🏙️ 5 big ideas to fix downtown Denver

📺 End in Sight for the Altitude-Comcast Blackout?

Kroenke Sports just welcomed Kevin Demoff to the executive suite, and he is promising a renewed effort to FINALLY end the five-year Altitude-Comcast blackout and get the Nuggs and Avs back on Denver TVs “in the very near future.” [Westword]

🏙️ Can Downtown Denver Be Fixed?

According to a recent analysis, downtown office buildings saw a 15% increase in visits since last month — BUT Denver foot traffic still lags behind the national average and is well below pre-pandemic numbers. Mayor Johnston went so far as to call this an "existential fight for the soul of downtown.” [Axios Denver]

• How do we save downtown? We have a few creative ideas…👇 [City Cast Denver ]

🐕 Residents Rally to Save Westminster Dog Park

Westminster city officials have been inundated with more than 1,000 emails protesting the potential downsizing of a popular off-leash dog park in the area. An online petition has already garnered nearly 6,000 signatures. Officials are considering cutting the 420-acre park — the largest off-leash dog space in Metro Denver — to just 32 acres in order to protect the natural habitat. [Denver Post 🔒]

🍄 Colorado’s Psychedelic Industry Begins to Bloom

As Colorado inches closer to a regulated psychedelic therapy industry, state officials have released some early framework for the future. This includes requirements for a person seeking psychedelic licensing such as basic life-support training, natural medicine training, and no felony convictions. [Axios Denver]

• On a local level: The City of Denver is currently taking applications for an advisory group that will craft recommendations for local psilocybin policies. [Denverite]

Denver’s Best Bars (for St. Paddy’s and Beyond)

What makes a great bar? Newness? Divey-ness? Yelp ratings?? St. Patrick’s Day is coming up and if you’re looking for the best spot in Denver to pull up a stool and sip a pint, listen up, because we’ve got two local bar experts on the show today to give the goods on their favorite local watering holes.