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🏙️ Denver ‘desperate’ for migrant support workers
December 7, 2023
Good morning, Denver! Need some festive tunes to get you through the work day? City Cast Denver podcast host Bree Davies (and self-proclaimed “Christmas freak”) offers you her personal holiday playlist on Spotify. Enjoy 🎶 ☕
What's CITY Talking About?
🏡 A Housing Market Stalemate
While the housing market always tends to cool off in the winter months, November saw Denver home sales grow stone cold with a 19% decline from the same time last year as buyers and sellers try to wait out staggeringly high interest rates. [Denverite]
🤒 A Rise in TB Cases
An uptick in tuberculosis cases across Colorado this year has thwarted the state’s 10-year decline of the deadly infectious disease. Health officials are blaming unstable healthcare infrastructure that can be at least partly attributed to the pandemic. [9News]
🏙️ City in Need of Migrant Support Workers
A bus presumed to be from Texas dropped off some 40-50 Venezuelan migrants at the State Capitol on Monday. To meet the increasing demand for migrant services, the city is hosting a rapid hiring event tomorrow with the aim of bringing on 150 more staff members dedicated to migrant operations. [Denverite]
- Another way to help? Consider purchasing something from this Amazon wishlist to go toward the city’s holiday gift drive for migrant children.
🎄 Denver’s Campiest Christmas Bars
From classic tinsel and mistletoe to Hogwarts-inspired and Krampus-themed, there is a sea of holiday pop-up bars on the scene right now, but these are the ones we’re most excited to check out this season. [City Cast Denver 🎧]
What To Do
🧠 Brewery Trivia | Thursday | 7-9 p.m.
Test your knowledge of random info and fun facts at this team trivia night hosted by WestFax Brewing. [Lakewood; Free]
🎄 Governor’s Mansion Holiday Tours | Friday-Saturday | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Polis admin has decked the halls of Boettcher Mansion for the holiday season, and the public is invited to share the cheer with free tours this weekend. [Cap Hill; Free]
🧑🍳 Holiday Cooking Class | Saturday | 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
This cooking class will focus on perfecting the ever versatile puff pastry so you can impress party-goers at all your holiday gatherings this season. [Highland; $99]
Today on City Cast
The Best Holiday Pop-Up Bars
Where are the best places to get spiked eggnog, boozy cocoa, and over-the-top holiday vibes? Today on the City Cast Denver podcast, we chat with local food writer and seasonal cheer expert Linnea Covington about her top picks for the best holiday bars around the Denver metro.
That’s all for today! Now go get yourself a tamale 👋
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