🚗 Is your neighborhood getting new parking rules?

🚘 New Parking Rules Coming to Your Neighborhood?

City officials are working to implement resident-friendly parking restrictions in areas of Cap Hill, Cherry Creek, the Highlands, and near Empower Field. New rules could include permits, parking meters, or parking time limits. [Denverite]

💰 City Slashes Rental Assistance Funding

Despite record-high eviction cases, the city is cutting its allocated rental assistance funds by $9 million while Mayor Johnston works to address the city’s $250 million budget deficit. The city’s housing department has ordered service providers to pause spending immediately while it reassesses its finances, leaving dozens of Denverites who are facing eviction in the lurch. [Denverite]

• Other resources for renters: Denverite shares some tips on renegotiating your rent, and we’ve got some info on how forming a tenants union can help protect renters.
• The big picture: How does this budget cut fit into the mayor’s new strategy on homelessness? Westword editor Patty Calhoun joins the City Cast Denver podcast today to break it down. [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🍂 Leaf-Peepers Shut Down Georgetown

Over the weekend, Clear Creek Sheriff’s deputies were forced to turn away all non-residential traffic as tourists eager to witness the area’s legendary fall foliage created gridlock conditions on local streets. The town reopened after a few hours when the chaos died down. For one visitor who decided to wait out the closure in nearby Bailey, the wait was “worth every second.” [Denver7]

🇺🇸 A Felon for Governor

The governor’s race just got a little bit more interesting, as convicted felon Joshua Rodriguez threw his hat in the ring. He’s not a newcomer to politics, having previously run (unsuccessfully) for Arvada City Council, Arvada mayor, Congress and Senate in Colorado, and president of the United States. He was arrested for felony identity theft and a misdemeanor cybercrime during his congressional campaign in 2022. [Westword]

• Meet the other candidates: Rodriguez is just one of 36 contenders running for governor.

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💘 On ‘Love Is Blind’

The season of “Love Is Blind” that Netflix shot in Denver makes its on-air debut tomorrow! And that cast reveal was … something. Not sure if we’re more concerned for the guy who admits to eating boogers or the guy who likes chicken in a blender for breakfast 🫣 We had some thoughts, then you all had some thoughts, and we are ~here~ for the comments 👏

"I feel like this is Denver specific Ragebait. Like yes the options are bleak but where's the wook with the K problem? Where's the bicyclist with a drinking habit? Where's the aspiring musician?" — @lazwicky

"Chicken smoothie guy is definitely a serial killer" — @heyanntastic

"I'm already disappointed that these people do not look like the Denverites I'm around. No granola girlies?

All these Menver bros" — @brookygstone

"This is NOT going to reflect well on Denver" — @stewthebread

Excited? Catch the premiere at a local watch party 📺 🥳 We’ll be watching too! Let us know your thoughts 📧

🎧 More on dating in Denver:

• Are Dating Apps Dead in Denver?
• The Best Spots for a First Date in Denver

🤤 On Roasted Green Chiles

It’s the most delicious time of year in Denver — roasted green chile season! We recently noticed that the King Soopers at Alameda and Wadsworth is selling pre-packaged, pre-roasted green chile bundles for $5. We prefer to get ours in Old Denver fashion — freshly roasted on the side of the road.

Ashley G. specifically recommends:

“Jesus on 4th and Federal (used to be 8th). He is the best! Two bundles for $50, roasted to order. Takes cash and Zelle. The problem with the grocery store ones is that they’re not skinned — so they’re steamed and then chilled, which makes it SO much harder to peel them than when they’re hot!”

Plus, lots of readers have recommended the family-owned and -operated Nick’s Garden Center & Farm Market in Aurora. (Which also has a great family-friendly pumpkin patch open right now!)

🎧 More on green chiles:

• 28 Years of Roasting Chiles with the Morales Family
• Inside Chubby’s, the Northside's Green Chile Empire
• The Best Green Chile in Denver (and What Exactly Is Green Chile?)