🍜 Popular restaurant mysteriously closes

🚏 Where Will the Migrants Go?

Beginning next week, Denver will start enforcing a length-of-stay limit for migrants living in city shelters. Officials estimate they’ll discharge up to 350 migrants a week once the policy is activated. In hopes of keeping those families off the streets, the city is offering free bus tickets to other places, hopefully somewhere with a lower cost of living. [Westword]

💸 Why So Much Rental Assistance Money Went Unused

Despite state officials securing millions in funding for rental assistance last year, tenants weren’t applying for help because of a simple mistake — a temporary notice saying new applicants weren’t being accepted was never taken down from the website. [CO Sun]

• Need rental help? Check out this list of tenant resources I recently compiled. [Hey Denver]

🏠 Does Colorado Need More Granny Flats?

State lawmakers are proposing a new bill that would require most Colorado cities to allow the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs, aka granny flats or carriage houses). The bill would come with a whopping $18 million price tag to help pay for construction. Opponents of the bill believe the state shouldn’t be able to override local development rules. [CPR]

• A real life example: Here’s how one Sunnyside couple's plans to build an ADU turned into a contentious zoning board battle, and how their fight eventually led to citywide reform. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

Your Guide to February in Denver

It’s February, the month of love and that strange in-between season we call “false spring.” From solo dates to the movies to a cool way to celebrate nuptials on the ski slopes, we’ve rounded up a list of places to go, things to do, and delicious seasonal treats to try all around the Mile High City in our official guide to February.