City Cast Denver
✏️ Grade the mayor’s first year
July 12, 2024 · — Peyton Garcia
It’s Friday, Denver! And I am SO excited to share a fun summer project I’ve been working on for you — the 2024 Denver Bike Scavenger Hunt! Hop on your bike, visit some cool Denver places, and potentially win dope prizes! Deets below 👇 😎 🚲
What's CITY Talking About?
🎷 Major Renovations Planned for the Rossonian
The Denver Landmark Preservation Commission has OK’d renovations for the historic Rossonian Hotel in Five Points. Design plans include adding eight stories of new hotel space, a restaurant, a bar, and a music lounge to the iconic landmark. [Westword]
🎭 Curious Theatre’s Old Converted Church for Sale
Denver’s Curious Theatre Company has listed its longtime home — a 130-year-old converted church in Golden Triangle — for sale. Earlier this year, the company launched a public fundraising campaign in hopes of turning around its current “financial crisis,” but was unable to meet its goal by the July deadline. [BusinessDen 🔒]
We don’t have a clear plan yet, but we’re figuring it out … We think it’s the way for us to continue operating, not something that indicates we’re going to close.
💰 Where Does Your Denver Tax Money Go?
If Denver voters approve the two new sales tax increases potentially headed to the ballot this fall, Denverites could go from paying 8.81% in sales tax to a whopping 9.65% — a likely possibility considering Denverites have voted to raise taxes by more than 30% in the last six years. [Axios Denver]
📈 How’s the Mayor Doing?
Just how popular is Mayor Johnston now that he’s been in office for a year? A new poll gives insight into the city leader’s work and looks at how residents feel about housing affordability, homelessness, and more. [City Cast Denver 🎧]
- How do YOU think the mayor’s doing? If you could give Johnston a letter grade for his first year in office, what would it be and why?
What To Do
Friday, July 12
- 🎨 Colorado Black Arts Festival | 10 a.m.-8 p.m. | Free | City Park West
- 🥕 Denver Veteran Food Distribution | Noon-1:30 p.m. | Free | The Jewell VA Clinic
- 🎧 True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival | Noon-9:30 p.m. | $59+ | Denver Marriott Westminster
- 🍺 Beethoven and Brews (21+) | 4-8:15 p.m. | $50+ | Sculpture Park
- 🥧 Pie and Drag Pop-Up | 5-7 p.m. | $15 | Fiction Beer Co.
- 🍦 Sweet Tunes at Sweet Cooie’s | 7-9 p.m. | Free | Congress Park
- 🎤 Comedy Showcase (21+) | 7/9 p.m. | $14.80+ | Denver Comedy Lounge
- 🕵️ Murder Mystery Dinner | 7-9:30 p.m. | $59 | The Old Spaghetti Factory
- 🎤 Billy Joel at Coors Field | 8 p.m. | $53+ | Coors Field
- 🍿 Goatflix and Chill | 8-9 p.m. | $25 | The Shops at Northfield
Saturday, July 13
- 🧘 Yoga on the Rocks | 7-8 a.m. | $19 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- 🎧 True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival | 8 a.m.-9 p.m. | $59+ | Denver Marriott Westminster
- 🍅 Maintaining Your Garden | 10 a.m.-Noon | $40 Suggestion | The Posner Center
- 🛩️ Vintage Aircraft Showcase | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | $1-13 | Centennial Airport
- 🏠 Tiny House Festival | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $15 | Adams County Parks
- 🔋 Electrify Expo | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | $20 | The Yards
- ⚔️ Colorado Renaissance Festival | 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. | $25+ | Larkspur
- 🎨 Colorado Black Arts Festival | 10 a.m.-8 p.m. | Free | City Park West
- 🥡 Feast in Denver’s Nature | 11 a.m.-7 p.m. | Free | Paco Sanchez Park
- 🥳 6th Anniversary Block Party | Noon-7:30 p.m. | Free | Novel Strand Brewing
- 🎄 Christmas in July (21+) | 1-10 p.m. | Free | Talnua Distillery
- 🌮 Tacolandia (21+) | 4-7 p.m. | $45+ | Civic Center Park
- 💃 Summer Swingin’ | 7:30-10 p.m. | Free | Little Man Ice Cream - LoHi
Where Is It: 2024 Denver Bike Scavenger Hunt
This summer, Hey Denver is partnering with Bike Streets to bring you the 2024 Denver Bike Scavenger Hunt, an eight-week challenge to get to know the Mile High from two wheels!
How to play:
- First, sign up at bikestreets.com/scavenger
- Then, every Friday check back here in the Hey Denver newsletter for a new clue to a different Denver destination.
- Solve the riddle, bike to the place, send in a selfie proving you did it to [email protected], and you’ll be entered into that week’s raffle for a chance to be featured right here in Hey Denver!
- 🎁 Then, keep playing for your chance to win one of our four grand prizes at the end of the series:
- A free customized Bike Streets group tour to your favorites spots in Denver
- A prize package from Evo
- A jersey and free entry into the Denver Century Ride
- Or a spot in one of Bikes Together’s bike mechanic classes.
Ready, set, let’s ride! 👇
🔎 Know where to go? You know what to do! Snap a photo of you (and your bike) at the secret location, then email it to [email protected] no later than midnight on Monday, July 15. We’ll randomly select a winner from our pool of correct guessers to be spotlighted in next Friday’s newsletter.
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Today on City Cast
He broke in. He ate some honeycomb
Biden Divides Local Dems, Busting Denver Stereotypes, and a Ren Faire Intruder
It’s Friday and the City Cast Denver podcast crew is digging into the news of the week. First, a little less than a year into office, a new poll shows Denverites are pretty happy with Mayor Johnston’s performance. Then, top Colorado democrats are slowly starting to speak out about Biden’s chance at re-election. Plus, a honey-hungry bear, the closure of a beloved music venue, and more stories from around the city.
Before you go into the weekend,
- 😷 Someone in Pueblo County has the plague. But as long as you don’t handle dead animals, you should be fine.
- 🌡️ Beware: This weekend’s heat wave will likely exacerbate metro Denver’s poor air quality.
- 🤖 Coming to a Colorado store soon: an ammunition vending machine.
See ya, Monday!
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