🚩 Are your tax dollars actually supporting mental health programs?

🏗️ Denver Preservation Committee Split on Civic Center Remodel Plans

At the committee’s Nov. 26 meeting to review the plans to completely revamp the historic Denver park, the proposal garnered four yes votes and two no votes — a total of five votes is needed to move forward in either direction. The plan will be reconsidered at a future meeting. [Westword]

🚩 Questions Arise Over Spending of Behavioral Health Tax Funds

Back in 2018, Denver voters eagerly approved a sales tax increase to generate $45 million in annual funds to support local mental health and drug treatment programs. Six years later, an exhaustive CPR investigation alleges much of the $170 million in taxpayer money spent since then has gone to unaccredited or unverified organizations. [CPR]

🎄 Denver’s Best Kid-Friendly Festivities This Holiday Season

This time of year usually comes with a calendar jam-packed with holiday events — especially if you have children. So we asked two Denver experts (with kiddos!) where to find the best family-friendly holiday fun in Mile High City without spending a fortune or losing your sanity. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

• Other seasonal shenanigans: Check out our Guide to Denver in December for even more holiday happenings — kid-friendly and adults-only! [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🦠 ICYMI: There’s a Salmonella Outbreak in Colorado

In case you missed it amid all the holiday hubbub, the FDA announced a multi-state salmonella outbreak in SunFed Produce cucumbers last week. At least seven Coloradans are confirmed to have been infected so far. [FDA]