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Description: The Front Rangers Cycling Club is a collection of volunteers, partnering with the Denver Police Department, committed to giving back to the community by mentoring at-risk urban kids through bicycling. Founded in 1993, the organization has worked with 200 kids, getting them outside and moving, enhancing their sense of adventure, and giving them a feeling of accomplishment. The Club organizes large-scale cycling events/races in the Denver metro area.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Biking, Transportation, Sports and Recreation, Mentoring, After-school programs
Description: This brief article summarizes Revesco Properties’s plans to redevelop 62 acres of land in downtown Denver. The land adjoins Elitch Gardens and is one of the largest infill plots left in the city as of time of publication. The article references affordable housing, transportation and infrastructure plans, and the possible recreational and commercial uses of the area.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Transportation, Real estate development, Business enterprises -- Colorado -- Denver, Land use, Urban -- Colorado -- Denver., Urban renewal -- Colorado -- Denver.
Description: Founded as a student-organized theater group at the University of Colorado, Denver in 1972, Su Teatro is a Denver-based theater company whose mission is to promote, produce, develop and preserve the cultural arts, heritage, and traditions of the Chicano/Latino community. Beginning in the 1980s, the group began to develop full-length plays, and created more than 20 original full length productions that have toured the nation widely. In 1989, Su Teatro purchased the old Elyria School in Northeast Denver, and was able to expand their programming to include annual arts festivals and an arts education program, in addition to a full theater season. In 2010, Su Teatro purchased and renovated the Denver Civic Theatre, located at 721 Santa Fe Drive, in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Hispanic Americans in the performing arts., Community theater -- Colorado -- Denver, Theater -- Study and teaching -- United States, Performing Arts, BIPOC, Theatre, Arts & Humanities
Description: Since 1976, the community-based non-profit organization Bienvenidos Food Bank has provided Northwest Denver individuals and families with food assistance and services. The organization offers a storefront market, mobile pantry, emergency food locations at schools and other nonprofits, home grocery delivery, a diaper and personal hygiene bank, a pet food pantry, and SNAP program application assistance. Bienvenidos serves nearly 10,000 people across all of Denver each year.
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Subject: Bienvenidos Food Bank COVID-19 response, Society & Culture, Food banks -- United States., Food security -- United States., Hunger -- United States, Science & Health, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Description: The Denver Justice Project (DJP) works with historically marginalized communities to address systemic racism by transforming law enforcement and the structure of the criminal justice system through intersectional movement building, direct action, advocacy, and collaborative education.
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Subject: Racial justice, Social justice, BIPOC, Law enforcement -- Government policy -- United States., Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
Description: The Denver Urban Spectrum is a monthly publication in Denver, Colorado that has been “spreading the news about people of color” since 1987. The magazine provides local, state, national, and international news coverage in both a print and online version. The affiliated Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation, established in 2000, offers individual internships, seminars and other opportunities to teenagers seeking hands-on experiences and education about journalism.
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Subject: African Americans – Colorado — Denver -- newspapers, African American magazines, Arts & Humanities, Politics, BIPOC, General news, Journalism, Society & Culture
Description: The Final Friday Art Walk (Final Fridays) gives visitors, residents and folks who work in the Golden Triangle district (bounded by Speer Boulevard, Colfax Avenue, and Lincoln Street) an after-hours opportunity to explore the many creative spaces in our special corner of Denver. The events include the chance to engage with the quirky, cool, and sophisticated art and creatives which define this eclectic neighborhood. Held the last Friday of each month from 6-9 pm, the walk includes special events and later hours for the Denver Art Museum and the many galleries and artist spaces in the neighborhood.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Art, Artists, Art Galleries, Commercial, Art museums, Community Engagement
Description: FasTracks is RTD's voter-approved transit expansion program -- the largest in the nation -- transforming transportation through the Denver metro area. Between 2004 and 2019, the project completed the W Line, the Free MetroRide and Union Station. In January 2016, they launched the Flatiron Flyer Bus Rapid Transit service; in April 2016, the University of Colorado A Line rail service between Union Station and Denver International Airport; in July 2016, the B Line to Westminster; in February 2017, the R Line through Aurora; and in April 2019, the G Line. Through the FasTracks program, RTD is building more rail, improved bus service, more parking, and improved roadways and bridges. This page captures a list and summaries of completed projects, and future projects to be completed. Includes a map of existing lines and fact sheets on the Gold Line/G Line and Eagle P3 projects (A, B, and G lines, and commuter rail maintenance facility).
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Subject: Society & Culture, Public transportation, Transportation, Economic development, Infrastructure, Mass transit, Local transit – Colorado – Denver, Local transit – Colorado – Aurora, Local transit – Colorado – Boulder
Description: The 11-mile commuter light rail G line opened in 2019 with the intent of bringing faster, more frequent service to Denver, Arvada, and Wheat Ridge. The line offers connections between Wheat Ridge and Denver’s Union Station, and points in between. This page documents the line’s map, stations, and details of using the service.
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Subject: Infrastructure, Transportation, Public transportation, Society & Culture, Mass transit, Local transit – Colorado – Denver, Local transit – Colorado – Arvada, Local transit – Colorado – Wheat Ridge, Economic development
Description: St. Francis Center is a refuge for adults who are homeless in the metro Denver area, providing shelter along with services that enable people to meet their basic needs for daily survival and to transition out of homelessness. St. Francis Center’s programs and services focus on daytime shelter, social services, health and wellness, housing, employment, and outreach.
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Subject: Saint Francis Center COVID-19 response, Society & Culture, Homelessness, Social services, Shelters for the homeless -- United States., Homeless persons -- Services for -- United States.
Description: The Greenway Foundation partners with numerous public, private, philanthropic and political partners to create ongoing environmental, recreational and water quality enhancements along the South Platte River and its tributaries. Over $30 Million of projects are in planning, design or construction phases along the entire 10 mile area of the South Platte in Denver. These projects include work on Confluence Park, the Overland Corridor, Weir Gulch, Johnson Habitat Park, Grant Frontier Park, Pasquinel’s Landing Park, and the creation of a new six-acre park in the heart of RiNo, adjacent to 35th St. and Arkins Court. This page outlines the plans and progress updates for these park, trail, and river enhancements.
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Subject: Parks – Colorado – Denver, Urban parks -- Colorado -- Denver, City planning -- Colorado -- Denver., Urban renewal -- Colorado -- Denver., Greenways, Public spaces, Open spaces, Waterfronts, Outdoor recreation, Water resources development -- Environmental aspects -- Colorado -- Denver., South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), South Platte River Valley (Colo. and Neb.)
Creator: The Greenway Foundation
Type: Website
description: River Vision Implementation Plan (RVIP)
title: River Vision Implementation Plan (RVIP) - The Greenway Foundation
Description: In 2022, Pam Anderson ran for election as Colorado Secretary of State on the Republican ticket. Anderson previously served as Wheat Ridge City Clerk (2003-2007), Jefferson County Clerk (2007-2015), and as a private business owner of Consilium Colorado, a government relations and nonprofit management consulting company. Pam has volunteered on a number of boards, including the Colorado County Clerks Association Executive Board, Colorado Secretary of State Bipartisan Election Advisory Committee, and the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Anderson lost against Democratic candidate Pam Anderson, garnering 43.7% of the vote to Griswold’s 53.6%.
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Subject: Colorado. Department of State, Republican Party (Colo.), Elections – Colorado, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Pam Anderson for CO Secretary of State
Type: Website
Date: 2022
Description: Provides updates on RTD’s G Line light rail development project, including information on train schedules, horns, safety measures, and contact information.
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Subject: Transportation, Infrastructure, Public transportation, Local transit – Colorado – Denver, Local transit – Colorado – Arvada
Description: Lists and briefly summarizes the proposed constitutional amendments and citizen initiatives featured statewide in Colorado in 2022. This page also summarizes Colorado legislators’ referral votes by party on referred constitutional amendments, the process for getting a measure on the ballot, facts on the history of Colorado ballot measures, and measures that did not make it onto the ballot. A post-election version of the site added the final election results and a summary of campaign contributions for and against each measure.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Politics & Elections, ballot measures, Government – US States, Elections – Colorado
Description: This Ballotopedia.org page summarizes the 2018 Colorado Ballot Proposition 112, which was intended to establish minimum distance requirements for new Oil, Gas, and Fracking Projects. The proposition was intended to restrict the development of these new projects to within 2,500 feet from occupied buildings and other areas designated as vulnerable (such as schools and homes).
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Subject: Society & Culture, Politics & Elections, Science & Health, Ballot propositions, Natural gas – Law and legislation
Description: Summarizes the June 4 political debate between Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates for the 2018 election. The debate, hosted by 9news.com, featured former State Senator Mike Johnston, former State Treasurer Cary Kennedy, Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne and U.S. Representative Jared Polis. The page links to a YouTube video of the debate.
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Subject: Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Politics, Political parties, Democratic Party
Description: This article discusses the free track-chair program featured at Colorado’s Staunton State Park. This adaptive program provides four-wheel drive wheelchairs that are outfitted with tank treads, thus facilitating bumpy terrain hiking for users of wheelchairs.
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Subject: Backpacking., Outdoor recreation., Hiking., Track chairs, Athletes with disabilities., People with disabilities -- United States., Staunton State Park (Colo.), Wheelchairs, Society & Culture
Description: Colorado Rising is a statewide grassroots coalition of people and organizations working to protect communities from the dangers to public health and safety of fossil fuel operations, to promote transition away from fossil fuels, and to protect the environment for future generations. The organization does this through community empowerment, education, litigation, and policy efforts. The group was initially focused on passing Proposition 112, a 2018 initiative intended to ban fracking and other oil extraction activities within 2500 feet of occupied buildings or other vulnerable areas. That measure did not pass, however Colorado Rising continues to advocate for environmental health and safety in the state.
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Subject: Science & Health, Regional planning -- Colorado., Environmental Activism, Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects, Hydraulic fracturing -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Description: The Denver Infill website was launched in 2006 by Ken Schroeppel, an urbanist, planner, and educator who lives and works in the Downtown Denver area. The site was converted to a blog in 2009, but the primary purpose remains the same: to track the numerous urban infill developments in the greater Downtown Denver area, educate about urban planning and development, and to advocate for positive changes to Denver’s built environment. This section of posts pertain to construction in the Central Platte Valley area of Denver.
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Subject: Urban parks -- Colorado -- Denver, Real estate development, Public spaces, Local transit – Colorado – Denver, Land use, Urban -- Colorado -- Denver., Housing – Colorado – Denver, Architecture, Urban renewal -- Colorado -- Denver., Urban Development, City planning, Urban policy -- Colorado -- Denver., Infrastructure, Society & Culture
Description: This Denverite.com article examines Metropolitan State University’s new policy, announced in 2022, to freeze tuition costs for incoming students for four years. The intent of the program is to make the cost of college predictable for the traditional duration of a student’s enrollment.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Colleges & Universities, Education – Costs – Colorado, College Tuition
Description: A Denver activist couple turned their home into a shared housing cooperative, thus creating a communal living community with home equity shared among all residents. This news article reports on the legal and financial processes used to achieve the new intentional community, as well as some of the personal benefits to residents.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Activism, Housing – Colorado – Denver, Zoning law -- Colorado -- Denver., Communal living
Description: Denver’s Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program is intended to minimize unnecessary interactions with law enforcement in nonviolent crisis situations. The program features mobile response vans staffed with a mental health clinician and paramedic. The popular program, launched in 2020, has seen its temporary budget expanded several times, growing from one van to six. This article discusses Denver City Council’s vote to expand their budget by $2.3 million for 2023, and contract with Servicios de La Raza. The partnership is expected to expand STAR’s ability to respond in “culturally responsive, linguistically specific” ways.
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Subject: Psychic trauma, Crisis intervention (Mental health services), Social Services, Homelessness, Community Engagement, Society & Culture, Substance abuse
Description: Denver Public Schools, in connection with Major Michael Hancock’s office, is attempting to alleviate growing food insecurity for Denver’s children and families by placing grocery stores at new “Community Hub” locations.The first two hubs will be located in schools, and will provide free food, toiletries, and shoes. The first Community Hub opened at Place Bridge Academy in the Virginia Vale neighborhood in 2022, and the second is slated to open at Colfax Elementary.
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Subject: Social Services, Hunger -- United States, Food security -- United States., Food banks -- United States., Science & Health
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Description: Denver’s PrideFest is the largest celebration of LGBTQ+ pride in the Rocky Mountain region, featuring live entertainment on multiple stages; 250+ exhibitors; the Denver Pride Parade; events for young families, teens, and seniors; and the Pride 5K race. The festival is hosted by The Center on Colfax, and takes place at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, and along Colfax Avenue and Broadway. PrideFest is held on the third weekend of June each year, with the events falling on June 16-17 in 2018, and June 15-16 in 2019. 2019 was the 50th anniversary of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York, and that year the festival featured a special art installation by Lonnie Hanzon, free exhibits and events, and online resources and lesson plans about Stonewall.
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Subject: Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969 -- Anniversaries, etc., Gay pride celebrations., Gay Pride Day., LGBTQ+ people., Transgender people, Gay people, Gay community – Colorado – Denver, Society & Culture
Description: The First Friday Art Walks, Denver's Santa Fe Art District’s signature event, feature open galleries, studios, restaurants and breweries, food trucks, and other events and activities on the first Friday evening of each month. The Santa Fe Art District spans from 13th Avenue to Alameda Avenue, and from Kalamath Street to Inca Street, and features numerous arts and cultural organizations.
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Subject: Art Festivals -- Colorado -- Denver, Artists, Art museums, Art Galleries, Community Engagement, Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture
Description: The Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) is a union representing the 5,635 educators of the Denver Public School system. In January 2019, Denver Public School teachers went on their first strike since 1994, protesting low wages and the resulting high teacher turnover and systemic instability for students. The conversation surrounding the strike and eventual contract agreement are documented on this site.
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Subject: Collective bargaining--Teachers, Teachers, Education, Labor Organizations, Teachers' unions, Society & Culture, Denver Public Schools
Description: In 2020, Colorado Governor Polis established a Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board (CGNAB) to examine proposals concerning name changes, new names, and name controversies of geographic features and certain public places in the State of Colorado. The Board cooperated with the United States Board of Geographic Names (BGN), who gives final determinations for standardizing the names of geographic and natural features. Between 2020 and April 2022, the CCGNAB (CGNAB) sought public input for replacing the names of geographic locations with the term “Squaw” in their current title. This document is a summary of geographic names under consideration, physical location of each place, and several proposed replacement names for each.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board, Reparative description, United States Board on Geographic Names., Names, Geographical -- United States., United States Geographical Survey
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Subject: Falling Rock Tap House (Denver, Colo.), Restaurants--Colorado--Denver, Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Denver
Description: Michael B. Hancock is an American author and politician serving as the 45th Mayor of Denver, Colorado since 2011. He was the second African American man to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, he was in his second term as the Denver City Councilor from the 11th district at the time he was elected to the mayorship, and served three terms as mayor. Hancock was raised in Denver, earned a B.A. from Hastings College and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado, Denver. Prior to turning towards politics, he began his career at the Denver Housing Authority and the National Civic League. In the campaign documented here, his second reelection campaign, he won in a runoff against Jamie Giellis, receiving 56.3% of the vote to Giellis' 43.7%.
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Subject: Mayors – Elections, Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, African American politicians., Politics & Elections
Description: The Western History and Genealogy Department of Denver Public Library awards the Caroline Bancroft History Prize annually. According to the terms of the will of the late Caroline Bancroft, provision is made for an annual prize "to be awarded to the author of the best book on Colorado or Western American History published during the current year, to be known as the Caroline Bancroft History Prize."
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Subject: Society & Culture, Awards, Book awards, Arts & Humanities, Libraries, Archives, West (U.S.) -- History, History
Description: The Eleanor Gehres Award honors an individual or an organization that has made a significant contribution of library materials (books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, works of art or other items), scholarship, life-long service, or bequest, thereby enhancing the Western History Collection and its value to the community. The award is named after the first recipient, who directed the Western History and Genealogy Department beginning in 1974.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Local History, Libraries, Archives, Libraries and archives, History, Awards, Community service
Description: In 2022, Jena Griswold ran for reelection as Colorado Secretary of State on the Democratic ticket. Griswold was first elected to the office in 2018. Prior to serving as Secretary of State, Griswold worked for President Obama's 2012 campaign as a voter protection attorney, served as the Director of Governor Hickenlooper’s Washington, D.C. office (2013-2015), and ran her own private legal practice in Louisville, CO (2015-2018). She made history as the youngest person elected Secretary of State in the United States. Griswold won against Republican candidate Pam Anderson, garnering 53.6% of the vote to Anderson’s 43.7%.
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Subject: Colorado. Department of State, Democratic Party (Colo.), Elections – Colorado, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture
Description: Lisa Calderón ran for election as Mayor of Denver in 2019 and 2023. In 2019, she was full-time faculty at Regis University, teaching Criminal Justice and Sociology courses. Calderón was born in Denver and received a BA in English from Metropolitan State University; an MA in Liberal Studies, focusing on Native American Studies, from the University of Denver; a JD from the University of Colorado Boulder School of Law; and an Ed.D in Education from the University of Colorado. In the 2019 mayoral election campaign, Calderón ran against five other candidates. With close results, the race went to a runoff between incumbent Michael Hancock and Jamie Giellis, with Hancock winning with 56.3% of the vote. In 2023, Calderón ran for Mayor a second time. The mayoral race in 2023 was a complicated one, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. At the time, she was Executive Director of Emerge Colorado, which recruits and trains democratic women to run for office, and remained a faculty member at Regis University and CU Boulder. Following the April 2023 election, Calderón came in third with 18.2% of the vote, as compared to first and second-place candidates Mike Johnston’s and Kelly Brough’s respective 24.5% and 20%. The race again progressed to a June runoff between Johnston and Brough.
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Subject: Politics & Elections, Mayors – Elections, Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, Women politicians -- United States., African American politicians, Hispanic American politicians, BIPOC
Description: In 2022, Michael Bennet ran for reelection to the U.S. Senate on the Democratic ticket. Bennet is an attorney, education leader, and public servant. Prior to his appointment to the Senate in 2009 and subsequent election in 2010, he served as Superintendent of Denver Public Schools (2005-2009), Chief of Staff to Denver Mayor Hickenlooper (2003-2005), and managing director for Anschutz Investment Company (1997-2003). Bennet won against Republican candidate Joe O’Dea, garnering 54.3% of the vote to O’Dea’s 42.9%.
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Subject: United States. Congress -- Elections, Democratic Party (Colo.), Elections – Colorado, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture
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description: Meet Mike - Mike Johnston for Mayor
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description: Issues - Mike Johnston for Mayor
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description: Press Releases
Description: The Mestaa'ėhehe Coalition is a collaborative effort among Tribal Representatives from the Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and Hinono'eiteen (Arapaho) tribes, Indigenous leaders, non-profits, and allies who support renaming and educational efforts. Mount Blue Sky is a collaboration between these groups and The Wilderness Society petitioning to rename Colorado’s Mount Evans to “Mount Blue Sky.” The coalition condemns former Governor John Evans’s role in the Sand Creek Massacre, and has selected Blue Sky as a name meaningful to both the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Local History, BIPOC, Renaming geographic features, Cheyenne Tribe, Arapaho Tribe, Indigenous peoples--North America--History
Description: The National Western Stock Show, established in 1906, is the premier livestock, rodeo, and horse show in the nation, serving agricultural producers and consumers throughout the world. The Stock Show is held in Denver every January for 16 days, highlighting western heritage and entertainment, as well as being a trade show featuring livestock, farming, ranching, and equestrian goods. The show is both a tourist destination and a working convention, and attracts over 650,000 visitors annually.
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Subject: Trade and commerce, Livestock, Ranching, Agriculture, Tourism, Rodeo, Festivals, Society & Culture
Description: The “Japanese Americans in Five Points neighborhood” mapping project and exhibit document the impact and lives of Japanese Americans in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. In the wake of WWII, following the closing of America’s Japanese incarceration camps, the area surrounding and within the “Larimer Corridor” just north of downtown saw a surge of Japanese-American culture and businesses. Japanese arrivals joined other communities of color who also inhabited and owned businesses in this historic area. This app-based self-guided walking tour features 28 different locations in the community.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Arts & Humanities, Japanese Americans, Denver (Colo.) -- Tours., Maps, Oral history.
Description: In 2022, Jared Polis ran for reelection as Governor of Colorado on the Democratic ticket. Polis is a tech entrepreneur, philanthropist, education leader, and public servant. Prior to serving as Governor, Polis served on the State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007, and as U.S. Representative for Colorado's 2nd Congressional district from 2009 to 2019. He was first elected governor of Colorado in 2018, and made history several times as the first openly gay man elected governor to a U.S. state, the first Jewish governor of Colorado, and the first U.S. governor in a same-sex marriage. He is unusual in being a Libertarian Democrat.Polis won against Republican candidate Heidi Ganahl, garnering 57% of the vote to her 40.8%.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Politics & Elections, Elections – Colorado, Democratic Party (Colo.), Governors – Elections
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description: Issues - Polis for Colorado
title: Issues - Polis for Colorado
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description: News - Polis for Colorado
title: News - Polis for Colorado
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Subject: Safe Outdoor Spaces, Homelessness, Society and Culture, Temporary Housing, Social Services, COVID-19 Pandemic
Creator: Colorado Village Collaborative
Format: Infographic, Document
Description: In 2022, the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation put forward ballot initiative 2i, which proposed increasing the Denver property tax rate by 1.5 mills. The measure was expected to increase state revenue by $36 million in 2023, and would dedicate these funds to the Denver Public Library for purposes such as increasing staff pay, upgrading technology and infrastructure, and expanding hours and services. The measure passed with more than 67% of votes in favor.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Libraries and archives, Libraries, Public services (Libraries), ballot measures, Public libraries -- Colorado -- Denver -- Finance., Public libraries -- Finance
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Stronger Library Stronger Denver
Type: Website
Date: 2022
Description: In 2022, Coloradans for Affordable Housing Now put forward Proposition 123, which proposed setting aside 0.1% of state income tax revenue for affordable housing programs, to help ease the state’s affordable housing crisis. The measure was anticipated to earmark about 2% of income tax revenues, or nearly $300 million in its first fiscal year. It would include aid to develop more housing and provide assistance for certain renters and home buyers. The measure would leave the state’s income tax rate unchanged, but would reduce the amount refunded to voters under TABOR provisions. Fiscal conservatives, including the TABOR Foundation, were opposed to the measure, seeing it as a hidden tax reducing refunds to taxpayers. The measure passed with more than 52% of votes in favor.
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Subject: Fiscal policy -- Colorado (State), Housing policy -- United States., Home ownership – Colorado – Denver, Housing, Elections – Colorado, ballot measures, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Lauren Watson, KKTV.com and thetaborfoundation.org
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
Description: The Regional Transportation District (RTD) provides public transportation in eight Colorado counties including all of Boulder, Broomfield, Denver and Jefferson counties, parts of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, and a small portion of Weld County. As a public agency, they provide transportation for over 3.08 million people located within 2,342 square miles. Their services include bus, rail, shuttles, ADA paratransit services, demand responsive services like FlexRide, special event services, and vanpools. This is RTD’s twitter account.
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Subject: Public transportation, Local transit -- Colorado -- Weld County, Local transit -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area., Local transit – Colorado – Boulder, Infrastructure, Society & Culture
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Description: Turin Bicycles, a local bike and repair shop, operated in Denver from 1971 through 2022. Originally located at 711 Grant Street, owner Alan Fine purchased a building for the shop at 700 Lincoln in 1991. In 2022, facing the supply chain shortages so common in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearing retirement, Fine decided to liquidate and close the shop. This article covers the history of the shop, interviews Alan Fine, and advertises the final sale.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Transportation, Business enterprises – Colorado – Denver, Local Businesses, Bicycling
Description: Downtown Denver was hit particularly hard by the social, commercial, and financial after-effects of the COVID-9 pandemic closures. 5280 interviewed various downtown stakeholders to learn what they see as potential new growth directions for the area, and also make some recommendations of their own.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Urban renewal -- Colorado -- Denver., Economic development, Community development, Tourism, Infrastructure, Transportation, Local transit – Colorado – Denver, Housing, Homelessness
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Description: An American Theatre Magazine article about the fifty year anniversary of Denver’s Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, featuring an interview with the executive artistic director Anthony J. Garcia, and discussion of some of the theater’s best-loved plays. Su Teatro, the third oldest Chicano theater in the country, produces home-grown productions speaking to the history and experience of Chicanos. The theater is located at 721 Santa Fe Drive in Denver, in the Arts District on Santa Fe.
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Subject: Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture, BIPOC, Social justice, Mexican Americans, Chicanos, Community activists, Community theater -- Colorado -- Denver, Hispanic Americans in the performing arts., Theater -- Study and teaching -- United States
Description: Bike Streets is an all-volunteer project to change the way people move around Denver. Their central hypothesis is that riding a bike 2 miles a week is a bar that just about anyone can clear, and that if it’s something one does every week, it becomes a habit. Their first project, The Bike Streets Mapping Project, produced a crowdsourced map of more than 400 miles of low-stress neighborhood streets and trails.
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Subject: Environmental Activism, Biking, Society and Culture, Transportation, Bicycling, Maps, Sports and Recreation, Transit Maps
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Subject: Politics & Elections, Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections
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description: Home - The Colorado Independent
Description: Safe Outdoor Spaces are healthy, secure, staffed, resource and service-rich environments that provide an outdoor, individualized sheltering option for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Denver. The Park Hill location, which opened in June 2021, was the fourth safe camping site to open in Denver.
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Subject: Safe Outdoor Spaces, Homelessness, Society and Culture, Temporary Housing, Park Hill United Methodist Church, Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Social Services, COVID-19 Pandemic, Religious Mission
Creator: Colorado Village Collaborative
Format: Website
Description: Safe Outdoor Spaces are healthy, secure, staffed, resource and service-rich environments that provide an outdoor, individualized sheltering option for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Denver. The Regis location, which opened in June 2021, was the third safe camping site to open in Denver.
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Subject: Homelessness, Society and Culture, Temporary Housing, Regis University, Regis Neighborhood of Denver, Safe Outdoor Spaces, Social Services, COVID-19 Pandemic, Religious Mission
Creator: Colorado Village Collaborative
Format: Website
Description: The Colorado Village Collaborative exists to bridge the gap between the streets and stable housing by creating and operating transformational housing communities in partnership with people experiencing homelessness. Safe Outdoor Spaces, one of the types of communities the CVC supports, are healthy, secure, staffed, resource and service-rich environments that provide an outdoor, individualized sheltering option for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Denver.
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Subject: Safe Outdoor Spaces, Homelessness, Society and Culture, Temporary Housing, Social Services, COVID-19 Pandemic
Creator: Colorado Village Collaborative
Format: Website
Description: As the U.S. Supreme Court’s findings in Dobbs v. Jackson led many states to restrict abortion, Colorado is experiencing a surge of patients from neighboring states who are seeking this reproductive health service. This article discusses the implications for abortion providers and their patients in Colorado.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Science & Health, Reproductive health, Abortion -- Political aspects -- United States., Abortion -- Government policy -- United States.
Description: In October 2022, Denverite Tim Jones hosted his 40th “longer table” event in Denver’s City Park. Part of the larger Longer Table movement, these events are social networking dinners that bring together strangers to share a potluck meal. The events are intended to build community and decrease loneliness, and as such, guests are required to sit with people they didn’t know prior, and may not discuss their jobs. This CPR.org article reports on the October event, the movement itself, and Jones’s plans to throw a similar event for 5,280 people, stretching a mile long in City Park, in 2023.
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Subject: Parties, Entertaining, Longer Tables movement, Social Networking, Parks – Colorado – Denver, Community Engagement, Community activists, Society & Culture
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Subject: Denver Center for the Performing Arts COVID-19 response
Creator: Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Date: April 13, 2020
description: Stay connected to theatre news from the DCPA and our community.
title: DCPA News Center - Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Collector: Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Department
Contributor: John Moore
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Description: Denver’s Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) Program deploys emergency response teams that include emergency medical technicians and behavioral health clinicians to engage individuals experiencing distress related to mental health issues, poverty, homelessness, and substance abuse. STAR is dispatched through Denver 9-1-1 communications, and responds to low-risk calls where individuals are not in imminent risk.
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Subject: Psychic trauma, Crisis intervention (Mental health services), Social Services, Homelessness, Community Engagement, Society & Culture, Substance abuse
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Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Public health, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
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Description: The Denver Public Library annually awards Latino individuals who have made contributions to our community. The awards are the Lena L. Archuleta Community Service Award, the Eric J. Duran Community Service Award, and César Chávez Latino Leadership Hall of Fame Award. This page features the announcement of the 2020 winners.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Service Award, Awards, Community Service, Libraries, Hispanic Americans
Description: The Denver Public Library annually awards Latino individuals who have made contributions to our community. The awards are the Lena L. Archuleta Community Service Award, the Eric J. Duran Community Service Award, and César Chávez Latino Leadership Hall of Fame Award. This page features the announcement of the 2021 winners.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Service Award, Awards, Community Service, Libraries, Hispanic Americans
Description: The Denver Public Library annually awards Latino individuals who have made contributions to our community. The awards are the Lena L. Archuleta Community Service Award, given to a person who has made a positive impact on the Denver community, beyond paid employment, in the field of education, youth development, early childhood programming, or education policy; the Eric J. Duran Community Service Award, given to a person who has made a positive impact on the Denver community, beyond paid employment, to advance community development and/or cultural life through their involvement with the Denver Public Library or another civic institution; and finally the César Chávez Latino Leadership Hall of Fame Award, given a Coloradan who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to social justice and has made a significant positive impact on their community through community organizing, direct service, and/or advocacy and public policy.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Service Award, Awards, Community Service, Libraries, Hispanic Americans
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Description: In 2018, Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock signed legislation strengthening Denver’s status as a sanctuary city for immigrants. In December 2022, the city announced it had been experiencing a steady but manageable stream of immigrants for several months, largely from Latin America, and in particular from Venezuela. In December, a sudden wave of new arrivals by bus began to overwhelm the city’s ability to serve them. This article looks at emergency shelters and other emergency management services the city and various non-profits put into place.
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Subject: Denver. Office of Emergency Management., Social service -- Colorado -- Denver., Asylum, Right of -- United States., Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States., Humanitarian assistance, Immigrants -- Colorado -- Denver, Emigration and immigration, Society & Culture
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Description: In June 2021, feeling a growing disconnect between the library’s mission and its working conditions for staff, more than ten percent of Denver Public Library employees joined together to launch a voluntary, wall-to-wall union. Affiliated with the Communications Workers of America, “Denver Public Library Workers United” (DPLWU) is a unit of CWA Local 7799, a small consortium of four Colorado-based public service unions. While the Denver City Charter currently forbids union recognition or collective bargaining by the Library, DPLWU asserts that a “wall-to-wall union allows us to channel our collective knowledge and wisdom into powerful collective action.”
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Subject: Labor Organizations, Labor, Organized, Unions, Labor movement, Labor, Municipal employees, Librarians--Political activity--United States, Library workers, Anti-racism, Society and Culture
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title: Denver Public Schools
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Description: Press conference by Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock
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Subject: Denver COVID-19 response update
Date: March 23, 2020
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Description: In 2022, Heidi Ganahl ran for Governor of Colorado on the Republican ticket. Ganahl is an entrepreneur, author, and public speaker who founded Camp Bow Wow, a pet care franchise; the charity Bow Wow Buddies Foundation, which helps to rehome dogs; SheFactor, a digital community designed to empower young women; and Moms Fight Back and the Fight Back Foundation, both of which address issues facing children. Prior to running for office, she also served on the University of Colorado Board of Regents, chairing the finance and audit committees, and the search committee for the new university president. Ganahl lost against Democrat incumbent Jared Polis, garnering 40.8% of the vote to his 57%.
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Subject: Governors – Elections, Republican Party (Colo.), Elections – Colorado, Politics & Elections, Society & Culture
Description: The “Japanese Americans in Five Points neighborhood” mapping project and exhibit document the impact and lives of Japanese Americans in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. In the wake of WWII, following the closing of America’s Japanese incarceration camps, the area surrounding and within the “Larimer Corridor” just north of downtown saw a surge of Japanese-American culture and businesses. Japanese arrivals joined other communities of color who also inhabited and owned businesses in this historic area. Using research and oral history interviews, the mapping project documents 28 different locations of importance to the community, and is also available as an app-based self-guided walking tour.
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Subject: Society & Culture, BIPOC, Japanese Americans, Denver (Colo.) -- Tours., Arts & Humanities, Exhibitions, Business history
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