This morning, the board of directors for Colorado’s Economic Development Commission approved a rebate of $300,000 for Freak Power, a movie about writer Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo 1970 run for sheriff of Pitkin County to be written and directed by Bobby Kennedy III, grandson of the late Senator Robert F…
Our recent post about the Colorado cities that spend the most and the least on the holidays drew from information compiled by WalletHub — and seasonal budget information only scrapes the surface of its data. When we contacted the folks at the site, they provided us with lots of unpublished facts…
Despite providing a home for Mile High Stadium, among Colorado’s most iconic venues, Sun Valley is Denver’s lowest-income neighborhood according to data shared by the office of the city’s mayor, Michael Hancock. But the area has been targeted for economic transformation. Hancock has announced that Sun Valley will receive one…
More than half of the condos being built in the former El Jebel Shrine in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood have been sold — and the project won’t be completed until the end of next summer. Renamed Mirador at Tennyson, the building itself, being redeveloped by Confluence Companies, will have 24 condos…
For a country rooted in a rebellion, America’s got no shortage of castles. And some spectacular ones can be yours — including one in Denver. Estately recently compiled a list of the most whimsical American castles for sale right now. Among the classically inspired structures highlighted is a Denver-area property…
The election of Donald Trump and his nomination of marijuana-hating Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general has raised concern among members of the cannabis community about a crackdown on the pot laws in states such as Colorado. Such worries aren’t without merit. University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin recently outlined…
A long-running battle over efforts to develop 130 acres of land at the southwest edge of the sprawling Denver metroplex is headed for a showdown in the next few weeks.
The nonprofit private university recently announced that it would no longer accept new students and plans to close the school at the end of 2017.
Last week, we shared the latest Denver rent data from Zumper by way of counting down the metro-area cities with the lowest-to-highest rent for a one-bedroom apartment. As we noted, the median prices for rent varied by more than $300 from the top of the roster to the bottom. Today,…
A new video makes a case that the campaigns to “Ditch the Ditch” and re-examine Denver’s stormwater plan, which have been fought separately and piecemeal for the most part, may have more in common than most people realize.
In November, Colorado voters approved Amendment 70, which will gradually increase the state minimum wage to $12 per hour (from its current $8.31) by 2020. But the proposal’s success hasn’t slowed the Fight for $15 movement, which has been holding events in the Denver area for years, although none quite…
How much does the average Coloradan budget for the holidays? Turns out the amount differs by location — and it differs a lot. WalletHub came up with holiday-budget estimates for communities across the country — an incredible 570 of them. Included were sixteen cities in Colorado, where holiday-budget estimates start at…
Gart Bros. bought the property in 1971 and dubbed it the “Sportscastle” — a name that changed over the years to “Sports Castle” — and filled the 100,000-square-foot space with skis, sneakers, tennis racquets, golf clubs and basketballs.
While some surveys suggest that overall Denver rent prices have plateaued or are going down, that’s not universally true. Indeed, rents are still rising in some Denver neighborhoods. Likewise, prices for a one-bedroom apartment vary widely in different communities across the Denver metro area. That’s among the takeaways from Zumper’s…
In a victory for proponents of property rights, the Denver City Council on Monday, November 21, rejected historic designation for Judith Battista’s Jefferson Park home.
Denver gets a lot of love from list-makers, as witnessed by the community being named the best place to live in America by U.S. News & World Report earlier this year. But Colorado is hardly a one-city state. As evidence, eyeball WalletHub’s roster of 2016’s Best Small Cities in America. The…
In July, owner Holly Kylberg listed the property for $4.5 million with broker Phil Ruschmeyer. Ruschmeyer in October enlisted online real estate marketing firm LFC Group of Companies in an effort to gain a wider audience. Bids will be accepted through December 15.
Can someone other than a home’s owner have the building designated historic? That’s the question Judith Battista is asking, now that Denver City Council rep Rafael Espinoza has applied to have the Jefferson Park house she’s owned for ten years declared historic. “As I’ve told everyone, my house is for…
Each year, Outside magazine compiles a list of the 100 best places to work in these United States. And each year, more and more of them seem to be located in Colorado. Examples? As we reported back in 2011, when the Outside list ended at fifty, seven from Colorado placed — and…
Denver’s $300-million stormwater diversion project has already generated significant community resistance, but opponents of the Platte to Park Hill Stormwater Systems are increasingly focusing on a little-discussed aspect of the project: the decision to direct storm runoff to the South Platte River through a heavily polluted Superfund site.
We recent posted about the current cost to rent a two-bedroom apartment in 26 Denver neighborhoods, using data from the recently released November 2016 Denver Rent Report from ApartmentList.com. The report maintains that rents have stayed flat in the metro area over the past month even though prices are still…
RiNo pioneer Zeppelin Development wants to create a destination for passengers boarding or disembarking at Blake Street Station, just one stop from Denver Union Station on the commuter rail line to Denver International Airport.
