Posts tagged with Office of Economic Development

Last Updated: Jun 12 2018 · 7:39 p.m.

Stapleton residences under downtown Denver's skyline. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver’s housing shuffle continues as new leader tries to clean up affordability mess

The city's director of housing development, Rick Padilla, now will lead a team that ensures developers and homeowners are complying with affordable housing rules.

I-25 at rush hour, March 15, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver reached its five-year affordable housing goal in four years with Ash Apartments

With that, Denver completed Mayor Michael Hancock's goal to "build, rehabilitate and preserve" at least 3,000 affordable housing units over five years. Actually, they're four units over the goal.

A Studio PBA rendering of the homes planned for 24th and Stout. (Courtesy of Redfin)

Affordable housing construction starts at 24th and Stout

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Liz Cahill, Chief Marketing Officer at State of Colorado, seen with Broadway stretching into the distance. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Colorado’s working to overcome coastal impressions of the state — to bring companies here

Colorado has a few perception issues that could make it difficult to lure companies to the state. Yes, marijuana's one of them.

Rendering of a new Target store on the 16th Street Mall. (Courtesy of the city of Denver)

Councilman Paul Lopez hopes subsidies for downtown Target could create precedent for grocery stores

Denver City Council voted Monday to do something the city doesn't usually do: use its business incentive fund for a major retailer.

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The Food Corridor emerges to promote local food, as an incubator for kitchen incubators

The Food Corridor helps kitchen incubators and other commercial kitchens fill their space with aspiring food businesses.

Colorado economic group offers 3 companies $11.6 million in incentives

The Colorado Economic Development Commission approved the three incentive packages Thursday during its monthly meetings.

Denver’s got too few cooks in the kitchen, industry leaders team up to help

Grace Tan, right, bags up a grocery purchase for Angela Coffer and her daughters at a Gladstone, Missouri Walmart. (Courtesy of Walmart)

Denver gets $423,000 to help workers find retail jobs. Finding positions with a living wage will be “a challenge.”

Denver was awarded a new grant earlier this month that's expected to help connect about 350 people with jobs in the city's rapidly growing retail industry.

A screen capture of the Blinker app. (Courtesy of Blinker)

These six local tech companies are the city’s 2016 “Denver Gazelles”

Montbello will get 85 affordable housing units for seniors in summer 2017

Housing for seniors is getting harder to find all across the state.

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