🚗 Has the parking revolution arrived in Denver?

We’re back with more recommendations from City Cast Denver Neighbors about their fave local people, spots, and organizations in the Mile High, so they can become your favorites too 💕

📣 Eric H. wants to give a shoutout to Ivy Street Design and C&H Landscaping for their recent work on a major landscaping project. “We couldn't be happier with the result.”

📣 Jaculin W. applauds the great food and service at Jack's Bar & Grill in Arvada, a restaurant and cafe that employs community members with developmental disabilities.

📣 Alex V. enjoys Table Public House for its “incredible family-friendly taproom and coffeeshop.”

Become a City Cast Denver Neighbor today to share your own shoutout in this newsletter and on the podcast 🎤

🍄 Where to Get ‘Magic Mushroom’ Training

CU Denver is now offering Colorado's first and only state-approved psychedelic facilitator training program. (Reminder: Colorado voters legalized psilocybin treatment in 2022.) Through a 16-week course, trainees will practice emotional regulation, self-awareness, and staying grounded during client experiences.

• Related: Denver issued its first license for a psychedelic healing center last month. [9News]

🗳️ City Council Sends Broadway GID to the Ballot

Residents along Broadway will get the chance to vote on the creation of a general improvement district in the area this November. If passed, the GID would collect extra property taxes to fund community services like private security, neighborhood marketing, and beautification. [Denverite]

• BIDs vs. GIDs: Know the difference.

🧟 A Denverite’s Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide

If a zombie plague took over Denver, what would you do? Where would you hide out? Who would you draft for your zombie survival team? The City Cast Denver podcast crew brainstorms their best ideas for surviving an apocalypse of the undead in the Mile High. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🚗 Denver Repeals Parking Minimums

Developers will no longer be required to include a minimum number of parking spaces for new construction in Denver. City Council voted to eliminate the policy Monday night, bringing Denver into compliance with a new state law. Most public commenters supported the change. [Denver Business Journal 🔒]

• What do parking minimums do, exactly? An urban planning professor explains how parking requirements can impact how a city grows. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

We love when we spot something cool/weird/wacky around Denver. Like these festively decorated lion statues near Whittier Cafe.

It appears someone(s) takes the time to update their outfits now and again. Does anyone have the story behind these guys? We’d love to know more 🦁

Have you seen something fun or curious around town recently? We want to see it too!