Author: Lindsey Toomer
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Denver to provide safe overnight parking for people living in cars
Denver is using $150,000 in federal pandemic aid to provide safe overnight parking to people living in their car, city officials said Thursday. The city’s Department of Housing Stability entered into a contract with the Colorado Safe Parking Initiative, which is administering a program that will allow for two safe parking sites in Denver with eight…
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Denver to increase its minimum wage to $17.29 an hour
Denver’s minimum wage will increase to $17.29 per hour starting Jan. 1, according to a news release from the city. Minimum wage for tipped food and beverage workers will increase to $14.27 per hour if they earn at least $3.02 in tips per hour. 9News meteorologist ‘keeps it real’ sharing her experience with skin cancer…
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Aurora gives unanimous initial approval to cool weather turf ban
Aurora City Council gave unanimous approval on first reading Monday night to a bill that restricts the use of nonfunctional grass in new development throughout the city. Should the bill pass on its second vote, Aurora would become the first municipality in Colorado to restrict the use of “cool weather turf” in new development, redevelopment…
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Denver gives final approval to catalytic converter sale reporting system
Denver City Council unanimously passed on final reading a bill intended to work in conjunction with state legislation targeting catalytic converter theft. Anytime someone sells a catalytic converter to a scrap yard or an auto parts shop in Denver, the shop owner must now provide the city with the seller’s identification — including a car…
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Sidewalks initiative will be on the ballot as Denver starts a new approach
The Denver Deserves Sidewalks initiative gathered enough signatures to get onto Denver’s ballot this fall, with the intention of publicly funding the construction and repair of sidewalks across the city. The proposed ballot language asks Denver voters if the city should adopt a sidewalk master plan and implement a “sustainable program for the construction, reconstruction,…
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New contracts will help low-income families in Denver make their homes more energy efficient
A Denver committee on Wednesday approved two contracts that would help low-income families make their homes more energy efficient through the Healthy Electric Efficient Homes program. Both of the contracts are for three years. The funding for the contracts comes from the city’s Climate Protection Fund. The first contract is for $2 million with BlocPower…
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Woman who died in fall at Empower Field identified
Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner identified the woman who died at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium on Sunday as Jimi Goodman, 49. Goodman fell off an escalator railing following a concert by country musician Kenny Chesney, Denver police said. The cause of death was blunt force injuries, and authorities ruled her death as…
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Denver preliminarily OKs catalytic converter sale reporting system to combat theft
Denver City Council unanimously passed on first reading a bill intended to work in conjunction with state legislation targeting catalytic converter theft. Under the proposal, anytime someone sells a catalytic converter to a scrap yard or an auto parts shop, the shop owner must provide Denver with the seller’s identification — including a car license…
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Colorado town OKs catalytic converter sale reporting system to combat theft
Denver City Council unanimously passed on first reading a bill intended to work in conjunction with state legislation targeting catalytic converter theft. Under the proposal, anytime someone sells a catalytic converter to a scrap yard or an auto parts shop, the shop owner must provide Denver with the seller’s identification — including a car license…
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Denver council approves behavioral health contract amendment in split vote
In a split vote, Denver City Council approved Monday a contract amendment with the Mental Health Center of Denver, doing business as WellPower, to pay an additional $3.7 million for short-term crisis stabilization and transitional sheltering at the Behavioral Health Solutions Center. This extends the contract through the end of 2022 with an adjusted total…