🇺🇸 Is Sen. Hickenlooper too old?

🇺🇸 Two Terms is Enough for Hickenlooper

After the Democratic Party’s reckoning over President Joe Biden’s age, Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper recently said he will NOT seek a third term in the Senate if he wins a second in 2026. The former Colorado governor and Denver mayor, now 72, would be 80 years old in 2032. [Denver Post 🔒]

🚔 Aurora Gets (Another) New Police Chief

Aurora City Council is poised to confirm a brand new police chief — the department’s fifth acting chief in two years. Todd Chamberlain, formerly with the LAPD, will be tasked with correcting course after years of public distrust, internal controversy, and a long pattern of “racially biased policing.” [CPR]

🚧 New Traffic Patterns On York Street

Commuters on York Street between 18th and 40th streets should be prepared for some major traffic changes next month. As part of Denver’s ongoing efforts to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries, construction is underway to reduce the long stretch of road from four lanes to only one in each direction and a single center turn lane. [Denver7]

❄️ Is It Time To Reconsider Denver’s Reliance on AC?

Students returned to hot, sweaty classrooms across Denver this week, with 29 public schools still lacking air conditioning. DPS leaders have a plan they’re putting in front of voters in the fall, but is now the right time to reconsider how much our architecture, urban planning, and relationships rely on AC? [City Cast Denver 🎧]

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
  • A spot in one of Bikes Together’s bike mechanic classes.

Last Week’s Winner

The answer to last week’s clue: Rosales Mexican Bakery!

🏅 Congrats to Gene R., who solved the riddle and was the winner of last week’s raffle! We asked Gene to share some of the things they love most about biking in Denver.

What’s your favorite thing about biking in Denver?

“I commuted on the Cherry Creek Trail for years, so it has to get the main mention. Things could always be better, but trails like Cherry Creek and Highline make biking around Denver way fun, and it's good to appreciate the good things. I like the trails, and I like using them to get to the carbs.”

🤤 Craving a churro now? Take the official Bike Streets cyclist-friendly route to Rosales 👇 The Bike Streets mobile app offers quiet, scenic, routes on residential streets to get you around Denver. Join the Bike Streets Club now.

Week 7 Clue

🔎 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, August 26. We’ll randomly select a winner from our pool of correct guessers to be spotlighted in next Friday’s newsletter.