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Colorado marijuana sales tank in 2022 after pandemic-induced high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Following a pandemic “high,” Colorado cannabis sales have been plummeting for months. Sales skyrocketed for the cannabis industry in the beginning of 2022, a trend that began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cannabis industry officials are seeing the other side of the…
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Denver Mayor Hancock’s trip to North Africa to cost more than $100,000
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will travel to Egypt and Ethiopia this week with a delegation of city and metro area leaders at a cost of more than $100,000. The trip, which comes at the tail end of Hancock’s tenure as mayor, will help the city find new air service and economic development opportunities on the…
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DIA picks general contractor for Center of Equity and Excellence in Aviation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver International Airport on Tuesday announced the selection of a minority-owned business as general contractor for a first-of-its-kind training center aimed at providing under-represented and young people with careers in aviation. Airport authorities and Hensel Phelps, the general contractor for the Great Hall Project, said Sky…
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City and Denver Health unveil proposed operating agreement today
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne will announce on Tuesday a proposed 2023 operating agreement between Denver Health and the city. The proposed operating agreement introduces new efforts that city leaders say will improve emergency medical services during responses, officials said. It…
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New state board meets to create Colorado’s first statewide building codes
A new 21-member Energy Code Board that will develop statewide construction codes convened for the first time Monday to get acquainted, discuss bylaws and select chairpersons. The board’s inaugural director is Rick Garcia, the executive director of the state’s Department of Local Affairs. The other 20 board members are listed on the Energy Code Board Website. …
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Large building owners face unknown costs to comply with Colorado energy mandates
Owners of thousands of commercial, multifamily, and larger public buildings need to modify them in order to meet new energy performance standards legislators adopted last year, but Colorado’s energy office could not yet estimate how much the compliance would cost. In 2021, legislators set large building emissions reduction targets of 7% by 2026 and 20%…
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Colorado office mentions equity over 500 times in new study of vehicle electrification
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Energy Office called for equity in transportation electrification in a new report, insisting it must be a priority in eliminating gasoline and diesel cars and trucks from highways. Gov. Jared Polis has called for putting at least 940,000 electric vehicles on the highways…