🪧 ‘No Kings’ protests on Staurday

🚫 Council Kills Affordable Housing Proposal in Civic Center

Denver City Council rejected a proposal to purchase a former Goodyear auto shop near Civic Center using the city’s emergency capital improvement funds and convert it into affordable housing. With Denver in the midst of a financial crisis, Councilmember Flor Alvidrez called the plan “fiscally irresponsible,” adding that the city’s emergency reserves should be “a safeguard in times of crisis, not a slush fund for speculative deals.” [Denverite]

❄️ Is Waymo Ready for a Colorado Winter?

The robotaxi service touts an undoubtedly impressive safety record with significantly lower collision rates than human drivers. But the autonomous vehicles have only ever been fully rolled out in dry, warm weather cities, leaving some experts worried that the cars aren’t fully prepared for slushy or icy conditions. Even Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana said, “It isn’t so much the snow coming down, it’s that the roads completely change when there’s snow.” [Westword]

🍽️ Desperate Times Call for Cheaper Measures

Even as restaurants say they are struggling with high operating costs, labor issues, and concerns over crime in the city, one South Broadway eatery is dropping its prices. In a city with an above average cost of living, could this be the way to attract customers? [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🕵️ RTD Unveils Detective Bureau

Earlier this month the transit agency debuted its very own RTD Police Department Detective Bureau — a five-person team of detectives tasked with investigating and prosecuting crimes that occur on agency property in the hopes of relying less on outside law enforcement. RTD is beefing up its police presence as ridership freefalls. [Westword; Axios Denver]

📉 Comcast Cuts 302 Local Jobs

The telecommunications giant is shuttering its local division in Centennial as part of national restructuring efforts. Comcast officials say they’ll try to retain some employees by transitioning them to other positions within the company. [Denver Business Journal 🔒]

Last week’s answer: This is the stage on the main floor of the Skylark Lounge in Baker. I was there recently and saw local band for whimsie upstairs in the Bobcat Club 👏

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

• Robin F. was the first to write in with the correct answer!
• But Tiffany O., Ryan A., Eliot L., Katie W., Andrea P., Sarah B., Charles K., and 18 others(!) weren’t far behind!

This Week’s Photo:

🕵️ Do YOU know where I ordered this delicious “French” sandwich? Be among the first to respond with the right answer and you’ll get a special shoutout in next Friday’s newsletter!

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