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Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:39 p.m.

The 2017 National Western Stock Show kicks off Saturday in Denver. (Courtesy of the National Western Stock Show)

Denver’s head of the National Western Center revamp leaves for new gig with home developer

The National Western Center redevelopment project will be spearheaded by a new Denver official next month after longtime advocate Kelly Leid steps down.

Shae Finigan at the CPRA rodeo Finals at the National Western Complex. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

On the National Western, Denver City Council says the community can have a voice even without an extra vote

Denver City Council on Monday moved forward the framework agreement that will govern the redevelopment of the National Western Center.

Flags on the National Western Center flap in the breeze.

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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.

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The 2017 National Western Stock Show kicks off Jan. 7 in Denver. (Courtesy of National Western Stock Show)

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.

The 7-Eleven near the National Western Complex, Elyria Swansea, June 14, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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7-Eleven is one of the only options for groceries in Elyria-Swansea and it’s about to close

One of the last options for getting groceries in Elyria-Swansea is a gas station, and it's about to check out of the neighborhood, according to The Office of the National Western Center.

A foreclosed residence near the National Western Complex, Elyria Swansea, June 14, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver may play hardball for last of huge National Western Center expansion land

The Office of the National Western Center plans to take ownership of the remaining 10 before the end of the year and has already filed eminent domain on five parcels to meet its goal, said office spokeswoman Erika Martinez.

Brighton Boulevard under much construction. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver needs someone new to coordinate National Western Stock Show, Brighton Boulevard and other major projects

Anna Jones, the head of the North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative, is leaving her position after a little more than a year on the job.

Here's President Barack Obama shooting some hoops back in 2010. (Pete Souza/White House)

It’s Barack Obama’s last day as president, so let’s remember that time he stuffed Colorado’s Ken Salazar in pickup hoops

Obama loved basketball — watching it, following it and especially playing it.

Exhibition Hall and Elyria Plaza 47th Avenue Festival Street and Elyria Plaza at the front door to the new Trade Show/Exhibition Hall-looking Northwest during a future National Western Stock Show. (Courtesy of the city of Denver)

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."

Pigs stand in a pen at the National Western Stock Show at the Denver Stock Yards in Denver, Colorado. Between 1948 and 1955. (Lloyd Rule/Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/Z-10240)

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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.

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