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Landscape professionals weigh in: The pros and cons of artificial turf
As Colorado cities set stricter limits on the types and amounts of grass that homeowners can plant, especially on new or redeveloped properties, many homeowners are turning to artificial turf to comply with regulations and conserve water. Severa...
In wake of Aurora apartment saga, Colorado lawmakers expand cities’ power to investigate slumlords
Colorado municipal leaders will soon be able to temporarily take control of chronically dilapidated apartment buildings under new legislation signed into law this week.
A woman died after temperature soared inside her Denver Housing Authority apartment. Four years later, it happened again.
The Denver medical examiner estimated Shirlyne Johnson's apartment in Thomas Bean Towers was as hot as 127 degrees at the time of her death.
Downtown Denver at a crossroads as offices sit empty, buildings go into default and safety concerns persist
"We've been through this before. We need to get the old Denver way back, which is having a chip on our shoulder," said Bill Mosher, Denver's Chief Projects Officer.
16th Street safety is the key to downtown Denver’s rebound
Surveys of why people avoid downtown center on a lack of a sense of safety, and city officials and the Downtown Denver Partnership have made restoring it a priority.
Can downtown get its swagger back? Denver leaders agree it’s both possible and vital
Is it still important or necessary for major metro areas to have vibrant downtown at their core? Denver business and civic leaders, researchers and former mayors all say "Yes."
How vacant are downtown Denver’s office buildings?
Denver has designated at least 30 of downtown's towers as distressed, meaning they have a higher vacancy rate or have been emptied out for renovations or a new use.
Time of reckoning has arrived for Denver’s troubled office towers
Several of Downtown Denver's largest towers sit half empty as the clock ticks on unsustainable debts that must be refinanced, repaid or renounced.