North Denver News

Map A, sponsored by Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, shifts Chaffee Park and part of Sunnyside into District 9. It also shifts portions of several neighborhoods in the Five Points and Union Station areas into other districts. Illustration courtesy of the City and County of Denver Every ten years, the U.S. government conducts the census, updating information on how many people live in the country, and locally how many people live in each city... Read more...

Image from denvergov.org It’s been a year since Shawn and Ben Johnson walked away from their experience with Denver’s Board of Adjustment for Zoning Appeals (BOA) feeling confused and angered. Their attempts to obtain a variance for an additional 94 square feet to build a wheelchair-lift accessible accessory dwelling unit (ADU) felt to them like grasping for straws. Long before the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) and the... Read more...

The potential of a fatal or serious injury for pedestrians when hit by a driver goes up significantly with speed. Image Courtesy Denver Streets Partnership Drivers in Denver will have to slow down on neighborhood streets. Back in December, Denver City Council voted 11-1 to reduce the speed limit by 5 mph on residential streets to 20 mph. The new law was passed in an effort to make streets safer and more livable. Denver saw 73 traffic... Read more...