Loneliness is a growing threat to public health that can affect both physical and mental well-being, and research shows that it has the same impact on death rates as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Right here in Denver, most people are considered lonely. That’s the conclusion of an eye-opening survey by Cigna. It revealed that […]
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Carman: The Millennial caucus just might have the solution to runaway gentrification
I’m pretty sure I unintentionally helped gentrify a neighborhood in the 1970s before gentrification was a word. My then-husband and I bought a house in a tired neighborhood in Vancouver, Wash., cleaned, painted and refurbished it, and sold it a year later for a 19 percent profit. That put another $6,000 in our pockets to […]
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Building something real on the blockchain comes down to collaboration, better tech and pizza
It’s February 2019. The cryptocurrency bubble has pretty much burst. Actual use of the public blockchain beyond currency is rare. And for many consumers, blockchain and bitcoin are the same thing (they’re actually not). That’s OK with supporters of EthDenver, an event promoting Ethereum blockchain technology that starts Friday. With bitcoin values down by 65 […]
Posted inColoradans, Growth, Politics and Government
Cities across Colorado saw how gentrification impacted Denver. They’re trying to avoid the same pitfalls.
The downside of gentrification — involuntary displacement — has had profound effects on some neighborhoods in Denver, and now other cities along the Front Range recognize its early stages. Some have begun to formulate policy to deal with it. Fueled by a hot real estate market, less expensive areas of cities like Aurora and Fort […]
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As development plans flood Denver’s poorest neighborhood, fear of gentrification lingers
Carolyn Chavez has called Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood home for 66 years. It’s where she raised six children, and eventually, five of her 10 grandchildren. For decades, she watched friends and family move elsewhere; neighborhood children go off to college or fall into the grips of addiction. She was there when the new Mile High […]
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Denver’s Westwood warily watches redevelopment happen. Can it stay true to its roots when gentrification looms?
Mayra Martinez can roll out of bed in an apartment that’s among the newest construction in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood and slip behind her desk at the law firm across the street in a matter of minutes. She pays a little over $1,000 a month for the one-bedroom space, utilities included. That’s a bargain in the […]
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A study on gentrification made 12 recommendations for Denver. Three years later, here’s where the city stands.
More than two years after it issued its report, the city has implemented a variety of measures to address concerns identified in the study. Some programs, such as jobs associated with highway construction, fall under the purview of the state or another jurisdiction. The Sun asked the city’s Office of Economic Development for a […]
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Denver passed over, Salt Lake City gets the go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics
By Eddie Pells and Brady McCombs, The Associated Press Salt Lake City — and not Denver — got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics, most likely for 2030, in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance […]
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Jared Polis wants Colorado 100 percent powered by renewable energy, but talk is easier than the walk
Denver wants to do it, as do Fort Collins, Pueblo and Breckenridge. Aspen has already done it, and Colorado Gov.-elect Jared Polis wants the whole state to do it by 2040: run on 100 percent renewable energy. There is even a push by incoming congressional Democrats, led by U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, to […]
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Denver is still in the running for Amazon’s HQ2, according to Colorado officials
Hold the phone, Colorado! Denver has not been ruled out as a possibility for Amazon’s second headquarters after all. Despite reports from East Coast newspapers naming New York and Virginia as the next Amazon HQ2, Colorado officials said they just heard from Amazon that no decisions have been made. “Our source is Amazon themselves,” said […]