Colorado prairie dogs controversy explained
The 2022 version of prairie dog hostilities currently focuses on Longmont, where more than a thousand prairie dogs have been digging holes and chirping at the future site of a retail center
Posted inClimate, Growth, News
Water agencies in Western cities pledge drought savings. Some environmentalists want more.
A new coalition of Western city water agencies pledged to step up conservation efforts amid the 22-year megadrought draining the Colorado River. The environmental advocacy community diverged on how much to praise or blast the effort. Water providers in Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Pueblo, Las Vegas and a Southern California umbrella group all pledged to […]
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John Parvensky figured out how to solve the homelessness crisis. Now he’s out of time.
When John Parvensky helped start the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless in 1985, he and other leaders trying to solve homelessness in Denver figured they could accomplish the job in five years. They thought it was a matter of focusing on the increasing number of folks on the streets, mostly men and mostly with alcohol […]
Posted inBusiness, Coloradans, Economy, Growth, Housing, News, Outdoors
Leadville was an unassuming, old mining town — until COVID brought the deep-pocketed tourists
LEADVILLE —A coffee shop downtown finally got fed up with the question and posted an answer: No, you cannot leave your bicycle in here. Everyone has a $10,000 bike. The sign got laughs from the locals, who’ve earned the right by living year-round at 10,000 feet to poke fun at Front Range and out-of-state tourists […]
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A first look at Denver Public Schools’ new strategic plan
A year into his tenure, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero is rolling out a new strategic plan to guide Colorado’s largest school district. The plan, which Marrero calls a roadmap, focuses on three broad goals: improving the student experience, improving the adult experience for educators and families, and replacing “ineffective, destructive systems” with “equitable, […]
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Rugged camper born in Colorado may help hone a new facet of Silverton’s high-elevation economy
Kass and Beth Kremer and their friend Daryl Magner were soaking up the alpenglow on a pleasant August evening two years ago, lounging around a campfire next to their tent and old Bronco on the back side of Silverton Mountain. They were happy to be out of COVID lockdown and in the mountains. But they […]