Desiree Mathurin

Neighborhood Reporter

Desiree Mathurin is Denverite's neighborhood reporter. She previously worked for the Associated Press in Atlanta, Newsday in New York and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Desiree is a native New Yorker but ready to tell local stories featuring local people here in Denver. Follow her on Twitter @Dez_AM.

Xcel Energy crews are working overtime to replace tons of gas lines in Elyria Swansea. July 31, 2021.

About 30 Elyria Swansea residents are still without gas

But Xcel Energy says once they access these homes, service will be restored.

Cue Perez, owner of Babooshka hair salon on East Colfax Avenue, works on Diane D'Angelo's hair on a Saturday morning. July 24, 2021.

Cheap cuts, color and therapy can be found at Babooshka on East Colfax

Among the eclectic tchotchkes and Hindu statues, Diane D'Angelo said she found her forever salon, giving us the fourth business in the series.

BookBar on Tennyson Street. July 24, 2021.

Berkeley’s BookBar serves up literature, wine and that community vibe

Dreams of "happier hour" and the need to support local businesses prompted Sarah Frazer to nominate the indie bookstore as our third business in the series.

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Lakeside Amusement Park's vintage parking sign, March 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Lakeside Amusement Park is open again

Can you smell the funnel cake?

Jiarong Wang, owner of JJ Bistro, takes a call-in order around lunchtime. July 12, 2021.

JJ Bistro at Sakura Square weathered rough waters but regulars help right the ship

Camaraderie and customer loyalty prompted Denverites to make this Union Station neighborhood business our second story in the series.

Honey Hill Cafe in South Park Hill. July 9, 2021.

Park Hill’s Honey Hill Cafe served as a ‘third place’ through uncertainty and isolation

Familiarity and avocado toast helped Veronica Hudson over the last year -- here's the first business a Denverite reader sent us to celebrate for this series.

The "Play Ball" exhibition at the Colorado Convention Center. July 13, 2021.

Look at these happy baseball fans we met in baseball fan paradise, which is very temporarily located in Denver

We also found some folks who didn't mind moving the game to Denver from Atlanta -- even though that's where they live.

The newly renovated Denver Public Library Byers Branch on Santa Fe Drive. June 18, 2021.

Denver Public Library is accepting name recommendations for the Byers Branch

The Denver Public Library is moving forward with its plan to rename the Byers Branch in Lincoln Park. The agency is currently accepting name recommendations. The deadline is July 25.

Rico Jones warms up before a concert on his parents' front lawn, across the street from Sloan's Lake. July 2, 2021.

Free, front-yard jazz show returns to Sloan’s Lake after neighborhood dispute

Neighbors fight. Then, they compromised over Rico Jones and Friends' concerts

Stapleton Airport's old air traffic control tower. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Natural Grocers is heading to Central Park

Near the old air traffic control tower to be exact.

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