🤖 Palantir abruptly leaves Colorado

🤖 Palantir Exits Denver

“We have moved our headquarters to Miami, Florida,” the hotly contested AI company posted to X this week. Palantir first moved to downtown Denver from California in 2020. It then relocated to a building in Cherry Creek last fall, which has seen vandalism and several protests over the company’s contracts with ICE and the Trump administration. [Denver Gazette 🔒]

🍽️ Super Mega Bien to Shutter Next Month

The popular pan-Latin dim sum restaurant in RiNo will close its doors for good on March 14. It was originally opened and operated by local culinary queen, chef Dana Rodriguez, and her partners in 2017. They sold the business to two longtime employees in 2022, who say the restaurant is no longer financially viable. [Denver Post 🔒]

• Bid your goodbyes: The restaurant will be offering throwback specials now until its last service on March 14. [Westword]

📹 Could Denver Say Goodbye to Flock?

With the surveillance tech company’s contract ending in March, the mayor’s office is currently seeking bids from other automated license plate readers. How data is stored and who has access to that data are key factors the administration is looking at when choosing a future provider. But could a change in who is providing the surveillance technology satisfy Denverites’ concerns about the use and storage of collected data? [City Cast Denver 🎧]

🚧 Another ‘Road Diet’ Slated for South Denver

Despite the battle currently being waged over a road diet plan on Alameda Avenue, construction on a similar project is set to begin soon along a one-mile stretch of Mississippi Avenue between Eliot and Quivas streets. The section of road will be reduced from five lanes to two lanes (one in each direction) with a dedicated middle turn lane. The $3.8 million project has been in the works since 2022. City officials say they’ve not received any organized pushback on the plan. [Denverite]

🏥 Children’s Hospital Will Not Resume Gender-Affirming Care (Yet)

A Denver judge has denied a preliminary injunction request by a group of parents that would have forced the hospital to resume its gender-affirming care for minors immediately. The hospital suspended those services last month in response to defunding threats from the Trump administration. Ultimately, the judge decided that the threat of losing funds posed a greater risk to the public interest than the risk of harm to impacted patients. [CO Sun]

• Not the end: The preliminary injunction ruling does not end the case. The larger lawsuit from the parents will continue to play out with additional arguments and eventually a final ruling.

The Coors Hall of Gems and Minerals, which opened in 1982, is one of the most cherished permanent exhibitions at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, exploring how geological wonders and mysterious underground marvels have shaped Colorado. Now, in what the museum is calling “one of the most ambitious renovations” in its history, the beloved exhibit will be expanded by 50%, making space for more “immersive, multi-sensory” experiences.

While some work is already underway, the exhibit will officially close to the public April 15 to begin more extensive renovations as part of the $30 million remodel. The concept design phase kicked off in 2023 and was largely guided by some 8,800 community survey responses, 650 interviews, and 24 hours of public workshops. The hall is expected to reopen as the Dea Family Gems and Minerals Hall sometime in 2027.