🫢 Polis abandons bridge project

⚽ Say Hello to Denver Summit FC

Following a months-long process, Denver’s new National Women’s Soccer League franchise has revealed its name: Denver Summit FC. The name reportedly won public favor by a landslide. [Westword]

• Celebrate: There will be a Denver Summit brand launch party at McGregor Square this Saturday at 2 p.m. 🎉
• Wasn’t there already a Summit? Yes, and the Golden-based professional ultimate frisbee team that bore the Summit name agreed to relinquish the name to the NWSL franchise. Denverite reports that no money changed hands.

🫢 Gov. Polis Abandons Bridge Project

An overwhelming 94% of the more than 84,000 people who filled out his survey last week said they opposed Governor Jared Polis’ proposal to build a pedestrian walkway outside the state Capitol. For months Polis faced mounting pushback from state leaders and residents. He said he offered the survey because he didn’t want the “loudest voices” to dominate the debate — now we know it wasn’t just the loud ones. [9News]

🔋 Xcel Predicts Major Rate Surge for Customers

As part of a massive new energy transition plan, Xcel Energy is aiming to close its last coal-powered Colorado plant by 2030 and switch to cleaner power sources — like wind, solar, battery, and natural gas — in order to meet growing electrification needs. But consumer advocates are raising alarms over a proposal to fund the plan with rate hikes on residential customers as high as 50%. [Denver Post 🔒]

🏛️ Is Mayor Johnston Doing a Good Job?

Mayor Mike marked two years in office this week with an optimistic State of the City speech, but not everyone is thrilled with how he’s doing. We invited one of Johnston’s biggest critics, former mayoral candidate Lisa Calderón, on the podcast to respond to his speech and represent the growing discontent with his leadership. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

You know how much we love spotting a wacky sign out in the wild — like this cheeky message from Lube & Latte, an auto repair shop / full-service cafe in Lakewood 😂

Have you seen something fun or curious around town recently? We’d love to see it too.