🤢 Is the Purina Plant illegally stinky?

🚲 Montbello Debuts New E-Bike ‘Library’

Montbello community leaders are hoping to meet their neighborhood’s transportation needs with a brand new e-bike rental program. The area is a certified “transportation desert.” This installation will be Denver’s fourth — you can find similar programs in Sun Valley, Globeville, and Elyria-Swansea. Montbello residents can rent one of the 10 available e-bikes for free for up to three days. [Denverite]

🤢 Residents Take Action Against Purina Plant

Two Denverites living near the infamous Nestle-Purina pet food plant are hoping to file a class action lawsuit against the factory for the foul odor it emits over nearby neighborhoods. The lawyers bringing forward the lawsuit say that more than 50 residents have contacted them about the plant. Plaintiffs are alleging negligence and asking a judge to declare the factory a nuisance, as well as seeking financial compensation. [Denver Post 🔒]

• Deep dive: The Purina Plant stinks — but is it a health concern? We talked to an expert. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

☕ Local Woman Sues Starbucks

In a class action lawsuit, a Colorado Springs woman is alleging that Starbucks violates ADA compliance laws by up-charging lactose intolerant customers for non-dairy milk alternatives. The plaintiff’s lawyers are seeking up to $5 million in compensatory damages for their client and others affected. The lawsuit will need a judge’s approval before it can move forward. [CPR]

We’re on June’s doorstep now, and even if it’s not technically summer yet, it sure feels like it is! The sun is out, temps are high, and spirits are soaring from that extra boost of vitamin D ☀️ Here’s how to keep cool, have fun, and make the most of June in the Mile High.

🏳️‍🌈 Get Your Pride On

Enjoy slick dance beats from Empress Of and dynomite drag from Mikki Miraj at Indie 102.3’s Pride Party of Pride parties Thursday, June 6, at Meow Wolf’s Perplexiplex event space. Stick around for the afterparty with Hex Kitten in the upstairs cocktail lounge, Sips (with a Z).

🪴 Grow a More Eco-Friendly Garden

According to this local gardening expert, June is the “sweet spot” for planting your water-wise Colorado native seedlings. Want to make the shift to more eco-conscious gardening habits, but not sure how to get started? Now’s the time to check out a local Native Plant Swap event where you can get seedlings for free and learn more about native gardening.

• Denver gardening 101: Your pressing gardening questions, answered. [City Cast Denver]

🍗 Pick the Best Chicken Biscuit

From June 10 to July 28, The Post Chicken & Beer is proud to present the Battle of the Chicken Biscuits — a two-month bracket-style competition that will pit nine unique takes on the Post’s signature chicken biscuit slider head-to-head. Menus at every Post location will feature two new biscuits paired with a Post beer each week throughout the competition until the best biscuit slider wins!

🥤 Sip a 7-Eleven Slurpee

Is it just Denver, or is people-watching from a 7-Eleven curb while sippin’ a signature Coke Slurpee an unspoken summer pastime everywhere?

🍓 Eat All of the Strawberries

Make it a mini mountain getaway when you make the two-and-a-half hour drive to Glenwood Springs for the town’s 127th annual Strawberry Days Festival. This free family-friendly weekend-long tradition centers on community, showcases local creators, and celebrates all things strawberry-related.

Your Guide to June in Denver

Summer is in full swing and Denver is ready for it — from a mountain town berry celebration to sustainable gardening events, the City Cast Denver crew helps fill your calendar with fun things to do, see, eat, drink, and experience all month long!