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Denver Mayor Hancock’s phase-in plan for pot unfair, critics say

In seeking to usher Denver into a new era of recreational marijuana sales, Mayor Michael Hancock has called for restrictions that critics say would give existing owners of medical marijuana a monopoly on the new frontier. Others say Hancock is … Continue reading

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PEOPLE TO WATCH: Rocky Piro

Dennis Huspeni Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email  | Facebook  | Twitter  | Real Deals blog Who: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock appointed Rocky Piro to be the manager of Denver Community Planning and Development (CPD). Piro’s first day was Dec. 10. The Denver native … Continue reading

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Denver gears up street party for USA Pro Challenge finale

Map shows route of the USA Pro Challenge finale in central Denver. Denver is planning a free street party at Civic Center Park for Sunday’s grand finale of the USA Pro Challenge bicycle race through the city’s streets. The 683-mile … Continue reading

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Milkshake medicine, City Hall fight in this week’s DBJ

Neil Westergaard Editor- Denver Business Journal Email  | Facebook  | Twitter  | Broadway 17th blog Milkshakes as medicine, the aftermath of the Aurora theater shootings, and a developer taking on City Hall. These stories and more in this week’s print edition of the … Continue reading

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Samuel Aquila Becomes Denver’s Fifth Archbishop Amid Controversial History

An invitation-only ceremony welcoming Denver’s fifth archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, 61, began Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. A procession began from the Knights of Columbus hall to the cathedral with Catholic church officials where Aquila himself … Continue reading

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Denver business officials not happy with Mayor Hancock’s tax proposal

Mayor Michael Hancock’s plan to ask voters if the city can keep property taxes that should be paid back under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights comes with a sales-tax break for businesses. But some business owners say that’s not enough … Continue reading

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Barnes-Gelt: Advice to Denver’s mayor

A month from now, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock will deliver his first state of the city address. When the two-term councilman from far northeast Denver took office, he was met with serious and systemic budget challenges; a police department increasingly … Continue reading

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Barnes-Gelt: Ways to fix Denver’s deficit

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock confronts a dilemma akin to choosing between the rocky shoals of Scylla and the whirlpool of Charybdis. In January 2011, recognizing the decade-long erosion of revenues and concomitant increases in expenses in Denver’s operating budget, then-Mayor … Continue reading

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Down Zoning = Less Dollars For R2 Property Owners?

by Marlin Dorhout An Open Letter To Denver City Council President Chris Nevitt I am concerned that you, and your fellow Council members are not aware of the disastrous economic effects that the new Zoning Code has, and will have, … Continue reading

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Tattered sales at Lowenstein complex finds city of Denver modifying …

About 15 percent of the loans in the Denver Office of Economic Development’s $127 million portfolio are in arrears or default, and the city has begun a systematic effort to restructure the most problematic cases. First up: Forestalling bankruptcy for … Continue reading

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