❓ How much is the mayor spending on homelessness?

🤝 An ‘Win-Win’ Future for El Chapultepec

Local developers and preservationists ended their battle over the future of Denver’s historic El Chapultepec building and have come to a happy compromise that they hope will set an example for similar preservation fights in the future. [Denverite]

💰 The Impact of Direct Cash for the Unhoused

Results from a first-year study of Denver’s Basic Income Project — a pilot program in which the City gives cash directly to residents experiencing homelessness — were largely seen as successful. The study reported the program not only helped get participants off the streets, but also saved taxpayers money. [Denverite]

❓ How Much is the Mayor Spending on Homelessness?

Denver City Council members finally have an answer to the question they’ve been posing for nearly a year: How much is the mayor’s big, new housing initiative going to cost the city? About $58 million a year, according to officials’ recent calculations. Where that money will come from is apparently still being worked out. [Denver Post 🔒]

⚖️ Club Q Shooter Admits Motive

The person responsible for killing five people and wounding 22 others in a 2022 mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub has admitted the attack was bias-motivated, pleading guilty to 74 federal hate crime and weapons charges. [Denver Post 🔒]

🏳️‍🌈 Your Guide to Pride

There’s so much to choose from when it comes to Pride weekend festivities — we’ve got the goods on where to brunch, where to dance, and where to do some R&R after all the fun. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

• More tips: Plus, the lowdown on when to show up, what to bring, and festival dos and don’ts!

Last week’s answer: “Broken but Together” by Michael Benisty at Hogan Park in The Aurora Highlands.

This 25-foot-tall beauty was installed just last month as part of the community’s acclaimed Art in the Park program. It comes from Belgian contemporary artist Michael Benisty who specializes in sculpting with mirrored stainless steel. Benisty says, “I was thrilled to create a piece that can be seen from far and wide and depicts a message of togetherness, bringing people from all walks of life to appreciate the beauty of art.”

👏 Big claps for our correct guessers:

• Titania J. was the first to write in with the correct answer!
• But Shannon L. wasn’t far behind!
• Special thanks to reader Niki V. who sent in this photo!

This Week’s Photo:

🕵️ Do YOU know where to find this Blucifer mural? Be among the first to respond with the right answer and you’ll get a special shoutout in next Friday’s newsletter!

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📸 Want to submit a photo? Send me a snapshot of somewhere in Denver, and I’ll consider it for an upcoming photo trivia segment!

Barnes & Noble & Tattered Cover, Pride So Corporate, and Our Pride Guide

The Tattered Cover’s fate may rest in the hands of Barnes & Noble, if the sale of the bankrupt bookstore goes through — but what happens when a local mainstay goes corporate? And speaking of big money interests, Denver’s Pride weekend’s corporate ties have some folks wondering if this kind of funding waters down the celebration’s revolutionary roots.