🔎 Did that new I-70 park actually curb pollution?

🏢 Downtown Vacancy Rate Hits 30%

Almost one in every three floors of office space in downtown Denver is currently vacant, according to CBRE. The real estate services firm reports that downtown offices haven’t been this empty since 1990. Downtown’s vacancy rate has been on the rise since the beginning of the pandemic, when it stood at around 16.5%. [BusinessDen 🔒]

• Dive Deeper: Could empty office buildings be transformed into housing? We asked a real estate economist. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🚔 Suspicious Body Found at Amusement Park

An unidentified 22-year-old man was found dead on Sunday morning inside Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says that he was dressed in tactical clothing and heavily armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a semi-automatic handgun, as well as multiple magazines for each weapon. [CO Sun]

🔬 Air Quality Concerns Linger Around New I-70 Park

Colorado Public Radio worked with a scientist from CU Boulder on a year-long effort to monitor the air quality in the new park that the state built on top of an I-70 highway corridor in Elyria-Swansea last year. While more comprehensive testing is still needed, their findings “hint the highway cap could be blocking some traffic pollution.” [CPR]

🔥 The Spiciest Elections News This Week

How did a convicted felon end up on the Englewood ballot? Which Denver races are seeing dark money backing from Silicon Valley? How do Boulder parents feel about homelessness? Election Day is a week away and voters across the metro area have a lot to consider. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

👯‍♀️ Halloween at Shotgun Willie’s | Tuesday | All Night

Glendale’s most famous strip club is hosting a costume contest tonight with a $100 cash prize for the winner. [Glendale; Free]

🎃 Great Pumpkin Party | Tuesday | 4-7 p.m.

Enjoy this annual community Halloween celebration featuring hay rides, live music, games, trick-or-treating, and of course, the chance to marvel at a giant pumpkin! [Curtis Park; Free]

🍹 ‘Children of the Weeds’ | Tuesday | 4-11 p.m.

Fort Greene is hosting a haunted house party for people in the service industry, complete with Jell-O shots, games, and giveaways. [Globeville; $20]

🍬 Trick-or-Treat Trail | Tuesday | 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The Denver Zoo will have candy stations, costumed characters, a silent disco, and more festive fun for the whole family. [City Park; $20]

Dark Money, the Scammer Running Unopposed, and Is Denver in the Midwest?

Election Day is just around the corner and things are getting spicy across the metro area — from dark money influence and people trying to enact their own camping bans to a convicted felon running for school board. Today on the City Cast Denver podcast, host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi dig into the details behind this November’s hottest election tickets.