When I got home from vacation, I thought about doing one of those end-of-the-year lists but decided I had done of those over the years at the News. Fun to read; hard to write. Instead, I figured that what totally made me think about all the time was housing in metro Denver and the face …
A friend of mine gave me a tiny golden-colored poinsettia. It has grown a bit taller over the past few weeks, but it is still quite compact. The camera on my phone picked up flecks of red and pink, making it even more beautiful. It’s been quite a year – municipal elections (yikes, they seemed …
Continue reading "We like bright and shiny things. But it’s time for a break."
So if you live in the City and County of Denver, you may be seeing green, 30-foot-tall, wide-based towers sprouting in your neighborhood. They are definitely unlovable. And they will certainly replicate during the coming months. This is the 5G roll-out of cell towers. As I drive through my neighborhood, I see them popping up. …
Continue reading "Towers in the name of technology and profit."
The photograph above shows a boarded-up home that looks really sad. After someone tried to burn it down, it was left to sit there for a few years. The home had been used as a homeless shelter for a while, and there were fears that it would need to be torn down. It has hung …
I had heard about metropolitan districts throughout the metro Denver area, and learned more when the metropolitan district was created to fund work on the Loretto Heights campus. The Loretto Heights Area Plan sailed through the Denver Planning Board, and then on to Denver City Council, with crucial information found in the “Service Plan for …
Continue reading "The stories on metropolitan districts are eye-opening, to say the least."
For years, people in Denver have worried about the fate of Evans School, a beautiful building that served students well until it closed in the mid-1970s. Then, two brothers purchased Evans School from the Denver Public Schools. The owners sat on it for years, finally fixing up some aspects of the building. It was designated …
Several weeks ago, emails began showing up in my inbox about the annual Sustainable Denver Summit, which happens tomorrow at the Colorado Convention Center. I would think that the recent creation of an Office of Sustainability will be celebrated at this event. And as of yesterday, there is movement to charge shoppers in Denver a …
Of course, there’s more on the way: It’s only the beginning of December with many more months just waiting to spring more snow on us. The snowflake icon on my cell phone has been shifting back and forth to the rain icon, but the snowflake is now firmly back in place for Thursday. The past …
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Chandler in Denver 