🛄 Why DIA security lines are so long

✈️ A Historic Month for DIA

According to traffic reports, nearly seven million people passed through DIAin June 2023, making it the airport’s busiest month on record. DIA is the second largest domestic hub in the country and recently completed a massive gate expansion, both of which account for the rapidly growing traffic (and those alarmingly long TSA lines). [Colorado Sun]

📚 Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Returns

The library reopened its doors over the weekend after extensive renovations. Aside from structural and accessibility upgrades, branch supervisor Jameka Lewis says they redesigned the library to purposefully center Blackness while continuing to be a valuable resource for African American history and culture. “Black history, and learning about it, is not just for Black people,” said Lewis. [Denverite]

🚲 Statewide E-Bike Rebates

Following the success of e-bike rebates in Denver, Colorado is launching the largest statewide e-bike program in the nation on Wednesday. Qualifications are slightly different than the Denver program — namely that folks with an income higher than the median in their area cannot qualify for any rebates. The application will open at 9 a.m. on August 16 and will remain open through August 21, after which 2,000 recipients will be randomly selected. [CPR]

🏢 Are Vacant Downtown Offices the Next Big Thing in Housing?

The answer is: Maybe? We sat down with an urban planner slash real estate economist (slash our host Bree Davies’ old boss) to explore the viability of the office-to-housing pipeline and the future of downtown. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🎟️ Architecture of the MCA: Holiday Theater | Monday | 4:30 p.m.

Take an architectural tour of the MCA’s newest hub, formerly known at the Egyptian Theater. Hosted by the Denver Architecture Foundation. [Northside; $25-$30]

🧀 Craft Beer & Cheese Pairing | Monday | 6:30 p.m.

Pair up some brews from Alpine Dog Brewing with cheeses from Truffle Cheese Shop. [Uptown; $26.95]

🥢 Chopsticks for Change | Monday | 9 p.m.

This late-night dinner at Osaka Ramen benefits CHOW, a local group that helps promote health and wellbeing in the hospitality industry. [RiNo; $40]

🥃 Whiskey Society with Two Stacks & Killowen | Tuesday | 7 p.m.

Stop by Seven Grand and get to know two hard-to-find, independent Irish whiskey distilleries.  [Downtown; $35]

Are Vacant Offices the Next Big Thing in Housing?

Downtown Denver has a lot of big, beautiful office buildings that are… empty. Simultaneously, the city is facing an ongoing shortage of housing options, particularly affordable ones. Which all leads to one big question: Could some of those vacant office buildings be converted into apartments or condos or some kind of office-shaped domicile? The answer is yes, kind of. Urban planner, real estate economist, CU Denver professor Brad Segal joins to talk about the potential for a office-to-housing pipeline and the future of downtown.