National Western construction is happening now, and Elyria-Swansea is already feeling change
"I tell people, why should I leave? Why can't I make my neighborhood better?"
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Denver council approves first board for National Western Center
There was some debate on council as members called for more community representation on the group, but the nominees were approved by a firm majority.
Councilwoman hopes Denver construction won’t literally trap residents in their neighborhoods
"For the residents, they need to get to work. We need to make sure buses and emergency services can get in and out of the neighborhood."
Globeville, Elyria-Swansea residents want a stronger voice in the National Western Center
Community activists think the neighborhoods that will bear the brunt of the impact of the project should have at least as much representation as CSU and the stock show.
Will Globeville residents get what they need out of Washington Street’s $23 million makeover?
"You have parents walking up and down Washington Street with a stroller and a bunch of kids, and there is no sidewalk, and it is so unsafe."
Denver wants to create an office for public-private partnerships, and City Council fears being cut out of the process
Under the proposal, Denver City Council would get to set the broad parameters of deals, but contracts would be finalized at the administrative level.
Denver doesn’t know how new National Western Community Investment Fund is going to work exactly
This new fund will somehow generate revenue from the National Western Center and in some way invest it into the communities in north Denver.
When the National Western is rebuilt, Denver apprentices should be on the job, council members say
"I make $130,000 a year with a high school education and no student loan debt. That's hopefully what these kids get, a craft they can use for a lifetime."
Denver breaks out its boots for the National Western Stock Show
"It's our excuse to be Westerns again," said Kelly Leid, who is overseeing the redevelopment of the National Western Complex.
National Western Center team to work with U.S. Department of Energy and Xcel Energy on “ambitious goals”
The federal government and Xcel will work with the Office of the National Western Center to make the complex "a fully integrated, net zero campus."
Mayor Hancock wants Denver to be the place that figures out how to feed the masses
New details are available on how The National Western Stock Show could be transformed Denver into a hub for the agriculture industry.
Trump in Denver: What he said and who was there
Donald Trump is expected to speak late Saturday, Nov. 5, to a crowd of thousands at the National Western Complex, following a day of events in Florida, North Carolina and Nevada.
Six major projects that will change north Denver
The city has a lot planned for these long-neglected neighborhoods. Residents wonder what the future will bring.
Denver turns down a marijuana grow license in a pot-saturated neighborhood
City officials took the side of neighbors who think there are way too many marijuana shops in the Elyria-Swansea area.
The National Western Center plan will remake part of Denver. Here’s what you need to know about it.
City officials don't yet know where they'll get all of the money or where they'll put all of the animal waste, but here we go.
Now the City of Denver has to try not to kill (and pay for) pot plants while moving them
Denver needs to find a new home for a grow operation as it buys up land for the National Western.
What happens when Denver pours more than $1 billion into a working-class neighborhood
"They're going to knock down the little houses and build condos. It's going to be all rich people in here."