East Colfax businesses, residents brace for bus rapid transit project
Business owners to contend with
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BY MERYL PHAIR
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Construction on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has broken ground on East Colfax Avenue and is expected to progress eastward along the popular Denver throughway.
e BRT is intended to improve e cient public transportation and boost commerce and the community feel of one of Denver’s most historic and well-traversed streets.
e construction’s initial phase spans from Broadway to Williams Street and will move down Colfax in ve segments. Expected to reach completion by 2027 and budgeted at $280 million, work will progress from Williams Street to Monroe Street, then to Niagara Street, Yosemite Street and nally to the light rail R-Line Station at I-225.
Following completion, the roadway will have two sideby-side bus lanes running down the center of Colfax with a lane on either side for general-purpose vehicles. Expected to operate constantly, buses will arrive every four minutes on weekdays during daylight hours and every 15 minutes at night.
e project aims to create a calmer transportation experience for bus riders, bikers and pedestrians alike, said Frank Locantore, executive director of the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District (BID).
“Instead of acting as a barrier with cars speeding by, the new bus system and the calmer movement of vehicles is going to act more like a zipper in stitching the north and south communities together,” said Locantore.
Denver Central Library to fully reopen Nov. 3
The Central Library has seen extensive renovations since early 2023
e Denver Central Library will fully reopen to the public at 10 a.m. Nov. 3, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held just outside, followed by a day of family-friendly celebrations complete with grab-and-go refreshments, giveaways and entertainment throughout the day.
Following multiple semi-closures since early 2023, library sta and management are really looking forward to a big crowd and to turning the Central Library back over to the people, said Olivia Gallegos, communications manager at Denver Public Library.
As the world shut down in March 2020, libraries were not immune to closures, and the full library eventually shut its doors to the public due to COVID-19. Despite facing an uncertain future, library sta took advantage of this time to kickstart the longoverdue construction projects.
“Our team was really strategic and worked with the contractor to determine what areas of the library could open on a limited basis while working could continue. We wanted to still provide that access,” Gallegos said. e renovations mark the most signi cant changes to the Central Library since the Michael Graves addition back in 1995, the 540,000-square-foot expansion of the original building.
While large parts of the library have remained closed throughout the construction process, the library team was committed to being thoughtful and intentional in what areas and features remained accessible based on the level of need they saw in the community.
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Domestic violence fell in 2023
58 deaths were more in line with pre-pandemic rate
BY ALEX MURPHY AND BEAU BAKER KUNC
New numbers show a drop in Colorado domestic violence-related deaths in 2023. at’s according to a new report from the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board which released the numbers through the state’s Attorney General’s O ce on Oct. 29. e report says the state counted 58 individuals who lost their lives in a domestic violence incident. ose deaths accounted for 11% of all homicides in Colorado. e decrease is a drop from the previous two years and is aligned with a trend of decreasing violent crimes across the state. In the previous year, the state set a grim record of 94 deaths. e new numbers are more aligned with the count before the pandemic.
O cials are happy to see a decline, but they say there is still work to be done.
“Even as we see a decrease in domestic violence fatalities, we cannot be complacent,” said Attorney General Phil Weiser. “Every life lost is a tragedy, and we must continue our e orts to combat domestic violence with a sense of urgency. It is imperative that we work together to create safer communities and support those a ected by this violence.”
Weiser is the chair of the board, which works each year to collect this data and identify ways to prevent incidents. Colorado’s General Assembly rst established the board in 2017, and in 2022 it was reauthorized for another ve years.
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In this year’s report, the board reviewed 47 separate cases. In those cases, a current or former intimate partner killed 30 of the victims. An additional seven people died as “collateral victims.” Children accounted for more than half of the collateral victims.
Crossroads Safehouse, a Fort Collins based organization focused on providing emergency housing and legal advice for victims of domestic violence, says 2024 has been an unfortunately busy year.
“While I may understand that some of the deaths may be decreasing. Which, of course we we want to see that, and that’s that’s good. ese very serious domestic violence cases continue to increase,” said Crossroads Safehouse Executive Director Lori Kempter.
Kempter says they’ve seen a steep increase in lethality cases. ese are incidents that include serious bodily injury and the victims are assessed as most at risk. In the past, the organization would see about nine of these cases a year, but more recently they’ve seen about two dozen a month.
“ ere’s a lot of research that really looks at what is going on in this relationship that could indicate someone could lose their life,” said Stacie Sutter, the program director of Crossroads. “Our local fatality review board does a really good job looking at what does the research tell us, and how do we look at these cases through that, through that research rens? And we’re seeing an increase in that.”
Sutter says Crossroads is struggling to keep up with demand for their services, sometimes having to turn people away. is comes after federal and state funding resources continue to diminish.
Kari Clark with Alternatives to Violence, a similar organization, says she’s worried about where the funding cuts will lead.
e recent state report shows rural communities continue to have higher rates of domestic violence-related fatalities. It also identi ed pregnancy, especially in adolescent girls, as a signi cant risk factor in fatal cases.
Besides sharing new numbers, it’s the job of the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board to recommend ways to help with the issue. According to the press release, the recommendations this year include:
Enhance training for court professionals: Develop comprehensive domestic violence training for Child and Family Investigators and Parental Responsibility Evaluators that addresses risk factors, coercive control, and compassion fatigue.
Expand use of risk assessment tools: Increase the use of risk assessment tools in organizations and systems that work directly with domestic violence survivors, including the increased use of the Lethality Assessment Protocol in law enforcement settings.
Implement victim noti cation system: Establish a system to notify domestic violence victims when the subject of a protection order attempts to purchase a rearm, improving their ability to assess risk and enhance safety planning. Address economic abuse and coerced debt: Provide more protection for domestic violence victims of economic abuse, including coerced debt, to ensure nancial control and exploitation do not prevent survivors from escaping abusive relationships.
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Colorado rolls out first phase of program for climatefriendly homes
BY SAM BRASCH CPR NEWS
It’s been more than two years since President Biden signed the In ation Reduction Act, a landmark climate law set to allocate $8.8 billion to help residents make their homes more energy-e cient and switch to all-electric appliances.
So where, exactly, is all the federal funding? e main reason for the delay is a lack of state-level programs to administer the wave of federal resources. Colorado took a big step toward overcoming the obstacle on Wednesday by launching the Home Electri cation and Appliance Rebate program, which will o er residents rebates on climate-friendly heat pumps, cooktops or dryers starting at some point in 2025
An initial phase of the program, however, will invest $7.6 million of the new federal money in the state’s Weatherization Assistance Program, an existing set of free services to help low-income residents cut their energy bills and better insulate their homes.
“It really made sense to take a two phase approach with the majority of funding going to the direct to consumer rebates, but to start with the weatherization clients where we have an existing program and could get some funding out there faster,” said Will Toor, the director of the Colorado Energy O ce. e weatherization program is a product of the 1970s energy crisis. Its initial purpose was to lower energy bills by sealing drafts and adding insulation. In the decades since, Colorado has expanded the program’s scope to install all-electric stoves and heating systems to help low-income households take advantage of renewable energy.
e initial investment represents a small portion of a $70 million grant for the program already awarded to the state by the U.S. Department of Energy. $46 million of the funding will go toward rebates for low- and moderateincome consumers set to launch sometime next year. e remainder will cover administrative expenses and contractor training, Toor said.
ose rebates will o er a range of discounts for low- to moderate-income consumers. e program, for example, will provide up to $8,000 to cut the cost of a cold-climate heat pump offering an e cient source of all-electric heating and cooling. A resident could claim a discount of up to $840 for electric stoves or clothes dryers.
e exact amount of those discounts is still being nalized, and will depend on the buyer’s income and the total cost of the project, said Ari Rosenblum, a spokesperson for the Colorado Energy O ce.
In addition to the direct-to-consumer rebates, Colorado has received another $70 million for projects to improve home energy efciency. Toor said the additional funding will target multifamily housing and manufactured housing units.
Colorado isn’t behind other states in launching the federally funded programs, Toor said. Rebates are only available to customers in seven states, and Colorado is among 18 with applications for funding approved by the federal government is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.
The 58 domestic violence deaths in 2023 represented 11% of all homicides in Colorado, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s office.
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We Need to Take Seriously the Pollutants Emitted When Cooking With Gas
Two years ago last week, one of the headlines in my column was, “Evidence Mounts That Gas Stoves Are Harmful to Health.” It cited an article the previous week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology which quoted a study reporting that 12 hazardous pollutants, including benzene, a carcinogen, were detected in the emissions of gas ranges. That study was of 159 homes in 19 California counties.
Last week, The Guardian, a British periodical, published an article with a more damning headline: “Pollutants from gas stoves kill 40,000 Europeans each year, report finds.”
that, “New peer-reviewed research from RMI, the University of Sydney, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which I co-authored with two epidemiologistsandacolleague,estimated that nearly 13 percent of childhood asthma cases in the United States can be linked to having a gas stove in the home.
According to that article, “The researchers attributed 36,031 early deaths each year to gas cookers in the EU, and a further 3,928 in the UK. They say their estimates are conservative because they only considered the health effects of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and not other gases such as carbon monoxide and benzene.”
Now, that’s a wake-up call!
I did a web search for “dangers of gas stove emissions” and found that multiple other studies had been conducted from late 2022 through to now reaching similar conclusions but without that large a database of impacted human beings.
On Sept. 7, 2022, Harvard Health reported that, “Gas stoves affect air quality inside and outside your home, circulating pollutants that raise risk for asthma and other illnesses.”
On Jan. 19, 2023, Scientific American wrote that, “Scientists have long known that gas stoves emit pollutants that irritate human airways and can cause or exacerbate respiratory problems.”
On Feb. 15, 2023, Brady Seals of the Rocky Mountain Institute announced
On April 7, 2023, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health reported, “A recent study suggests that gas stoves contribute to about 13 percent of childhood asthma cases in the U.S. equivalent to the risk of developing asthma due to exposure to secondhand smoke. NO2 can cause respiratory problems, particularly for those with asthma or other respiratory illnesses, and long-term exposure to NO2 from gas stoves has also been linked to an increased risk of developing heart disease.”
On June 21, 2023, Yale Climate Connections reported that, “Cooking with gas emits dangerous levels of benzene, a carcinogen, into household air.”
On May 3, 2024, Stanford University reported that, “A study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gasand propane stoves increase exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma.”
This appears to be a problem that disproportionately affects low-income populations for a couple reasons. First, they are more likely to have gas ranges, especially in cities where natural gas is ubiquitous. Second, the problem is exacerbated in smaller kitchens, allowing the emissions to be less dispersed.
Obviously, a large-scale switch from gas ranges to induction or electric ranges is not practical or affordable, especially for low-income populations, but health
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experts have some advice on what to do in the meantime. First of all, ventilate your kitchen when using a gas stove. If you have a vent fan above your range, use it, but only if it vents to the outside. Many vent fans, such as those built into over-the-stove microwave ovens, merely filter the air of particles, blowing it back into the kitchen. To see if your vent fan ventilates to the outside, open the cabinet above it, so see if there’s a flue.
A good short-term solution, if you have $50-100 to spend, would be to purchase a plug-in induction cooktop, as Rita and I have done. Search for “induction burners” and you’ll find many starting as low as $49.99. Because induction is so efficient, most induction burners plug into a standard countertop kitchen outlet.
NOTE: Induction burners only work with ferrous pots and pans, such as cast iron, enameled cast iron and certain stainless steel pots and pans. If a magnet sticks to the pan, it can be used on an induction burner.
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Seafood Landing in northwest Denver and boil them, but it takes forever to heat a pot of water large enough to submerge four 1½-lb. lobsters, so next time we’re going to use our induction burner, because it will heat that much water in less than half the time. (I look forward to timing it!) That’s the thing about induction cooking it’s faster and uses less electricity than a standard electric burner.
NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy Under Attack
“Clear Cooperation” is a policy introduced by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in November 2019 to reduce the use of “pocket listings” by brokers who don’t want to share their high commissions with a buyer’s agent.
Let’s say that a broker lists a home for 6%, to use a round number. (The average has long been between 5% and 5.5%.) The listing contract had a place to designate the percentage of that 6% which the listing broker would share with the broker who produced the buyer. For a $1,000,000 listing, that would be, for example, $30,000 commission to each agent.
You can understand why the listing agent would want to promote that listing off the MLS and hopefully keep the full $60,000. Most Realtors, like myself, would consider that unethical on the face of it but also believe it’s not in the seller’s best interest. The seller wants as many buyers as possible to know about his or her listing so that he/she sells for the highest price.
From a greedy listing broker’s perspec-
tive, getting 6% of $1,000,000 is a whole lot better than only 3% of a higher price.
Enter the Clear Cooperation policy, which pissed off a lot of brokers, including those who aren’t members of NAR, because all MLSs were ordered to enforce it.
CCP, as the policy is called, requires that a listing be entered on the MLS within one business day of it being publicized in any way, whether it be a sign in the ground, a Facebook post, mass email or whatever. And it could only be “Coming Soon” as long as no showings were granted, including by the listing agent, and for a max of 7 days.
The attacks on CCP, mostly by large brokerages, have surged recently, but Zillow’s Susan Daimler, like myself, defends the policyasbeingintheconsumer’s best interest. In fact, she wants to see the policy strengthened by eliminating the “office exclusive” loophole. That loophole discriminates against small brokerages and independent brokers by allowing big brokerages to display MLS listings only to agents within the brokerage. That loophole should be abolished.
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Film tackles legacy of Rocky Flats
Local residents says newcomers are not aware of the history of the abandoned nuclear site
BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
One of the biggest ailments caused by the abandoned Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant is a dangerous form of amnesia, say residents and government o cials.
“As the years go by, a lot about the plant and what was done there is lost,” said Je Gipe, an Arvada native who father worked at the now defunct Rocky Flats from 1982 to 2002.
Gipe’s lm – “Half-Life of Memory: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory” – seeks to shed light on the forgotten deadly legacy of Rocky Flats. e world premiere of “Half-Life of Memory” was held at the Denver Film Festival Nov. 2 and will show again Nov. 8 at the Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave, Denver.
Gipe said he wants his lm to remind people that over for over four decades, Rocky Flats churned out 70,000 plutonium “triggers” for nuclear weapons. e plant’s res, leaks and illegal dumping contaminated the Denver metro area with radioactive and toxic chemicals, according to the news release about the lm.
A massive plutonium re in 1969 – one of the worse in U.S. history - sparked a decade of mass protests, eventually leading to an unprecedented raid by the FBI and the Department of Energy that shut-
tered the plant in 1989, according to the news release.
e plant left behind a radioactive legacy that will last for generations, Gipe said. Yet, the plant’s history has been whitewashed to allow the public to enjoy the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge that was established in 2007.
“ e DOE does not want to acknowledge the history of the plant,” Gipe said. “Colorado instead wants to create a success story out there.”
e U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says on its website that the Refuge was created in part to preserve and protect more than 630 species of plants, as well as the globally rare xeric tallgrass prairie.
e Refuge has striking vistas of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and rolling prairie grasslands, woodlands, and wetlands, the Wildlife Service states.
e Refuge is home to 239 migratory and resident wildlife species, including prairie falcons, deer, elk, coyotes, songbirds, and the federally threatened Preble’s meadow jumping mouse, and provides a protected corridor for migrating wildlife.
Gipe said he’s happy that the Westminster City Council did not buy into the bucolic picture painted by the federal government of the area around Rocky Flats.
e council, by a narrow vote, pulled the city’s support of an Intergovernmental Agreement signed in 2021 with Je erson County and several other entities to construct a bridge connecting Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and Westminster Hills Open Space.
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A majority of councilors said in September that they no longer wanted the
city to be part of the Rocky Mountain Greenway project over concerns that any foot tra c along the trail into Westminster will stir up deadly plutonium linked to the shuttered Rocky Flats facility.
“I was really pleasantly surprised by Westminster’s vote on that,” Gipe said. “It looks like they really dug into the research around the plant.”
of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. “It is possible that this may mark the end of the legal challengers to the public use of Rocky Flats and the Rocky Mountain Greenway,” the website states.
Still, Westminster resident Charlene Willey makes clear that her husband’s death and her daughter’s multiple disabilities were caused by his work at Rocky Flats. She also says local governments who allow recreational access the plant are too quick to dismiss the public health risks still posed by the facility.
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Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally voted not to break the Intergovernmental Agreement and to continue with the trail’s construction. However, McNally noted that people have quickly forgotten the hazards still posed by Rocky Flats.
“A lot of the city council members didn’t even know about Rocky Flats,” McNally said. “And a lot of people who have moved here over the past few years, are totally unaware of the plant.”
Willey’s husband was hired in the early 1980s to work in the “glove box” area of the plant, the most dangerous work there, she said.
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She wants the city to put up signage around the trail from the plant to let people know of its legacy. “We have to let people know,” McNally said.
Other groups say local councils who voted not to participate in the trail’s construction are “suckers” being played by environmental activists who use scant scienti c evidence to back claims of the site’s dangers.
‘Played for suckers’
“Most anti-Refuge opinions are easy to dismiss, but local municipalities… were played for suckers by anti-nuclear groups,” states Friends of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge on its website. “Your kids cannot take school trips to the Refuge because clueless risk-averse school boards listened to non-technical reps from the (Rocky Mountain) Peace and Justice Center sowing anxiety.”
“When nuclear power looms larger as a part of the energy future of the U.S., we can least a ord to give publicity to re exively anti-nuclear nonsense,” the Friends state, “from people without credentials but great media access.”
Refuge supporters point to a Sept. 8 ruling from Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion for a preliminary injunction against completion of Rocky Mountain Greenway trails within the Refuge.
” e ndings are clear and very critical of the claims made by the consortium of anti-Refuge groups,” according to Friends
He was told not to talk to anyone, not even his family, about the incidents or accidents that might occur while he worked in the glove box area, Willey said. “He put faith in their promises of protection because he wanted to be a responsible head of the household for his family,” Willey said.
Over the next 20 years her husband’s rheumatoid arthritis became much worse, and he was nally forced to retire early at the insistence of his doctor. In 2008, he died of esophageal cancer. Just before his death, Willey’s younger daughter su ered a seizure and a neurological exam revealed that she had several brain anomalies, Willey said.
“ e neurologist who did the exam asked if either one of us had ever been exposed to radiation. My husbandnally described the incident early in his employment at Rocky Flats. is was evidence of the genetic harm that the radiation had caused not just to him, but to our daughter as well,” she said.
Willey said government agencies, including Je erson County, overseeing the areas contaminated by Rocky Flats, were eager for residents to forget its legacy.
“Instead of creating a “priesthood” of protectors of this area for the next 3,000 years, they saw this as the gold mine of development and a solid tax base. Whole communities were built on ground covered in unknown levels of radioactive contamination. Home buyers are warned not to plant a garden or to dig in the soil,” she said.
Rob Prince of northwest Denver, front, holds a sign protesting the opening of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge on 2018. “Just remember you’re dealing with a toxic substance that can contaminate things for 200,000 thousand years,” Prince said. “Why mess with that?” FILE PHOTO
is included leaving a common space open for community gatherings, having a space with computer access as well as prioritizing the early construction of the children’s library and public services center.
Although community members who frequent the library most often may have already seen some of the upgrades, including the new Parkview Event Space that will host author visits, library programming and afterhours events and the Children’s Library, the public has yet to see the newly revamped Schlessman Hall, which provides a welcoming entrance to the library.
“It’s lighter, it’s brighter, it looks bigger now, and we removed the 1990s-era escalators that were in Schlessman Hall and replaced them with a beautiful new grand staircase, so it still provides that mobility up and down those oors,” Gallegos said. “It’s a lot more visually appealing and I think will be the biggest visual change for people who visit the library.”
Library visitation dropped dramatically between 20192022, but library sta is hopeful that the renovations will help them return to pre-pandemic levels of community engagement. As of now, the Central Library welcomes about 2,500 people a day.
One bright new spot the li-
brary team hopes will boost visitation is the brand-new teen library. It features an idea lab, makerspace computers and more.
“We’re really hoping that our new teen library becomes a hub for youth in central Denver, which is really kind of lacking one right now,” Gallegos added.
For folks who are interested in learning more about history or research genealogy, they can feel free to check out the Special Collections and Archives
Department on the fth oor, a library feature that was previously very popular among visitors pre-renovation but has been further enhanced with exciting new features. e library also has new bathrooms on every oor.
e funding for the renovations, which was just over $60 million, comes from various sources, including the voterapproved 2017 Elevate Denver Bond, support from the Denver Public Library Friends Founda-
tion, and Strong Library, Strong Denver, which is supported by the Denver Public Library Fund.
As Denver continues to grow and evolve at a rapid rate, library representatives said they’re excited to be part of the overall revitalization of downtown.
“We kind of anchor, along with the other city buildings and the capitol building, that area around the Civic Center,” Gallegos said. “We really hope that folks who are new to the area nd us as a destination, but we
also want to welcome back our regulars.
“ e area around the Central Library, the Golden Triangle area, has grown tremendously with more residential housing lately,” Gallegos added, “and so we’re hoping to attract those folks into what will now be their branch library.”
In recent months, public discourse surrounding the decline of “third places,” a term originally coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg in the 1980s and de ned as locations outside of work or home where people regularly gather to socialize, has been on the rise.
Younger generations long to frequent the staple dive bars, diners, or mall hangouts prominently featured on popular sitcoms from the 1990s, but today’s suburban lifestyles and rising costs at restaurants and cafes have made third places seem to be a thing of the past.
But perhaps public libraries could be a saving grace, Gallegos suggested.
“Libraries are one of the last remaining spaces that welcome anybody for absolutely free,” she said. “ ere are resources and materials available for everybody. It doesn’t matter your age, it doesn’t matter your interests. ere’s something for you at the library. I think everyone should take a trip down to Central Library or any of our other branch locations and check us out and see the way that we’ve evolved to meet the needs of our community.”
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Denver’s 16th Street Mall aims to finish construction by summer 2025
The city’s biggest promoter of downtown shares the achievements but also remaining challenges to get downtown Denver back to full operations
BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN
e stretch between Larimer and Arapahoe streets on Denver’s 16th Street Mall reopened Oct. 8 with great fanfare, including a MyDenver Day block party and a pep talk to prepare for the day when the whole mall can celebrate.
“We will, by the time we are back here next summer, have opened the entire 16th Street Mall from Union Station to buses that will be running all the way up to the Sheraton,” said Mayor Mike Johnston, during the Downtown Denver Partnership annual meeting held outside the organization’s headquarters at 16th and Arapahoe streets.
It seems like it’s been forever since the chain link fences went up, the free MallRide was rerouted o the mall and stores, restaurants and businesses posted signs to help customers navigate to open businesses. Technically, it’s been 2.5 years since construction began in the Spring of 2022. But blurred into that history is about two years of pandemic conditions that had a devastating e ect on the core of the city.
Even Downtown Denver Partnership CEO Kourtny Garrett didn’t let the crowd of local ofcials, business leaders and employees at area businesses forget about the ongoing challenges.
“Let’s ground ourselves in the reality of this moment,” Garrett said. “ ere is more promise emerging every single day, but it is fragile and we cannot take it for granted. One of our greatest vulnerabilities is our o ce market. Upper downtown holds 44% of our overall commercial o ce inventory and is 31% vacant. … Valuations are dropping almost by the day, leaving nearly one third of our 30 million square feet of commercial ofce in distress.”
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which makes it di cult to attract and recruit talent and support its middle-income residents.
And according to DDP, Colorado Convention Center activity, hotel occupancy and the number of beers sold at the Skyline Beer Garden at the mall’s Skyline Park — 10,000 this summer — are comparable to 2019 numbers.
“We read headlines of restaurant, retail challenges due to labor costs, regulation, construction and continued pandemic impacts,” Garrett said. “Yet, as you just heard from people like Chef Mary, there are bright spots that tell us if we make it easier, if we support the entrepreneurs and the new businesses and those who have hung in there with us through the hard times, the businesses will stay and businesses will grow in 2024.”
Chef Mary is Mary Nguyen, the chef-owner behind the Olive & Finch Collective. She spoke earlier in the shindig and announced that the company is adding three more locations in the city — one at Union Station, one near the Performing Arts Complex and a third in the Golden Triangle neighborhood.
“ ese vacancy rates call for immediate and proactive interventions,” Garrett said, as the city works to support individuals and businesses to a downtown address, while also “growing and attracting new businesses, capitalizing on new and emerging
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“ ese warnings go mostly unheeded, however, because most homes are purchased by people from out of state or those too young to remember the history of Rocky Flats,” Willey said.
“We see wildlife areas, giving
the impression that this ground is safe to walk on. Worst of all, they developed a system of trails that school children use for outings. e level of disregard for public welfare is astounding to me,” she said.
Environmental journalist Hannah Nordhaus says in “Half-Life Memory” that the nuclear threat at Rocky Flats is largely forgotten but that the plutonium the
that doesn’t add insult to injury.”
e roughly $170 million project — which is funded through a combination of federal, state and local dollars — was initially scheduled to be completed at the end of 2024, according to an earlier Colorado Sun story.
Progress, however, can be seen in the latest data. In the past year, the city has added 2,300 new apartment units in the city’s center and occupancy is at 90%, Garrett said. ere’s also 34 new restaurants that have opened in downtown Denver this year with another 21 on the way.
“When I decided to open Little Finch on the mall two years ago, it was a risk, but I was eager to contribute to this revitalization,” said Nguyen, whose Parallel 17 in Uptown helped make Denver a sought-out dining destination decades ago. “As an entrepreneur, I understand the vital role that we all play in revitalizing downtown and the wider Denver community.”
Restaurants and businesses are still having a rough go post pandemic, and with ongoing construction and regulatory challenges. e Colorado Restaurant Association provided some perspective: Prior to 2020, about 200 restaurants opened in Denver each year, growing at an annual rate of 3% to 5%. In the past year, the number of restaurants in Denver declined 4.5% with a loss of
plant generated has a half-life of 24,000 years. “ e contamination at Rocky Flats will long outlive our e orts to control or even remember it,” Nordhaus says.
Following the lm’s premiere, there will be a discussion with director Je Gipe, former FBI agent Jon Lipsky, former Rocky Flats worker Judy Padilla, Rocky Flats Truth Force member Chet Tchozewski, and Rocky Flats grand jury
183 businesses, Denise Mickelsen, a spokesperson for the restaurant association, said in an email.
Mickelsen said the opening of 55 new restaurants in downtown Denver “is a very good thing, but as a whole, that is not the growth we once had nor wish to see going forward.”
But, she added, the city has reached out and wants to hear from local restaurant chefs and owners in what she hopes is “a constructive rst step towards addressing the challenges local restaurants are facing.”
Johnston said he’s still working on it and there’s noticeable impact. He rattled o a number of improvements helping the city’s businesses, including moving 1,950 people o the streets and into transitional housing in the last year and a 30% drop in crime reported in downtown.
“And what we know is that that impact is making a di erence,”
Johnston said. “Already we see from the blocks that are reopened when we talk to vendors, 30-35% increases in revenue. … e blocks that we’ve had open, we have had three times the number of leasing requests and inquiries over the last three months as we have over the last three years combined. at is a sign that downtown is making a comeback.”
is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
foreman Wes McKinley.
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Embracing our flaws to find true innovation
Last week, I shared a piece titled “ e Perfect Imperfection of a Five-YearOld,” re ecting on my grandson and how his seemingly chaotic playtime revealed a hidden beauty. His natural ow and spontaneity opened my eyes to how imperfection can be a gateway to creativity and joy. is week, I want to explore that same thought through a wider lens: our human imperfections and how, in striving for perfection, we may unintentionally hinder our creativity, ingenuity and growth.
Whether at home, in our careers, or leading teams, many of us have fallen into the trap of chasing perfection. We set out with grand plans, meticulously crafted strategies and polished expectations. And yet, life has a funny way of reminding us that the best-laid plans often go awry, and more often than not, it’s in those imperfect moments that something new and beautiful emerges. Let’s take a cue from the current football season, where highlight reels capture what seem like perfect plays, the perfect pass, the perfect block, the perfect catch. But often, the plays that truly stand out are the ones that are far from perfect. A missed block or a broken play can end in the most thrilling, unexpected touchdown. ese moments weren’t planned. In fact, they were born out of improvisation, quick thinking, and sometimes just sheer luck.
Much like those broken plays, in life and our work, we often nd ourselves rerouted or delayed from our meticulously planned paths. My wife and I recently took a road trip that GPS perfectly mapped out. Everything was set until we hit a detour because a bridge was closed. Our perfect plan was disrupted. We were
initially frustrated, but as GPS recalibrated, it guided us down a side road we would never have chosen otherwise. at detour brought us through some of the most breathtaking fall foliage I’d ever seen, and in that moment, I was reminded of the value of life’s detours.
We often experience similar detours in our personal and professional lives. Projects don’t go as expected or meetings go o course. But new ideas can be born in those moments of imperfection. Suppose we embrace these broken plays and detours and allow ourselves and our teams the freedom to explore them. As leaders, whether in the workplace or at home, we are often guilty of placing too much emphasis on perfection. We expect awless execution from ourselves and those we lead. e truth is that holding on too tightly to perfectionism can
Isti e creativity and dampen morale. It can create an environment where people are afraid to take risks, an essential part of growth, is avoided at all costs.
Even those who seem to have it all together have moments where things don’t go as planned. And that’s OK. It’s better than OK. It’s necessary. A missed deadline or a failed project isn’t the end of the world; it’s an opportunity to learn, recalibrate, and discover a new way forward. Perfection doesn’t leave room for creativity, but imperfection does. e challenge for us as individuals, especially as leaders, is to create spaces where imperfection is embraced. How often has an employee come to you with a broken play of their own, only to nd that a new idea was born in the process of “ xing” the issue? Maybe it’s a suggestion that turns a slight mishap into a break-
through, or perhaps it’s a creative solution to a problem that seemed unsolvable.
Maybe as we move through this football season, let’s not just cheer for the perfect plays but also for the broken ones. In life, let’s embrace the idea that perfection is not the goal. e goal is to learn, grow, and appreciate the perfect imperfection of being human.
As always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we can innovate and improvise in an imperfect world, it really will be a better than good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
To restore faith in democracy, learn about civics
n an era of political polarization and widespread civic illiteracy, an unlikely group is spearheading a movement to reinvigorate American democracy: middle school students.
Over 6,000 students in 28 states devoted countless hours to prepare for the National Civics Bee on Nov. 12 this year. eir enthusiasm highlights a critical gap in our education system and o ers a potential solution.
e stark reality is that civic education in America has been neglected for decades. According to the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, only a third of adults would pass the civics exam required for U.S. citizenship. Even more alarming, the Annenberg Public Policy Center reports that nearly one- fth of Americans can’t name a single branch of government. For the younger generation, the outlook is equally grim. e 2022 Nation’s Report Card revealed that a mere 22% of eighthgraders are pro cient in civics.
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Hanna Skandera & Michael Carney
ere’s a growing recognition across the country that we’re facing a civic crisis. From local initiatives to national programs, e orts are underway to revitalize civic education and promote essential democratic skills.
e National Civics Bee, launched in 2022 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and its founding partner, the Daniels Fund, is one of the most innovative responses to this challenge. is competition, modeled after the National Spelling Bee, tests middle schoolers on crucial concepts like voting rights, separation of powers, and pivotal moments in American democratic history. What sets the Civics Bee apart is its non-partisan, apolitical approach and ability to scale nationally in partnership with local chambers of commerce. In our divisive times, these competitions o er a refreshing focus on the fundamental
principles that unite us as a nation. Moreover, it’s not just engaging students; entire families are getting involved by attending events and helping children prepare.
e Civics Bee’s impact extends beyond competition day. is knowledge equips them for a lifetime of active citizenship.
“Before the National Civics Bee, I thought that maybe I could do a bit of volunteer work, but other than that, it was mainly the government’s job [to solve problems],” Washington state champion Benjamin Wu said in a 2023 interview. “But now I know that there’s a lot of things that I and other people like me can do to help our community.”
As we approach another fraught election, the importance of civic literacy cannot be overstated. Despite our di erences, we are bound by a shared constitutional framework. It’s crucial that we, as a society, prioritize teaching these fundamentals.
e success of the National Civics Bee
should serve as a call to action. We need to champion similar initiatives, advocate for robust civics programs in our schools, and commit to enhancing our own civic knowledge. Educators, policymakers, and citizens must recognize that a wellinformed populace strengthens and revitalizes our democratic institutions. Our democracy faces numerous challenges, from misinformation to apathy. But if we follow the lead of these civicminded youngsters, we might just secure a brighter future for our republic. After all, an informed and engaged citizenry is the bedrock of a thriving democracy.
Hanna Skandera is the president and CEO of the Daniels Fund and former secretary of public education of New Mexico. Michael Carney is the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Learn more about the Civics Bee at civics. uschamberfoundation.org/national-civics-bee/
Charles C. Lontine, businessman and public servant
BY CHUCK LONTINE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beloved father, Charles C. Lontine, on Oct. 15, 2024, at the age of 92 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood.
Surrounded by his loving wife, Wanda, and immediate family, he was a man of immense passion, optimism, humor and faith who cherished a life well lived.
Lontine was born in Loma, Colorado, in 1932 and was adopted and raised in nearby Fruita by his great aunt and uncle, Noverto and Celestina Lontine. He was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 1953, reaching the rank of corporal and decorated with the United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal.
In 1960 in Denver, he launched Mr. Charles Hairstyling (later known as Hair Attitude by Charles), which he owned
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e current RTD bus service along East Colfax is the transportation agency’s most used route, shuttling 20,000 people down the throughway each day, a number that is expected to grow. In the next decade, the east-west transportation route is projected to experience a 25% jump in ridership, 25% growth in population and a 67% boost in employment, according to the city of Denver.
e project initially got o the ground in 2008 when Denver’s Strategic Transportation Plan identi ed the e cient movement of people as a critical need to improve tra c ow and boost the safety of riders and pedestrians.
rough a collaboration between the cities of Denver, Aurora, RTD, Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), Colorado Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Authority, several studies were conducted along with six years of outreach to the immediate community before the design process was initiated in 2020.
“ e vision is to move people more efciently, safely and sustainably along East Colfax Avenue,” said Jon Stewart, Colfax BRT Program Director in a community meeting this July. “ at highlights three priorities that we’ve heard from the public over and over: to provide more transposition options, to increase the safety of the transposition network and to provide more environmental resilience.”
e project has been funded by $23 million in grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) along with $55 million in funds from the city through the voterapproved Elevate Denver Bond Program. In addition to adding the transportation service, the project includes new bus platforms and improvements to existing ones, various service amenities and an improved pedestrian and bike experience. e Colfax BRT will also connect people living in Aurora to Denver’s Civic Center Station and is expected to reduce transit travel time by 15 to 30 minutes.
While area businesses are expected to remain open during construction, it’s unclear how the project will impact their operations.
“I’m pretty optimistic it’s not going to have a huge impact on business but that
and operated (later with his wife) for over 60 years.
Dedicated to community and public service, Lontine was appointed by thenGov. John Love to the Colorado Parole Board in 1963, ran an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1976 and remained active in politics throughout his life.
He was co-founder of the Hispanic Republican Assembly in 1972, a member of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycee’s of southeast Denver), a Sunday School teacher at First Assembly of God in Denver and a founding member of the Full Gospel Businessmen’s Association.
In retirement, he ful lled a passion as an educator by accepting a special assignment with the Denver Public Schools System teaching special needs students at Kepner Jr. High and South High School until 2010.
In addition to being an exceptional artist whose works were featured at the
remains to be seen,” said Josh Robinson with Argonaut Liquors, located in the rst segment of construction. “I hope it brings more people through the corridor and helps the area become the interesting neighborhood it could be.”
Parking is a concern for many business owners along the corridor, and although Argonaut may lose a few on-street parking spots, the business isn’t expecting any issues with current delivery routes. Trafc on Colfax, however, could potentially slow things down.
In a more residential area, such as the Colfax Ave Bluebird Business Improvement District (BID) where construction will get underway in 2025, community response has been a mixed bag.
Spanning from St. Paul Street to Colorado Boulevard, the majority of patrons come from nearby and there are concerns about tra c diversions into side streets, changing the composition of the residential neighborhood.
“We won’t know how this plays out until it gets going and we see how the community reacts to it,” said Anne T. Kuechenmeister with the Bluebird District. “Will roadway capacity decrease so much that people make the jump to transit?”
Some residents have expressed frustration with potential gridlock and concerns about air pollution from the diesel-run buses. e city has stated following environmental reviews, the amount of cars the project is projected to remove from Colfax will lead to an overall decrease in CO2 emissions.
“ ey say if we have busses, then we won’t have all these cars, but if you don’t have a city that’s responding, why do it,” said Constance Mortell who lives two blocks from Colfax and said she was not aware of any community outreach by the city regarding the project. “It’s just going to tie up Colfax for all these years. I think it’ll be a nightmare.”
RTD o cials said delivery and haul routes will be identi ed to keep construction tra c o neighborhood streets. While on-street parking may be a ected as work progresses, construction parking will only be within work zones or designated areas, not on residential streets.
Initial construction will last four to six weeks and involve occasional lane closures. Construction is scheduled to take place between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., the transposition agency stated.
Cherry Creek Arts Festival in the 1990s, he was also an avid musician who enjoyed playing the guitar and piano for family and friends during holiday gatherings. Lontine is survived by his wife, Wanda B. Lontine, grown children Valere (Bruce) Haring of New Mexico, Loree Keeble, Chuck (Susan) Lontine, all of Colorado, and Rodney Lontine of Michigan. He is also survived by grandchildren Forrest (Amie) La Chapelle, Greyson Lontine, Richard (Sarah) Lontine, Lauren (Domingo) Flores and great grandchildren Shaun, Lola, Leonardo, Kalen, Chase, Leaf, Loring and Landon all of Colorado. Other surviving family members include brothers Richard (Leona) LontineChavez, Edward Chavez and younger sisters Stella Ransier all of Colorado and Shirley Curry of Kentucky.
A tribute to Lontine will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado at 1 p.m. , Nov. 27, 2024. In lieu of owers, please consider a donation to Fire y Autism in Lakewood.
“ ere will always be at least a lane of tra c going in each direction, sidewalks will be open and people will always be able to get into the businesses that they want to get into,” said Locantore, who has long supported the transit project.
e Colfax Ave BID will serve as a resource for businesses along the Colfax corridor along with other business improvement districts such as Bluebird.
“We’re there for the businesses. We’re here to help connect them to someone as things come up,” Kuechenmeister said.
Colfax Ave BID plans to improve signage to alert people that businesses are still open and connect construction workers to lunch spots in their work area. e BID will also hold regular nancial forums to prepare businesses to apply for grants from the city through the Business Impact Opportunity Fund (BIO) which will open in early 2025.
While the city has available grant money approved annually for construction impacts on businesses, many such as District 5 Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer have said it’s not enough to cover the cost of impacts along Colfax. e Bluebird District has been advocating for the city to double its funding for 2025.
For the rst time this year, Colfax Ave BID will participate in Colorado Gives Day with all contributions going to microgrants for businesses, and it will organize the annual Bag of Colfax, available for
purchase after anksgiving. Locantore said they will also hold regular events near the construction area such as an upcoming tree-lighting celebration to get people out and about.
e city has also launched a “We Back e Fax” campaign to encourage people to support local businesses during construction. ey will also be hosting regular Chats on Colfax with the immediate business community regarding project updates.
While businesses may deal with the added challenges of construction in the short term, Locantore said the project is expected to bring more people to the area to shop at local businesses.
In addition to transit, the project is expected to include wide-ranging community bene ts such as planting nearly 100 trees to improve shade, a quieter atmosphere with fewer cars that will hopefully invite residents to create patio spaces and safety improvements such as lighting, sidewalks and pedestrian crossings. For area residents and businesses alike, safety improvements are a big draw.
“A big part of this is the community’s response to the project during construction,” said Kuechenmeister. “We hope people will keep coming out and not turn away from Colfax during construction because it’s messy. If people can still show up through the process, we’ll be stronger on the other side.”
Charles C. Lontine was appointed by then-Gov. John Love to the Colorado Parole Board in 1963, ran an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1976 and remained active in politics throughout his life.
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Initial phases of construction for the Bus Rapid Transit project on East Colfax will start from Broadway to Williams Street. Photo by Meryl Phair
FRIENDLY LOCAL GAME STORES
3 board game cafes to check out around the Denver metro area
BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In an era where video games, social media and online chatting have come to the forefront of many gaming circles, a handful of local shops are providing board game enthusiasts with venues to experience a sense of community, new games, campaigns and eats.
For many in the tabletop gaming world, giving folks a place to come together is of the utmost importance. Jessica Willman, the owner of Do Gooder Games in ornton, said that in the modern age, that meeting space has become even more important than ever before.
“In this modern age of technology, it is easy to nd people who share similar interests with you, but they might be in a di erent city, state or even country,” Willman said. “I think it’s very easy to start feeling like you are in the wrong spot and start to feel very isolated. FLGS or Friendly Local Game Stores, are a place to remind you that is not true”
Willman notes that there is a game for everyone — quilt-making enthusiasts can connect around Patchwork, foodies can play Charcuterie, robotics lovers can duke it out in Battletech, basketball lovers in Crunch Time — and FLGS can serve as an important reminder that everyone’s favorite niche interest is also something to connect with others around. For many shopkeepers, creating an inclusive space is step one of owning a board game café.
Elysium Café and Games Owner Chris Martinez said that having a welcoming space for everyone is of
paramount importance, while still recognizing that speci c cafes can cater to speci c groups of gamers — Elysium has a large population of Dungeons and Dragons players, for example.
“Elysium is all about being a community center to all the nerds that have in the past been on the fringes as far as hobbyists go,” Martinez said. “For instance, we have a large group of Dungeons and Dragons players. We provide a welcoming way for folks to come and connect with other players that may have never met.
“Younger kids have a safe place to play as well,” Martinez continued. “It is common to hear someone ask, ‘What is your nerd?’ around here. Inclusivity is our meat and potatoes.”
Willman said that inclusivity extends to people from all walks of life.
“ e FLGS is a place to remind you that the thing you are passionate about is loved by millions, so much so that they made a game out of it; and the people who love it aren’t in some far-o land, they are in your neighborhood,” Willman said. “ ey are waiting at a table for you to come share all the random, zany and even seemingly mundane things that you are passionate about.
“ at’s the amazing thing about FLGS, your age, race, sex, religion, socio-economic state doesn’t matter at the gaming table,” Willman continued. “It’s just people wanting to have fun and play a game.
at’s why the motto of our store is ‘Gaming For All.’”
With that, here are three local board game cafes around the Denver Metro Area that are certainly worth checking out.
Elysium Café and Games — Lakewood
10800 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood, CO 80226 | 720519-0131 | elysium.games
Open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through ursday; 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday
What was the impetus behind starting a board game café?
Martinez: e original trio were friends that used to play games together. One was mostly an investor that already was running a successful business, one had years of experience with game shops and the community, and the last one had a ton of experience running kitchens and cafes.
What is the story behind the name of the café?
Martinez: e name came from one of the owners and his Greek background. After tossing around ideas the name stuck as it checked all the boxes for theme and menu that they were looking for.
What makes Elysium unique?
Martinez: We provide a large area to meet with friends. We have a cafe that provides food and drinks so everyone can connect and enjoy their games. We have an extensive rental game library in case someone wants to try something out before they buy. All that said, the most unique part of Elysium is what we bring to the community. It is a community center at its heart that caters to what most of us nerds have been missing, connection with other nerds. ere are other game stores that have larger inventories or even more hosted events. Elysium focuses on the community.
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What are your favorite parts of running a board game café?
Martinez: e community. I love chatting with everyone about what type of games they are into. My team and I have dabbled in most games and are experts in a large number.
Do you accept reservations?
Martinez: Yes! We do not charge for tables/space, per se. We o er open and closed events. Open events are open to the public and anyone can join. Closed events are like birthdays or special occasions for friends and family. If a third-party event organizer wants to use Elysium’s space for a paid event, we do charge a small fee from the organizer.
Thane’s Table — Arvada
7655 W. 88th Ave., Arvada, CO 80005 | 720-381-4200 | thanestable.com
Open 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through ursday; 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday
What is the story behind the name of the café?
Shop owner Abhi ane: “ ane” in Anglo-Saxon England was a title awarded by noblemen, giving someone ranking between a common free person and a hereditary noble.
Given that we also serve the Dungeons & Dragons community, ane’s Table was a catchy, be tting and
What makes ane’s Table unique?
noble ctional name for a town tavern where patrons can play games with their friends and loved ones, purchase local handmade crafts, and join community groups, with the tavern’s purpose being to provide a welcoming space for all its patrons.
ane: ane’s Table o ers two private gaming rooms with custom tables for dungeons and dragons or any tabletop gaming, with the ability to order food and drinks directly from the rooms. All our main area gaming tables are handmade as well and o er pull-out trays to hold food and beverages keeping the tabletop free for gaming.
What are your favorite parts of running a board game café?
ane: As we get close to celebrating our two-year anniversary, we can admit that starting a niche small business like a gaming restaurant has been a challenge overall. And all thanks to our amazing team, we continue to learn to operate e ciently.
Our favorite part is serving the gaming community that has been nothing but kind, patient and supportive in our journey this entire time.
Do you accept reservations?
ane: Yes, we o er online and in-person reservations.
Do Gooder Games Café — Thornton 16639 Washington St., ornton, CO 80023 | 720432-4155 | dogoodergames.com
Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through ursday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday; Closed Monday
What was the impetus behind starting a board game café?
Willman: It was an idea that my partner and I had tried about 15 years ago, but decided to not go through with it. After COVID, we decided to actually make it happen.
What is the story behind the name of the café?
Willman: It actually was the idea of a friend of mine. We were throwing around ideas for names and he suggested that we use “Do Gooder.” We absolutely loved it, because not only is it a gaming reference, but it also really sums up what we wanted to do with our store.
What makes Do Gooder Games Café unique?
Willman: ere are a lot of great game stores around Denver, but it can be very intimidating to go into a new store and try to learn a new game, especially if you have two young children with you. I wanted to create a space where you could go and play any type of game, no matter if you are just learning or have been playing for years.
I also wanted to make a place where you could bring your whole family and have a good time.
What is the importance of serving food at Do Gooder Games Café?
Willman: As far as the cafe side goes, I have always loved doing full game days but frequently ran into the problem of what to do when it is time to eat. When playing at a store and you’re in the middle of a game, does someone have to leave to go get food for everyone, or does someone have to stay behind to watch the game and keep the table while everyone else goes and gets food.
Frequently I noticed that we would end up just ending the game so everyone could go get food. I wanted to have a space where it was possible to game all day and be able to get some actual food and drinks without having to leave.
A gaming table at Thane’s Table. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ABHI THANE
Butter beer o ered at Thane’s Table in Arvada.
Step into a rainforest at Denver museum
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science normally uses models, fossils and preserved specimens to bring the dynamic natural world to visitors, but in the new Animals of the Rainforest exhibit, guests have the opportunity to see up-close and personal some of the forest’s most beautiful inhabitants.
“ is exhibit provides the opportunity for people to see something special, something they normally don’t get to see here,” said Dr. Frank Krell, senior curator of entomology at the museum. “We know people love seeing live animals and this is an opportunity to see animals from rainforests from all over the world.”
Animals of the Rainforest is currently on display at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd., and is free with a general admission ticket.
e immersive exhibit features a mix of live animal displays and informative content on a range of topics, from how the rainforest ecosystem works, to the many threats these critical places face from humans and technology. ere are also animal sculptures set up throughout the exhibit that are perfect for climbing on and taking a family photo.
But of course, the biggest draw are the many animals that people can meet. Species on display include a sloth, python, iguana, boa constrictors and tortoises, all within intricately designed habitats
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that replicate their natural rainforest environments. e wildlife’s caretakers are also on hand to answer questions and provide more information about the animals.
connected to these places and animals, they may want to do something to preserve them.”
Clarke Reader really
“Documenting rainforests’ biodiversity is a really important way to preserve it for the future,” Krell said. “And here in Colorado, it provides the opportunity to see animals we normally don’t get to see.”
As is always the case at the museum, curators and have expanded the exhibit by adding features from the museum’s vast collection of preserved specimens. For this exhibit, the museum showcases a beautiful and bright collection of rainforest butter ies.
e hope is that by learning more about rainforests and the many creatures that call them home, visitors will be inspired to do what they can to help protect them. e forests face threats from ranching and deforestation, among many other man-made pressures. We can all do our part to aid in rainforest conversation, and the exhibit highlights this fact.
“You can reach people better through their feelings and emotions rather than lecturing them,” Krell said. “If people feel
For more details, visit dmns.org/visit/ exhibitions/animals-of-the-rainforest.
Play a ‘Mindgame’ at Wheat Ridge Theatre Company ere’s still time to catch the last weekend of the Wheat Ridge eatre Company Playhouse’s production of “Mindgame,” written by Anthony Horowitz and directed by Selena A Naumo . e show is a psychological thriller set in a mental hospital and focuses on a true crime writer who hopes to interview a serial killer for a new book he’s working on. e writer doesn’t have a good feeling about the place, and the longer he’s there, the worse it gets.
“Mindgame” runs through Sunday, Nov. 10. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Get tickets at wheatridgetheatre. com.
Schoolhouse Theater Brings ‘Nunsense’ to the Stage
Parker Arts is welcoming autumn with “Nunsense,” a hilarious musical revue that is running at e Schoolhouse eater, 19650 Mainstreet in Parker, through Sunday, Nov. 17. Performances are at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 7:30 p.m. ursday through Saturday.
According to provided information, the show tells the story of a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God).
“Nunsense” has been updated with new jokes, arrangements and a new song. You de nitely don’t want to miss this laugh-riot of a musical, so get tickets at parkerarts.org/event/nunsense.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — MICHELLE at Lost Lake Lounge
New York City’s indie rock group MICHELLE specialize in the kind of alt rock that hits you like a dream: quietly and then all at once. ey beautifully use dreampop soundscapes and R&B touches to take listeners on an internal journey that is both enlightening and compelling. e band’s latest album, “Songs About You Speci cally,” might be their strongest yet, showcasing exciting new approaches to their music.
In support of the band’s new release, MICHELLE will be performing at the Lost Lake Lounge, 3602 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8. ey’ll be joined for the evening by opener ggwendolyn. Get tickets at lost-lake.com.
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Thu 11/14
Armin van Buuren @ 7pm
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W Alameda Pkwy, Morrison
Fri 11/15
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@ 5:30pm
Wulf Recreation Center, Physical: 5300 South Olive Road, Mailing: 1521 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen. 720-880-1000
Live @ The Rose - The Long Run
@ 6pm / $25
Opera Colorado w/ Daughter of the Regiment @ 7:30pm Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver
INSPIRE Where the Wild Things Are at DAM @ 9am
Buchanan Park Recreation Center, Physical: 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Mailing: 1521 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen. 720-880-1000
Rotating Tap Comedy @ Landlocked Ales @ 8pm
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Tiësto
@ 6pm
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W Alameda Pkwy, Morrison
Laughs on the Lake- Comedy Night @ 6:30pm Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen. 720-880-1000
Kid's night out (ages 5 - 13) - November @ 7pm
Wulf Recreation Center, 5300 S Olive Road, Evergreen. 720-880-1000
Tiesto
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Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison
Dirty Side Down Band: Dirty Side Down
@ In The Zone
@ 7pm
In the Zone, 15600 W 44th Ave, Golden
Emo Night Brooklyn @ 8pm
The Oriental Theater, 4335 W 44th Ave, Denver
Anavrin's Day: AD @ Green�elds @ 8pm
Green�elds Pool � Sports Bar, 3355 S �arrow St E101, Lakewood
Colorado Mines Orediggers Football vs. Fort Lewis Skyhawks Football @ 12pm
LandLocked Ales, 3225 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood
Emo Night @ 9pm
Oriental Theater, 4335 West 44th Ave, Denver
Zen Selekta - 18+ @ 9pm Meow Wolf Denver Convergence Station, Den‐ver
Sat 11/16
Leyden Rock Turkey Trot 5K @ 9am / $15 17685 W 83rd Dr, Arvada
Zen Selekta - 18+ @ 9pm Meow Wolf Denver Convergence Station, Den‐ver Soup! @ 9:30pm Lot 46 Music Bar, 5302 W 25th Ave, Edgewater
Sun 11/17
Denver Broncos v Atlanta Falcons VIP Tailgate @ 11:05am / $135 Empower Field At Mile High, Denver
Vince Converse: Colorado Blues Society - Road to Memphis Send Off @ 1pm Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave, Golden
Marv Kay Stadium, Golden
Tony Medina Music: The Open Mic at La Dolce Vita Coffee House @ 6pm
5-Step Guide to Being German @ 5pm / $30 Klub Haus, 17832 CO-8, Morrison. cortney@ger mancomedy.com
The Smithereens @ 8pm The Oriental Theater, 4335 W 44th Ave, Denver
Tue 11/19
John Hiatt @ 8pm Oriental Theater, 4335 West 44th Ave, Denver
Wed 11/20
Yoga & Wine @ the Lake House @ 5pm Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen. 720-880-1000
La Dolce Vita, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada
Daisychain @ 7pm
Jake's Roadhouse, 5980 Lamar St, Ar‐vada
Live @ The Rose - 6 Million Dollar Band @ 7pm / $25 Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Avenue, Golden. information@buffalorose.net
Jordan Yewey @ 6pm Miners Saloon, 1109 Miner's Alley, Golden
INSPIRE Butter�y Pavillion @ 10:15pm Nov 20th - Nov 19th
Buchanan Park Recreation Center, Physical: 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Mailing: 1521 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen. 720-880-1000
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1437 Bannock St., Ste 256 Denver, CO 80202
Plaintiff: Sylvia A. Vigil, an Individual; v.
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Sandra M. Sigler, #44522
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ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN
DENVER COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO, AS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 2696, PAGE 534, ID# 0506106018000, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS:
LOT 37-38, BLOCK 2, WEST COLFAX.
MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1453 QUITMAN ST, DENVER, CO 80204.
BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 2696 PAGE 534
DATED 04/14/1982 AND RECORDED 11/22/1982, DENVER COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO.
also known and numbered as: 1453 Quitman St., Denver, Colorado 80204.
Dated: October 3, 2024
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All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Joe Yeaman, Personal Representative 828 Humboldt Street
Denver, Colorado 80209
Legal Notice No. DHD 3338
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Last Publication: November 21, 2024
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Estate-of Gordon Ray Miller, a/k/a Gordon R. Miller, a/k/a Gordon Miller, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR31091
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver. Colorado on or before February 24, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
John W Gollub, Attorney to the Personal Representative 351 S Pennsylvania Street Denver CO 80209
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Estate of Robert C. Clesen, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR030696
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 24, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Patrick Ridgeway, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law, LLC
2000 S. Colorado Blvd Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. DHD 3309
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Estate of Yvonne Bennett , Deceased Case Number 2024PR31230
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Teresa Locke, Attorney for Personal Representative PO Box 621 Longmont, CO 80502
Legal Notice No. DHD 3339
First Publication: November 7, 2024
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Estate of Elaine R. Kaplan, aka Elaine Rose Kaplan, aka Elaine Kaplan, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31154
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 24, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Francine Kaplan Fisher, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C., 1120 Lincoln St., Ste 1100 Denver, CO 80203
Legal Notice No. DHD 3306
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Estate of Gene Seth Goldenberg, aka Gene S. Goldenberg, aka Gene Goldenberg, Deceased Case Number 2024PR30924
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before 02/28/2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
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Estate of RAFAEL GALLEGOS, a/k/a RALPH L GALLEGOS, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30549
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John J. Vierthaler
Personal Representative
8441 W. Bowles Ave., Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123
Legal Notice No. DHD 3311
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Estate of LANCE CHRISTOPHER ELKINS, a/k/a LANCE C. ELKINS, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30651
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John J. Vierthaler
Personal Representative
8441 W. Bowles Ave., Ste. 210 Littleton, CO 80123
Legal Notice No. DHD 3312
First Publication: October 24, 2024
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Estate of Paul Dominic Oser, a/k/a Paul D. Oser, a/k/a Paul Oser, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31215
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Harry Gordon Brooks II
Personal Representative
790 N. Washington Street, Unit 801 Denver, CO 80203
Legal Notice No. DHD 3334
First Publication: November 7, 2024
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Estate of DARLENE G. SILVER, a/k/a
DARLENE GROUSSMAN SILVER, DARLENE SUE SILVER, DARLENE S. SILVER, AND DARLENE SILVER, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31106
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Gary Pashel, Personal Representative 2801 East Cedar Avenue Denver, CO 80209
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Estate of Michael Bruce Fleming, a/k/a Michael B. Fleming, a/k/a Michael Fleming, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31199
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John A. Fleming, Personal Representative
c/o M. Carl Glatstein, Esq. Glatstein & O'Brien, LLP
2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 350 Denver, Colorado 80222
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c/o Baker Law Group, LLC 8301 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 405 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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Kelly A. Logan, Co-Personal Representative Kjirsten M. Logan, Co-Personal Representative c/o Michael J. Bland, Esq. Harrison LLP 210 University Blvd., Suite 340 Denver, CO 80206
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Estate of GEORGIA L. LONG, aka GEORGIA LOUISE LONG, and as GEORGIA LONG, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31193
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Joseph K. Long, Co-Personal Representative 9267 N. Surrey Dr. Castle Rock, CO 80108
Timothy P. Long, Co-Personal Representative 7615 W. 9th Ave. Lakewood, CO 80215
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Estate of MARGARET N. DILLON, a/k/a MARGARET NAGEL DILLON, and MARGARET DILLON, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30967
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 10, 2025, or the claims may
be forever barred.
Tarquin Dillon Alexander 3633 Bellfield Way, Studio City, CA 91604
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Estate of Diana Cross, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031029
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Dee Ann Sundstrom
Personal Representative
2011 N. Ogden St. Denver, CO 80205
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Estate of Roque Richard Morales, also known as Roque R. Morales, and Roque Morales, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031008
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to Lauren Anne Gonzales c/o Hedberg Law Firm, LLC, 5944 S. Kipling Parkway, Suite 200, Littleton, CO 80127; or to:
Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 24, 2025 or the claims may be forever barred.
Lauren Anne Gonzales, Personal Representative c/o Hedberg Law Firm, LLC Brian Hedberg, Attorney for Lauren Anne Gonzales 5944 S. Kipling Parkway, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80127
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Estate of Peter C. Bulkeley, also known as Peter Clough Bulkeley, and Peter Bulkeley, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31168
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Edith M. Conklin, Personal Representative
c/o Krista K. Look, Esq.
Katz, Look, & Onorato 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80203
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Last Publication: November 21, 2024
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Estate of Dale R. Belitz, a/k/a Dale Raymond Belitz, Deceased
Case Number: 2024PR31189
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
David F. Steinhoff
Attorney to the Personal Representative 750 West Hampden Avenue, Suite 505 Englewood, Colorado 80110
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Last Publication: November 21, 2024
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Estate of Warren F. Morrow, a/k/a Warren Forsling Morrow, Deceased
Case Number: 2024PR31225
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Michael M. Morrow, Personal Representative c/o Colton Craft, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 4582 S. Ulster St. Ste. #103 Denver, CO 80237
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First Publication: November 7, 2024
Last Publication: November 21, 2024
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Estate of JOYCE ANNE DECK, a/k/a, JOYCE A. DECK, a/k/a JOYCE DECK, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31204
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to pres-
ent them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before February 24, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
WILLIAM DEWAYNE DECK, Personal Representative 4630 Washington Street Denver, CO 80216
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First Publication: October 24, 2024
Last Publication: November 7, 2024
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Estate of EILEEN RUTH PRICE, Deceased Case Number 2024PR30855
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kevin M. Wein, Counselor at Law 8557 W Quarles Place Littleton, CO 80128
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First Publication: October 24, 2024
Last Publication: November 7, 2024
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Estate of CAROLYN HAMBIDGE, a/k/a CAROLYN BATES, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31149
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jonathan Michael Hambidge, Personal Representative
c/o Carl H. Hutchins, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202
Legal Notice No. DHD 3326
First Publication: October 31, 2024
Last Publication: November 14, 2024
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Estate of Mary Louise Bradley, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR499
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 28, 2025, or the claims
may be forever barred.
Lynda Leigh Berryman, Co-Personal Representative 3226 E. Easter Place Centennial, Colorado 80122
/or/
Lissa L. Albertson, Co-Personal Representative 26768 Twin Ponds Road Clovis, California 93619
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Estate of Houston L. Terry, Deceased Case Number 2024 PR 31095
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 9, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Don E. Watson, Attorney for Todd Terry, Personal Representative Reg. No. 12967
5753 S. Prince St., #637 Littleton, CO 80120
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Last Publication: November 21, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
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Estate of Chelsea Rae Autrey, aka Chelsea R. Autrey, aka Chelsea Autrey, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31175
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 24, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Julian Billotte, Personal Representative 829 Moultrie Street San Francisco, CA 94110
Legal Notice No. DHD 3316
First Publication: October 24, 2024
Last Publication: November 7, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
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Estate of OLIVIA O. FARMER, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31200
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City
and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 1, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
R. Michael Jackson, Attorney to the Personal Representative 355 S. Teller Street, Suite 200 Lakewood, CO 80226
