Today’s Denvergram
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How are the unemployed supposed to pay their rent?
“If I pay my rent, how am I going to be able to pay the rest of bills, and eat?”
Reported crime in Denver dropped by nearly 10 percent last month
All thanks to COVID-19.
Murals cover plywood that conceal the slow destruction of South Broadway’s small businesses
Business owners were already grappling with rising rent. Then coronavirus hit.
Some things haven’t changed. Drivers are still crashing cars onto the Cherry Creek Trail, for example.
Only minor injuries as an SUV ends up in the water next to the walking and biking paths.
When Curtis and Megan met, she was already wearing a wedding dress
COVID-19 canceled their wedding, but the party continues.
Denver rents were more or less flat in March
Though it slightly inched up, because of course it did.
Motel rooms for infected people, fewer Denver inmates, and other things we learned from an internal email about coronavirus
The city government has spent $6.5 million on supplies, equipment and facilities.
Denver marijuana delivery isn’t happening anytime soon, even though medical dispensaries were deemed “essential”
People and the industry want it, especially as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
A window into the business of art during the pandemic
We're following Leon Gallery as it weathers COVID-19.
Resources for tenants struggling to pay the rent
It's the first of the month, and a lot of people don't have jobs.
Denver’s farmers’ markets will go on this summer — but they will definitely look different
Their operators say they’ll be here and they expect customers will be, too.
Support groups for people with addiction, cancer and more are adapting during the coronavirus outbreak
Most are moving meetings online or over the phone.
Houseplant of the week: Adam Hamilton’s corpse flower
The stinker will eventually be turned over to a botanic garden or greenhouse.
The Globeville Elyria-Swansea Community Land Trust gets its first home owner
“I never thought in a million years that I would own a house."
Hello, Milagro Burritos? Yes, I’ll have 679 burritos, please.
Pandemic times call for drastic measures.
Why Denver is dangling $10 million in front of the world’s largest concert promoters even as live music goes quiet
Try not to think of Red Rocks season right now.
A consolidated shelter is being contemplated in Denver in response to the coronavirus
Some shelter providers say a larger space would be safer.
City, nonprofits work together to fight coronavirus among people experiencing homelessness
But there are inherent difficulties in notifying people of potential exposure.