Tag: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock
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With an eye on justice, Michael Hancock looks back at 11 years as Denver mayor in final State of the City Address
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Michael Hancock wants to enter his final year at the helm of the Mile High City with eyes set “firmly on a city built on justice” as he runs “a city in motion” that he wants to watch thrive long after his term…
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Denver mayor to deliver final State of the City address next Monday
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will deliver his final State of the City Address next Monday at the Montbello Recreation Center. The speech will highlight Hancock’s priorities for his final year at the helm of the city. The event, from 11 a.m. to noon, is open for the public to attend. Afterward, attendees are invited to…
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Two Denver icons remembered Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Denver giants were memorialized in separate services Thursday. Denver’s first African American District Attorney, Norm Early, died May 5 at the age of 76, and Dusty Saunders, 90, longtime Rocky Mountain News journalist passed away May 29. Early’s service was a who’s who of…
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Denver’s chief financial officer tapped as deputy mayor for 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has appointed Brendan Hanlon, the city’s chief financial officer, as deputy mayor for 2022, the city announced Wednesday. This is the second time Hanlon will serve as deputy mayor after filling…
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Transportation funds in Colorado to be linked to reduction of greenhouse emissions
A state commission approved a new rule Thursday that will tie together transportation planning and greenhouse gas emissions in a way no other state has attempted. The new rules require large metropolitan areas, such as the Denver and Colorado Springs areas, to model how major road extensions and expansions could increase carbon emissions from cars…
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Aurora Highlands residents have no vote, little voice, all the debt
Nicholas English saw the newly created Aurora Highlands along eastern E-470 as a chance to get in on a planned community from the first turned spades of dirt. Though he and his wife, Nancy, were still one child away from being empty nesters, the couple figured they’d spend a few years at the Highlands before…
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Back to the future: Denver Mayor Hancock reviving FDR’s CCC concept
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is working to revive, on a small scale, the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps concept spearheaded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. At his state of the city address July 26, Hancock said, “For many of us, our first trip to a Denver Mountain Park may be for a…
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Group argues Park Hill Golf Course committee facilitator has ties to redevelopment company
Save Open Space Denver sent a letter Tuesday calling for the removal of Dr. Ryan Ross as steering committee facilitator of the Park Hill Golf Course development project, alleging conflicts of interest. The letter, addressed to Mayor Michael Hancock and his administration, claims Ross works with the Five Points Development Corporation with Norman Harris. Harris…
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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman takes citywide camping ban off the table for now
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman announced Monday that he will be halting all work toward establishing a citywide camping ban to address homelessness in the city. Coffman said on Twitter that he is suspending moving forward with the ban “until I better understand what its impact will be on Aurora.” “I think the question that I…
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Denver metro area to launch 20 free WiFi connection zones for online learning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday plans to create more than 20 free WiFi-connected “Lift Zones” throughout the Denver metro area for low-income families who need internet access for online learning. The program, in…