🏢 Empty 16th St. retail to become housing

Each week City Cast City Neighbors get to shout out their favorite local people, places and things.

📣 Tyler M. shouts out Legacy Pie Co. and their pork green chile hand pie, as well as the excellent customer service!

📣 Anata W. highlighted the nonprofit Minds Matter, which links mentors and high school students to help prepare teens for college and the workforce.

📣 Gina J. recommends Table 6 for the amazing food, great service, and cozy atmosphere.

Become a member today to share your own shoutout in this newsletter 😎

☕ Tariffs Hit Local Coffee Roasters

Local coffee shops are seeing the cost of beans and packaging rise with the rollercoaster implementation of tariffs, which could be passed on to consumers. The on-again, off-again tariffs come as climate change is making it harder to grow the beans in coffee exporting countries like Brazil and Vietnam. [Denver Post 🔒]

🏢 More Housing Planned for Denver Dry Goods Building

The owner of the historic building downtown wants to convert more of the commercial space into 55 affordable housing units and is asking the city for a $5 million grant to support the project. Part of the building was previously converted into affordable housing in the 1990s. [Denverite]

🏛️ Which Bills Passed — And Failed — This Legislative Session

The 2025 legislative session is finally over! From AI regulation to union negotiations, a slew of new bills passed — and some big ones failed. A capitol insider shares his insight into the big moves and tiny tweaks lawmakers made this year. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

⚖️ Denver Judge Ends Alien Enemies Act Deportations

A U.S. District Court judge indefinitely stopped the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants in Colorado accused of having gang ties. The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Venezuelan migrants facing deportation, comes after the Supreme Court ruled that migrants have the right to due process before being removed from the country. [Colorado Sun]

Last week’s answer: The Spicy Librarian

Denver’s newest local bookstore is focused on the romance genre, and even has a hidden 18+ section in the store 💘

📣 A special shoutout for this week’s correct guessers:

• Leah J. was the first to write in with the correct answer!
• But Carlie G., Emma S., Morgan L., and Tiffani H. weren’t far behind!

This Week’s Photo:

🕵️ Do YOU know where these melted Gobstopper-like sculptures are? Be among the first to respond with the right answer and you’ll get a special shoutout in next Friday’s newsletter!

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