Tag: Five Points
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Plan to revive historic hotel, once heart of Denver’s jazz scene, moves forward with urban renewal financing
A development project set to bring life back to one of Denver’s historic jazz venues is set to get extra help from the city to make it happen. The Finance and Business Committee, a group of City Council members who take up budget and economic development decisions, unanimously approved the creation of a tax increment…
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Plan to revive historic hotel, once heart of Denver’s jazz scene, moves forward with urban renewal financing
A development project set to bring life back to one of Denver’s historic jazz venues is set to get extra help from the city to make it happen. The Finance and Business Committee, a group of City Council members who take up budget and economic development decisions, unanimously approved the creation of a tax increment…
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Plan to revive historic hotel, once heart of Denver’s jazz scene, moves forward with urban renewal financing
A development project set to bring life back to one of Denver’s historic jazz venues is set to get extra help from the city to make it happen. The Finance and Business Committee, a group of City Council members who take up budget and economic development decisions, unanimously approved the creation of a tax increment…
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Residents want more police presence after deadly north Denver shootings
The residents of the Five Points and Cole neighborhoods are calling for increased police patrols after three fatal shootings in less than a week. Community members gathered Thursday at a north Denver neighborhood meeting organized by Cole Neighborhood Association President Reed Raskin to voice safety concerns and discuss the Denver Police Department’s actions and response…
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High flying, adored: Cleo Parker Robinson is dancing on air at 77
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 5 Denver dance trailblazer’s historic year included first solo dance performance in four decades Cleo Parker Robinson is a trailblazer – and the fire that fuels her was smoking hot throughout her historic 77th rotation around the sun. Just today, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals announced that Parker…
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Denver’s Juneteenth Parade and Music Festival draws thousands in Five Points
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a hot Sunday in Five Points, thousands of people strolled, shopped the marketplace, listened to music, ate good food and met new friends to celebrate freedom and culture during Denver’s annual Juneteenth music festival. Juneteenth, typically celebrated on June 19, commemorates the day in…
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Denver cancels Five Points Jazz Fest, opts for grant program
Denver Jazz Festival fans are singing the blues after the city of Denver announced Thursday the popular, 21-year Five Points neighborhood staple will not happen in 2025. Denver’s Arts & Venues officials announced the one-day music event honoring the neighborhood’s long history of the famed genre will be canceled in lieu of a grants program.…
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Police arrest suspect in connection to Five Points murder
Jasmane Taylor, 34, was arrested in connection to the murder of a woman on Sept. 7.
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1 dead following shooting in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood
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Editor’s note: the Officer of the Medical Examiner identified the victim as 23-year-old Dylan Adams. The cause and manner of death are still under investigation. Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead on Tuesday afternoon near Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. The Denver Police Department responded to a shooting in the 500 block…
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The tragic death of a champion: Anti-gun crusader dies from bullet
The church pews were full at Lumumba Sayers Jr.’s celebration of life, but still people waited at the doors. “Ladies and gentlemen, I was just told we are over capacity. We’ll deal with the fire marshal later,” said Kinshasa Sayers, an uncle and church elder. “Let ‘em in!” What the congregation of over 1,300 saw…