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Naming process begins, bids sought for adjacent retail site By J. Patrick O’Leary

roundbreaking for the new five-level, 60,000 sq. ft. Central Denver Recreation Center at Colfax and Josephine is now set for September, as city officials finalize its design, solicit petitions to name the building, and seek a buyer for an adjacent parcel of retail land to raise additional funds. “The project team is hard at work and moving right along,” said Jeff Green of Denver Parks and Recreation. “We have site plans and initial design drawings done and are on track to break ground on the site this fall. We anticipate an 18-month construction process and upon completion Denver residents will have access to one of the newest and most state-of-the-art urban recreation centers in the country.” About 50 people attended the most recent public meeting the evening of May 6 at East High School, where city officials provided an update on the project. Artist’s renderings for the design were unveiled at the meeting. Brick construction relieved by large windows will provide a “transparent” feel, allowing people outside to the see activity within, and those inside to see the city and Front Range. Outdoor amenity areas will be included, but the existing dog park – located on the northwest corner – will be reduced in size from 44,000 sq. ft. to 9,700. The current budget of $24.8 million provides for a “base” facility that will include an eight-lane competitive lap pool with diving board; warm-water leisure pool with waterslide and zero-depth entry; a gym large enough for one full-sized basketball court; and a panoply of fitness, community and administrative rooms. An 11 percent contingency fund is built into the budget. If unused, officials want to use it for additional amenities, such as a $400,000 elevated walk/jog track in the gym, a $330,000 climbing wall on the exterior, a rooftop event space with catering kitchen, a bouldering area, and improvements to the plaza and walkway behind Sullivan Gate. If built, the add-ons will increase the rec center’s size to 70,000 sq. ft. See REC CENTER on page 2

The World Class Westin-DIA Takes Flight By Nancy Foster While it's been a long time in the making, to witness the WestinDIA emerge onto Colorado's vast Eastern Plains is indeed exciting. The 519-room hotel is a prominent fixture on the landscape now, and has piqued the curiosity of the citizenry regarding the significance of the hotel's design. It took donning a hard hat, safety glasses, a flourescent yellow vest, gloves and pink rubber boots on a Mid-May tour of the active construction site, for me to learn the hotel's design has been dubbed, “Bird in Flight.” The dip in the design, we were told, provides a view of the airport for pilots. Some wags have instead referred to the 433,000 sq. ft., 14-story hostelry as either a Phoenix Rising from the ashes, a mustache, half of a bow tie, a container ship or even the Mayflower, the vessel that carried the Pilgrims from England to the shores of New England in 1620. This isn't the first significant structure to grace Denver International Airport's property since its opening 20 years ago. Also creating buzz over the years, and continuing to do so, is Luis Jimenez's controversial fiery-eyed sculpture, “Blue Mustang.” In the end, its completion proved to be a tragedy for the artist, who was killed in 2006 after he was struck by a large piece of the giant 32 ft. high electric blue fiberglass artwork, which fell on Jimenez severing an artery in his leg. The new hotel and public plaza are scheduled to open in November and are a welcome and convenient addition for travelers coming and going from, or through “The Mile High City” or to other locales in the Rocky Mountain region. “Group bookings are already being made for early December,” said Susan Stiff, area director of public relations for Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. In her role, she represents the Sheraton Denver and Westin Denver, both downtown, and the Westin Denver International Airport locations. See WESTIN on page 3

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The People’s Fair Provides Community Summertime Fun By Jason McKinney

he 44th annual People’s Fair, Colorado’s third largest weekend festival, comes to Civic Center Park on Sat., June 6, 10 am-8 pm & Sun., June 7, 10 am-7 pm. Over 200,000 people attend each year and enjoy exhibitors, vendors, music, juggling, arts & crafts, food and more, as people celebrate summer in Colorado. Every year, the People’s Fair, put on by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN), is known for bringing together diverse groups of people to celebrate community. Whether you’re interested in shopping, enjoying a glass of wine and jazz, family activities, sampling

Denver’s unique cuisines or all of the above, you can do it at the Fair. There are also numerous area non-profits that will offer displays of the work that they do for the community. Started by a Denver Police Lieutenant in 1972 in order to forge more amicable relations commu between the city, local commuPeo nity and its residents, the People’s Fair continues to grow in popularity. Over the course of its history, the People's Fair has raised $1,000,000 for the Greater Capitol Hill Community and local non-profits. Admission to the Fair is always free and food & drink purchases are run on a ticket system. It’s $5 for eight tickets and most menu items run between five and 20 tickets.

In addition to the various vendors, there will also be a 21+ wine pavilion (complete with a bandstand featuring jazz, big band, swing and salsa venues) and a kid’s area that will feature bungee trampolines, bounce houses, rock climbing, a bubble tower and more fun activities from the Colorado Outlaws lacrosse team. As in years past, there will also be a mural competition between five teams of area schoolchildren who will each create a mural centered on the theme of “Pay It Forward”. Make sure to vote for your favorite creation while you’re at the Fair! For more information, including transportation, parking and event schedules, go to peoplesfair.com.

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WESTIN-DIA’S DESIGN DUBBED “BIRD IN FLIGHT.” The dip in the design provides a view of the airport for pilots.

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REC CENTER Continued from page 1 But if the funds are swallowed up by construction difficulties (costs are increasing at half a percent per month if delayed), private funding or other sources would be sought to build the additions, but only after the main “shell” of the building is complete. The city began seeking bids this month for the 3,200 sq. ft. parcel on the southeast corner of the rec center along Colfax, for concurrent retail development. Speculators need not apply. “We don’t want someone to buy it and hold on to it,” said Jeff Steinberg, of the Division of Real Estate. After allowing 30 to 45 days for responses, the city will draft and deliver a request for proposals to interested parties. He said the RFP will spell out the expectations for future use, and ask potential developers what they intend to do with the parcel and when, and what they’re willing to pay. Once a buyer is selected, the contract would include deed and

other restrictions, such as coordinating design with the rec center’s architect. “If sold, the hope/plan is to use the proceeds to fund additional features beyond the base, such as the elevated run/walk track or the climbing wall,” said Green. To solicit petitions for possible names for the new building, the city posted a notice on its web site and notified Registered Neighborhood Organizations. City rules allow buildings to be named for exceptional individuals; historic events, places and persons; or donors of major gifts. Petitions require 500 signatures be collected and submitted by Aug. 18 to Parks and Rec. From there, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will hear presentations (Sept. 10) and will make a recommendation to the Parks and Rec Executive Director, who will make a recommendation to City Council (late September), which will draft a formal bill in committee and hold public hearings and vote in October. In addition to 130 parking spaces on the site – some

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ARTIST RENDERING OF REC CENTER COMPLETED PROJECT. Current budget of $24.8 million provides for a “base” facility with an 11 percent built-in contingency fund. provided by eliminating one of three traffic lanes on adjacent Josephine – an agreement is being negotiated with East High School for shared use of the school’s nearby student and teacher parking area. The current 15-bike B-Cycle station will be moved a short distance, and 43 new bike racks will provide parking for 86 private cycles. A bus stop is also planned at Josephine. The facility will be LEED Gold certified. LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. Gold is the third

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highest of four categories. Prior to the September groundbreaking, the Colorado Department of Transportation will perform “overlay work” in the area, and the city will coordinate sidewalk improvements. Crosswalks will be widened from 10 to 15 feet, countdown pedestrian crosswalk timers will be installed, and pedestrian crossing times will be increased to meet new Federal guidelines (one second for every 3.5 feet). The recycling center currently operating on the site will close in July, and the dog park in August. Completion is expected in spring of 2017. In October 2009, the city

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purchased 2.56 acres of land formerly occupied by the Church in the City for the new recreation center, using $6 million from the Denver Better Bond Program approved by voters in 2007; a dog park and community garden have been temporary uses since the purchase. Proceeds from the sale of Market Street Station will be used to pay for the majority of the design and construction costs, supplemented by revenue from the city’s TABOR Special Revenue Fund. For more information, visit parks and recreation’s page at denvergov.org, and select “Central Denver Rec Center” under “Find a Recreation Center.” Writers

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Pools Open June 8 By Denny Taylor

he city’s outdoor pools will be open June 8 through August 16 to the cheers of all the children of Denver as they splash into summer. Denver Parks & Recreation’s (DPR) 16 outdoor pools will once again be free for children age six through 18 who hold a “My Denver” card. School-age children who qualify for the “My Denver” card receive free admission to outdoor pools, as well as all recreation centers operated by the City & County of Denver. The card is available for children ages six - 18 who reside in Denver, regardless of where they attend school. The “My Denver” card, sponsored by Unitedhealthcare, also serves as a child’s Denver Public Library card, giving Denver’s children the keys to learning and staying active. DPR offers various membership options to fit every resident’s needs. Recreation centers and memberships are structured into three levels: Regional, Local and Neighborhood. This structure provides the opportunity for an individual or family

WESTIN Continued from page 1 Individual bookings may be offered in late June or early July. For updates, go to www. starwoodhotels.com. In 2014, DIA was listed by the Federal Aviation Administration as the fifth busiest commercial airport in the US, and the 15 busiest worldwide. The airport generates more than $26 billion dollars annually for the state. It supports 188,000 jobs and is the main economic engine for the state according to information provided by Stiff. The much awaited transit center at DIA is another development in the forefront of people’s minds. This transportation link will bring RTD's East Rail directly into the hotel from downtown's Union Station in about 35 minutes, which includes five or six stops along the way. RTD buses will also provide transportation to the transit center on level one. That project is slated to begin functioning in the spring of 2016. During the tour, one could observe trial trains being operated on the property to work out mechanical kinks. Testing train functions is a safety requirement initiated one-year prior to passengers being accepted for travel. “The operations and customer service RTD staff endorsed a one-way fare proposal (from downtown to the transit center) that will go to the RTD board May 26 for their approval,” said Bruce Abel, assistant general manager of RTD. But completing the construction of the new Westin and other ancillary projects hasn't been without its challenges. “Excavation began in December of 2011 and the first caissons for the building were poured in December of 2012,” disclosed Stiff. After much ballyhoo, the hotel's initial architect, Spaniard Santiago Calatrava, quit the project in 2011 due to “financial restraints, time delays and deep divisions between DIA, the architect's design team and Parsons Transportation Group, another

to choose from annual or monthto-month memberships, 15 and 30 day visit passes, discounts for family members, corporate and nonprofit organizations, CCD and DHHA employees, plus financial assistance for those who qualify and inclusion services for persons with disabilities. One day drop in admission for Denver residents is $1 for children two-18, $2.50 for young adults 19-24, $3.50 for adults 25-64 and $2 for seniors 65+ in 2015. Denver residents may also purchase seasonal pool passes. At minimum, DPR pools are open from noon-5 pm, with some pools opening at 11 am and others staying open until 7 pm. The pools offer the basics, but do not expect amenities such as padded lounge chairs or snack bars. Instead, plastic chairs and vending machines are provided for resident’s convenience. Inflatable flotation devices and/or swim rings are also not allowed. For more detailed information contact DPR aquatics department at 720-865-0660 or visit denvergov.org/recreation. All outdoor pool schedules can be viewed at the website. They are also posted at each individual pool. entity which was collaborating on the project” said Robertina Calatrava, the architect's spouse and business partner at their firm, Festina Lente. The project, known as the South Terminal Redevelopment Program, budget was cut from $650 million, to $500 million, causing many changes to be implemented in order to attain those reduced numbers. Although some of the project's design has retained pieces of Calatrava's architectural flavor, his design for an arched commuter-rail suspension bridge was downgraded from $60 million to $22 million before that idea was dumped. Following Calatrava's departure, San Francisco-based Gensler stepped up as the project's new architect. The firm has numerous US offices, including one in Denver, and 16 global offices. Gensler is tasked with taking charge of the DIA-Westin, public open-air plaza and transit project as its construction manager and general contractor. To simplify procedures and insure a smooth operation, Saunders Construction, Inc., Mortenson Construction, Inc., and Hunt Construction Group formed Tri-Ventures with Textura, an Illinois-based firm that's coordinating numerous other complementary projects at the site. The $544 million project is on time, but after a risk assessment in 2013, the budget will have cost over runs between 5%-10%, said Heath Montgomery, public information officer at DIA. For a more esoteric peek into the project, let's take a look at the amenities the hotel will offer. Guest rooms will range in size between 600-1,100 sq. ft. and include 35 suites. Floor-to-ceiling windows with three-paned thermal glass suspended on cables will shut out airplane traffic and train transit noise. With guest well-being a centerpiece of Westin's philosophy, a restful, relaxing and quality customer service experience are values the hotel aspires to deliver. Views from the rooms include resplendent Front Range Mountains to the south and west and

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Thousands of Coloradans Will Bike to Work June 24 By Keith Lewis

t’s time to saddle up again for the latest Colorado Bike to Work Day on June 24. Join thousands of your neighbors as we shun our cars for some exercise and environmentalism on our commute to work. Bike to Work Day is part of the larger themed Walk and Bike Month of June. The event originated in Boulder as a single day in 1977, but that seed has since sprouted into an annual event across Colorado and the entire country. Boulder’s participation in the event remains among the greatest in the nation. Although most other states recognize a Bike to Work Day in the month of May, Colorado has chosen to delay ours until June because of our lingering, late spring mountain snow. This year, event organizers expect over 5,000 to participate in the event. Bike to Work Day is a federally funded event, organized here by the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), who brings together city and local governments throughout the metro area to promote the event. Coloradans across the entire state will be biking to work on June 24, and enjoying many amenities such

as breakfast, coffee, and even showers at select stations, hosted by event sponsors in neighborhoods peppered throughout the city. Any local business can register to host a station. A map of all the event stations is available on the event’s website. We recently spoke with the team at Rudy Project North America about their company’s breakfast and bike home station which they will host at their office at 3300 E. 17th (17th and Adams) for the coming big day. Rudy Project designs and manufacturers performance eyewear and helmets for athletes in all sports, although cycling eyewear is where the company got its start. The Italian company started in 1985 and maintains its North American headquarters near City Park. Devin Johnson, Director of Public Relations for Rudy Project boasts, “Biking is in the DNA and the roots of the company, but we also have a huge presence in sport shooting, triathlon, and cross-country skiing.” For Rudy Project, which is still run as a family business in Italy by the founder’s two sons, “Community and customer service are paramount,” says Amanda Cyr, the company’s

THREE DENVERITES ENJOY CAMARADERIE and nice weather on Bike to Work Day. sports marketing coordinator. That family dynamic might feel like an unexpected reunion when potentially hundreds of our neighbors show up at their station on Bike to Work Day. The morning stations are open from 6:30am-9am to pour free coffee

and serve up breakfast snacks. Later, bike home stations will be open from 4:30pm to 6pm. The evening stations allow for more of a showcase of the sponsor’s product line. Commemorative merchandise, such as hats and t-shirts, are available for sale in advance online. Organizers are holding a business challenge for the metro area. Scoring for the business challenge is computed based a business’s participation in Bike to Work Day relative to the total number of employees. There are four different size categories for companies participating in the business challenge to ensure large and small businesses can

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fairly compete. Each category is based on the business’s total number of employees. Additional resources and materials, including some bike safety tips, maps, and registration, are available on the event’s website. Merchandise such as t-shirts and hats are also available for purchase online. For an extra fee, event t-shirts can even be ordered with a company’s logo. Don’t forget to register online to join area neighbors in this fun, statewide bike to work event. Save money, burn some calories, and best of all, experience how easy it can be to bike to work. For more information, please visit www.biketoworkday.us.

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emolition and abatement work has begun on the former University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at 9th and Colorado as developer Continuum Partners moves forward with its redevelopment of the site. Spared from the wrecker’s ball will be the 1,000-car parking structure at Colorado and E. 11th, the former nurses’ dormitory building and the distinctive five-story Research Bridge that spans E. 9th. It will take about 16 months to raze the buildings on the site. Continuum will build a mix of residential, office and retail space – with an emphasis on small and local businesses – on the nearly 26-acre campus over a period of five years, in four phases. It held a community meeting on April 8 to present its demolition and abatement schedule for the project as well as an update on the first phase of development. Construction is expected to begin later this year as demolition continues. At press, demolition of the Emergency Room canopy, School of Dentistry, the Barbara Davis Center and the Biomedical Research Building was scheduled to be complete. Demolition of the Authority Office Building is expected to finish in early June, while the School of Pharmacy won’t be fully toppled until midsummer and University Hospital this fall. Abatement has begun in the School of Medicine, and is expected to continue through January 2016. Minor abatement in the Authority Office Building and School of Pharmacy were completed this spring before demolition began. Continuum’s Conceptual Master Plan shows the project being built in four phases. The first phase (Phase A) of construction will take place on the northwest corner of the parcel, bounded by Colorado, E. 11th, Ash and E. 9th. It will include 34,000 sq. ft. of retail, 838,000 sq. ft. of residential and 1,420 parking spaces.

The existing garage structure will be retained – providing a total of 1,100 parking spaces – and nine townhomes and retail space will be built along its eastern edge. In the block east of that, across a green where Albion once ran, will be 323 apartments in three levels, with a ground level courtyard, fitness center and amenities, plus retail on the corner of E. 10th and Ash. To the south across E. 10th, a one-acre park plaza is planned, bordered on the south edge by retail development and the Research Bridge. To the west, across Albion, will be another apartment structure of 280 units on two upper floors atop ground floor retail, with a second-floor courtyard amenity. After completion of this segment, three phases remain: • Phase B will be built from the edge of Phase A south to E. 8th, and calls for 109,000 sq. ft. of retail, 180,000 sq. ft. residential, 80,000 sq. ft. of hotel, 80,500 sq. ft. of offices, and 700 parking spaces. • Phase C will be built east of Phase B to Bellaire, and includes 72,000 sq. ft. of residential, 22,500 sq. ft. of community use, and 50 parking spaces. • The final phase, D, will be built directly east of the first phase, and include 224,000 sq. ft. of residential and 350+ parking spaces. The entire project is expected to take five years to complete. The sale took place Jan. 30, after City Council approved Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for the development. TIF allows the Denver Urban Renewal Authority to receive the new, increased sales and property taxes generated by the redevelopment project to be used for public improvements on the development site, such as building demolition, environmental remediation, roadways and other site improvements. At press, the next community meeting was scheduled for late May or June, but had not been announced. For more information, visit 9thandcolorado.com or email info@9thandcolorado.com.

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fter a little more than 25 years, 'tis sad, but true, the Capitol Hill United Ministries (CHUM) coupon program has “retired.” Time, technology, health and aging issues, and just being plain tuckered out by some of the participants, have all taken their toll. Change happens. That's just life! Over the years, the program has attracted a myriad of people who range in age between 16 to 106-years-old. They come from various faith-based churches from Unitarians to Roman Catholics, and all those in-between, and some who may have no faith-based belief system. In mid-May, a letter was sent to the churches and agencies of Capitol Hill United Ministries and to King Soopers at 9th and Corona, the host store where the coupons were placed on various products, offering buyers a discount. When the customer went through the check-out line the customer was asked if he or she wanted to donate the savings to CHUM or take the savings themselves. For those who chose

to give their coupon savings to CHUM, those monies grew into $1,000 grants that were awarded to qualifying Capitol Hill nonprofit agencies serving low-income, hungry, homeless or those with long-term mental illness or suffering with AIDS/HIV on Capitol Hill. Since the program's inception, it has raised $683,000. “Although $1,000 may not seem like a lot of money,” said Rev. Diana Flahive, CHUM community minister, “It makes all the difference in the world to these non-profits that are touching hearts in our community.” Those who have been the mainstay of this program for many years, some from the beginning, feel melancholy about the program ending, but know their commitment to community has been important to the welfare of those who have benefited from this organization. Not only has it helped people in need, it has brought joy and fellowship to each of the participants who have met Monday mornings year-round at Warren United Methodist Church, 14th and

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VOLUNTEERS OF CAPITOL HILL UNITED MINISTRIES COUPON PROGRAM gather at Warren United Methodist Church, 14th and Gilpin. times only one person, to place sive, but we didn't have any Gilpin. the coupon on the products at overhead.” The church itself officially the King Soopers. It was labor On May 18, when the proclosed its doors last June due intensive and could be a daygram participants gathered at to low attendance and financial long venture. And it didn't help Warren to celebrate the prochallenges, but the building conthat the program's aging popugram’s accomplishments and tinues to serve as a place where lation wasn't as able to do the to note its end, Kottke told the non-profit organizations may physical work as easily as they group that his mother was a rent space to gather. The proponce could. hard-liner when it came to conerty is operated by the Rocky “My heart has been in this vincing him to start the proMountain Conference of the for years,” said Karen Hansen gram. United Methodist Church. who has been with the program “She really harassed me, in Fondly referred to as the for many years, along with Mary fact,” he said with a laugh. “Clip Joint” by this writer, who Lou Fenili. “Seriously, there was no brought coupons to the program Over the years, Hansen and way she was going to let me get over the years, it was clear when Fenili have kept the program's away with not starting the coudropping by the program to dewheels moving along the track pon program. She had learned liver the goods, the folks who inwith the help of long-time volabout it from someone who had vested their time enjoyed being unteer Hazel Eubanks, 80, and participated in a similar coupon purposeful and giving back to many others. redemption program somewhere their community, while making “Things didn't happen when in the Southwest.” new friends in the process. The Hazel wasn't here (taking time Kottke, who has been at Uniprogram offered volunteer opaway for vacations),” said Hanversity Hills Methodist Church portunities for those with physisen, “so, we stepped in to offer since leaving Warren was recal and mental challenges and it some help. We (Hansen and cently appointed to the Rocky attracted some younger people Fenili) are no longer active in a Mountain Conference Cabinet as well. church congregation, so this has as Superintendent of the MetCoupons came from newspabecome our congregation,” said ropolitan District. He begins his per inserts, were dropped off at Hansen, who was a student at new role July 1. the program or sent from other Iliff School of Theology where To get the coupon program places in Colorado or even from the Rev. Paul Kottke taught rolling, Kottke and Minnie out-of-state. and was a student mentor. He Baldwin, now 83, and a parishAnd while the coupon prowas also the minister at Warren ioner at Capitol Heights Presgram was well-organized, cerMethodist Church from 1988byterian Church, went to the tain steps needed to be in place 1995. Capitol Hill King Soopers to to move the coupons from the Hansen was attracted to speak with the manager. Severclipping stage to getting them the program's purpose and then al people warned them that neiplaced on the product at the she learned Kottke's mother ther the store management nor store. In between, the coupons thought it would be a good idea the union would look favorably had to be sorted by product, if he developed such a program upon the program. The naysaystamped with the CHUM logo at his church. ers were wrong and Baldwin has and folded. Once these tasks “It just made sense,” she were completed, it would be the See CHUM on page 24 said. “Yes, it was labor intenjob of several people, or some-

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CREATOR CHRIS TAUB, LEFT, AND STAFF help customers sample their alcohol-infused ice creams at Twistd Cream, 833 Colorado Blvd.

IN OVERNIGHT REBRANDING LAST MONTH, the franchise owners of the Dazbog, 1200 Clayton, ‘debranded’ and reopened as Genessee Coffee. The shop now brews Colorado beans & serve locally-produced eats. salad and the Choco-Coconut Whiskey ice cream are just two Crunch energy bar are all handof the flavors. Cosmo and Mojito made in-house,” the company sorbet are also on the menu with said. more flavors to come including a Each juice is designed for a milk stout. purpose. The Burning Desire Future plans include a reblend promises to boost libimodel over the winter and applido, mood and metabolism with cation for that liquor license so a kick of jalapeño. The initial that Twisted can create an adult smoothie fave is Frankie Says dessert lounge bar with local live Relax, a blend of banana, peanut music. flagship store in the 800 block of butter, blueberries, cacao and “The proof is in the ice cream” Colorado. almond milk crafted for energy is the company slogan but there “This neighborhood is a perand muscle recovery. If you’d are exceptions. Even with alcofect fit for Twisted Cream beprefer, you can also build your hol in the mix, Twisted is still cause there's not a lot of close own beverage with up to nine family friendly as most of the flaoptions for ice cream, and the ingredients. vors are available without booze store layout was perfect for our In addition to meal replacefor the kiddies. vision,” he said. ments and bottles that deliver Located in the former Heidi’s “We have had a lot of chalan antioxidant boost. Flow also Deli space, Twisted offers a cool, lenges with this project, but the offers cleanses including one refreshing space the company one that really sticks out is figthat runs an entire week to get hopes will be inviting for commuuring out if we needed a liquor toxins totally eliminated from nity meetings and other events. license,” Taub added. the body. With that cleanse, the The number for Twisted The final answer was no company also delivers inspiCream is 303-321-3746 and need for a license. Although the rational emails and other suptwistedcreamcolorado.com is the company promises a full shot in port. Juicelovehappiness.com is website. Hours are Mon. - Thurs., every large serving, it’s still conthe company’s special blog on noon-9 pm, Fri. Sat., noon-10 sidered food not alcohol at 6% by cleanses. pm & Sun., 11 am-10 pm. volume. The GP location is the comIf you’ve overdone it on the Dirty Mint Chip and Irish pany’s second with a third in Texbooze – either with or without as due to open soon. This spot is the ice cream – there’s a new open from 7 am-7 pm seven days juicing bar that can help you dea week for quick snacks, but you tox or pep up. can also phone ahead to get your The folks who brought MAX’s order rolling. That number is Wine Dive to Governor’s Park 720-639-9690. If you’re ordering in April have now added Flow five or more bottles, they’ll also Juice Bar at 208 E. 7th, which deliver anything from the Flowopened in mid-May. juicebar.com entire menu. Raw, cold-pressed juices are Just a few blocks away at prepared on site daily along with 1100 Broadway, another new healthful smoothies and some Colorado business has opened nutrient-dense snacks. Meg Mcits doors promising to teach you Call, a certified nutritionist, dehow to make your own beers. veloped the inventive and deliThere’s that balance again. cious beverage combinations. CO Brew Supply is the It may seem a bit counterinvision of Jamie Williams and tuitive for a company that dishes his wife, Janna. The front of up fried chicken with champagne the shop is dedicated to home to expand into the juicing craze, brewer equipment. But this dobut it makes perfect sense once it-yourself supplier has other you understand the backstory. facets. It’s all about balance. In back, there’s a fully liAfter years in the restaurant censed taproom where Jamie biz, a body can get tired of all sells draft beer by the pint. That those meals out. Company CEO means the entire store carries Jerry Lasco was feeling drained a brewery license. There’s also when he decided to try juicing. equipment to brew on site – a The former Air Force pilot was great deal for brewers who are hooked and from his experience tight on space. Flow was born. “We live in a condo in UpIt’s a 100% raw, vegan, glutown,” Jamie said. “It’s really ten free take on the subject. Earhard to do our own brewing ly customers describe the end there.” product as more veggie-focused. It’s nice to have a pint and While not all ingredients are orplay some board games while ganic – at least not yet – Flow you kill a couple hours waiting is committed to making keeping for your batch to brew. You can the top 12 ingredients like apprep up to 20 gallons at a time ples, kale and spinach 100% pesand also bottle or create custom ticide-free. labels. The Wilsons also have “They’re designed to be nutria temperature-controlled area tionally “complete” meals, prowhere that batch can ferment on viding a whopping 8-12 servings site. of fruits and veggies per juice. 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Openings If you haven’t already heard about Twisted Cream, you will soon. The name intrigues almost as much as the concept – alcohol-infused ice cream. Like most unusual business concepts, there’s a great story here. “The vision of Twisted Cream was born in downtown Denver one late night several years ago. I came home to my apartment in LoDo after a night out with friends and opened my freezer and (saw) a bottle of tequila by some key lime ice cream. I

thought margarita ice cream sounds amazing!” said founder and co-owner Chris Taub. After mixing the two ingredients together, Taub was left holding a bowl of slush. “After that I did a lot of market research to realize that kind of product doesn't exist. Getting this final product where it is today was complicated. A lot of liquor was wasted in the process,” he added. “Using my science background from San Diego State, after 16 months or so, I had a product that could be called alcohol-infused ice cream.” Additional challenges followed, including the opening of a

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CO-OWNER JAMIE WILLIAMS, LEFT, brewed at home for years before opening CO Brew, 1100 Broadway, to help small brewers branch out & brew at a larger facility. strong option when brewers run out of a key ingredient unexpectedly. “We have a huge selection. We have 60 malts currently,” he explained. Most of the beer on tap comes from Williams’ own stock. When I stopped by there were seven selections on tap with a smoked porter coming soon. Classes are also available. They’ll use the large area of tables in back that are also open for board games during a brewing session. There is parking behind the store; just turn in before you hit CO Brew. Hours are Tues. Thurs., 10 am-7 pm, Fri. - Sat., 10 am-10 pm & Sun., 11 am-5 pm. The number is 720-4854959 and cobrewdenver.com is the website to sign up for classes or learn more. There’s life again in the old Collins Bike shop at 3217 Colfax near Steele. Two-Wheel Feel is finally open for business. Owner Scott Spero is no stranger to the strip. You could say he’s hooked. He and his wife own Hooked on Colfax, the long running coffee shop and events space next door. The bike shop has been lovingly renovated with great attention to preserving the past. Spero even found the very first receipt book from 1934 in his cleaning. The old trap door to the basement was turned into a countertop and any material that could be reclaimed was repurposed. “It pretty much came out as we’d hoped,” Spero said. He expects revenue to be roughly half service and half bike sales. There’s a refurbished repair space in back. Twowheelfeelbikes.com is the website. Hours will be 11 am-6 pm every day of the week with possible later closings in the summer. The number is 303284-9921. The old Danny’s Grooming space at 3321 E. Colfax is now the office location for Urban Habitat Real Estate. Chris Buchanan, the company’s owner, had an office on Colfax several years and felt it was time to return with an expanded office and staff. “We want to work in this neighborhood as much as we can. I want to be able to walk to work in this neighborhood again,” Buchanan said, who lives around the corner. “We set the office up sort of like a coffee shop because that’s how we meet people before showing homes. It’s a kind of new concept. It’s awesome, but I wanted the office to be a place where the

agents could gather to talk to others sometimes as well.” The plan is to have the office open seven days a week, but agents could be out showing properties, so it’s good to call before you stop by. The number is 303-834-1121. There’s more new life in the old Smiley’s Laundromat building with the opening of Brident Dental & Orthodontics last month. Located on the east side of the complex, Brident is a dental chain based in Texas that wanted to expand into our state. Simon Castellanos, CEO of Brident, was on hand for the center’s grand opening May 21. “With our new office, Brident will continue to pioneer the way dental services are provided with affordable, quality care and technology that makes the entire process as convenient and time-saving as possible.” Convenience is at the fore with evening and Saturday hours available. Brident offers dental, orthodontics, oral surgery, and even dentures, all at one location and they take Medicaid – a plus for some local residents. Currently the clinic is offering new patient specials along with $99 per month braces with approved credit. It’s the second largest dental clinic to open in recent years on E. Colfax. The first was Happy Teeth at Franklin, which opened in the summer

THEY CALL IT THE ‘ADULT PLAY AREA’, a new bar that is part of the remodel at Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta, 700 Colorado, behind Snooze.

of 2012. Hours are weekdays, 9 am-7 pm and Sat., 8 am-4:30 pm. The exact address is 1080 E. Colfax at Downing and 303-6076103 is the direct number. Learn more about the company at Brident.com. If you’re wondering the fate of the late Earl’s Sandwich shop on Ogden, there’s not a single trace of that eatery left. The building was sold and the new owner has decided to convert it to office space. Now 1431 Ogden houses the offices of Hogarth Property Company. You can learn more about their collection of vintage apartment houses at hpcdenver. com. This next new biz has no permanent address but it’s worth investigating if you see the big red truck. Lobster Bliss is Colorado's new source for “ultra-fresh, sustainable lobsters and seafood” from local fishermen and responsible suppliers around the globe according to the company. It launched a food truck in late May and also runs a wholesale business. What makes this crustacean crew different is their effort to duplicate conditions from the east coast in our land-locked state. The company owns a 2,500-gallon tank that maintains water at 45 degrees and completely filters it every 15 minutes, creating a stable, controlled and clean environment

for the lobsters to thrive. It’s a unique filtration system designed to mimic the action of the ocean and eliminate harmful elements. “There are only 300 such tanks in North America, and Lobster Bliss is the exclusive provider for the state of Colorado. You can really taste the difference this low-bacteria, sustainable environment brings out in the seafood. There's a sweet taste and succulence you only find in lobsters fresh off the dock,” said Rich Manzo, co-founder and CIA-trained head chef who partners with Jeff Reebie in the venture. The truck will serve signature lobster rolls, seared sea scallop rolls served on a brioche bun, homemade bisque, lobster tacos, and a fresh ahi Tuna sandwich with red onion marmalade and scratch-made coleslaw. It is slated to appear every Tuesday at Civic Center Eats from 11 am-2 pm and also hopes to locate at the Big Wonderful every Saturday at 26th and Lawrence in Curtis Park. As a lobster lover, I was intrigued to know what jump-started this concept. “Last summer I was at a family vacation in New Hampshire and we ate three times at a local lobster shack,” said Reebie. He wondered why Denver could not have an option for fresh lobster at a lower price. Already some of the area’s

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top restaurants, including Fruition and Il Posto, have become eager wholesale clients. Reebie and Manzo envision a fleet of trucks soon, and they’re already actively scouting for a restaurant space for their New England experience. Company trucks will cater too, bringing Maine lobster bakes to your event. You can call 303-437-3282 or visit lobsterbliss.com to track the truck as it travels around town to craft breweries, special events and other stops. A new law practice has opened at 1750 Humboldt to offer services in estate planning and elder law. Partner, Elizabeth Cypers of Olivere Cypers, said she and Yvonne Olivere bring 20 years of combined experience to the new firm. “We each had small practices in the Denver area. We decided to combine and open up a brick and mortar location. I live in Congress Park and love the Capitol Hill area,” said Cypers. Probate, estate administration and other services are available, but Cypers really leans toward proactive help. “I love the proactive planning before it’s a crisis. There’s so much more you can do before it becomes a crisis. What I focus on is helping families plan on how to pay for long-term care costs. A lot of families cannot afSee BUSINESS on page 10

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Business Continued from page 9 ford to pay for years of long-term care. What I really enjoy doing is helping families plan ahead so they don’t have as much stress,” she said. Her definition of family is broad; it could mean an unmarried couple or an extended group seeking customized help. The firm can be reached at 720-6639859 or 720-295-6250.

Changes: The corner of Clayton and E. 12th in Congress Park is no stranger to controversy. The coffee shop located at this northeast corner has seen its fair share of drama over the years, so last month’s overnight rebranding from Dazbog to Genessee Coffee was not as shocking as you might expect. Similar drama rocked the space at 1200 Clayton years ago when it was a Diedrich Coffee spot. In this instance, the space is one of two franchises owned by Jim Burridge who chose to

‘debrand’ overnight and rebrand under his own name. Now the pastries and other eats are locally produced and locally roasted beans are being utilized. Attempts to reach Burridge before press time were unsuccessful but it’s likely a court battle is next. Dazbog is not known for laughing off franchisee conflicts. The java spot is open seven days a week and the number is 303-320-4721. “This brunch shucks” the sign reads. Got it? Now read that again. Think there’s shellfish somewhere in Angelo’s Taverna weekend brunch formula? You bet. Starting two weeks ago, Angelo’s at 620 E. 6th kicked off an Oyster Social on Sundays, 11 am-4 pm. “This past Sunday we did a disco brunch and the servers wore big Afros and glitter. It’s a different spin on a not so regular brunch. A bit later in the day and not egg-centric,” said spokeswoman Karamy Ford. Any good brunch needs a Bloody Mary, but this one can come plain or loaded with a slider and fried oyster to make it a

THE UPSTAIRS SPACE AT SOUTHSIDE KITCHEN BAR, 3014 E. COLFAX, is still dubbed Beetle Bar, but it’s morphed into a speakeasy with upscale craft cocktails and a vintage decor.

meal. The menu includes an intriguing entrée with fried oysters and biscuits with spicy country gravy. In summer, the eatery’s back patio is shady and quiet. There’s also free parking behind the building. Each week a different music theme is employed with servers dressing accordingly. Angelo’s opened in late summer of 2013 and had continued to expand its shellfish focus, but there’s still pizza on the menu! The number is 303-744-3366 and angelosdenver.com has the full scoop. The metamorphosis at 3014 E. Colfax just keeps rolling. A couple months ago, the tavern that housed Odelay Tacos 3014 and the Beetle Bar upstairs united under the name Southside Bar Kitchen. New owners, John Elliot and Dave Cleland, have unwrapped a new vision for the upstairs Beetle Bar area to bring a speakeasy atmosphere to this stretch of US 40. The decor is solidly 1940s upstairs, and soon the only way to enter the bar will be by knocking on the back door. Beetle Bar is cozy and seats about 28 indoors

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with an enclosed, heated patio that doubles the space in moderate weather. Here, head bartender, Anthony Giovanni, has crafted an intriguing cocktail menu at reasonable prices. Fog cutters, Hurricanes, Sazeracs and View Carres are just a few of his choices for the new speakeasy. Small bites including hummus, smoked salmon picatta and burrata are also available on the menu, which is distinct from the downstairs eats. BB is open Fri. - Sun., 5 pm-1 am only. Downstairs, Southside continues to evolve too, with new patio features including extensive banks of seating crafted from reclaimed pallets. A shade cover will be added soon to create what co-owner John Elliot calls a “patio hangout sanctuary” on Colfax. A new executive chef – Josh Brito formerly of Root Down – was recently hired, so expect new menu changes soon that play off the company’s partnership with Breckenridge Brewery, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Smokey Whiskey. The business is also now a regular stop for the Wednesday night Denver Cruisers bike group and the Thursday Scorchers group, so new bike racks are being added. Their number is 720-389-8109. No website yet for this joint, but they update their Facebook page regularly with new events. Allyn's Fabric & Bridal Supplies at 2306 E. 6th has moved. The sprawling shop developed a well-deserved reputation for fancy hats and amazing fabrics during its decades at 6th and Josephine. Folks seem fascinated by the biz despite an evident touch of disorganization. I last wrote about the business in 2011 for their 50th anniversary – you needed a tour guide to find your way through the tiny aisles. The business has operated within a couple block radius for

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decades, but the new location is a bit farther away at 3200 S. Acoma in Englewood. Owner, Sandy Wilson told LIFE, “My customers are just so pleased that I’m not going out of business like so many other fabric stores.” The new space expands Allyn’s footprint by 1,500 sq. ft., but Wilson is not promising those aisles will be any wider. “It will be a lot more visual, with a lot more displays,” said Wilson. “The whole back room will be bridal. It will be wonderful and there’s lots of free parking,” she said. “It’s only six miles from the old place. Not a long drive. You don’t need to book a hotel to come.” In November, the company realized it had to get serious about moving. The old building needs some big repairs, especially to the La Petite Cleaners space on the east side that was vacated last year. Wilson has no idea how long the renovations to the 1920s structure will take, but she’s already had some interest from possible tenants. Moving was a true challenge. “Can you imagine moving a glass display case that is 10 feet long?” she asked. “Then we have a ribbon counter that is even longer.” It’s likely most of Wilson’s fans will make the trek. “Derby hats were big again this year,” she said. “It always blows my mind to see how many hats go out the door in April.” For now, the hours will stay the same. That’s Tues. - Fri., 9 am-5 pm & 9 am-3 pm Sat. The number is still 303-377-4969. On Broadway, the Shops at 9th Avenue is holding a spring sale that runs through June 20. The collective of independent shop owners has also added three new vendors. The address is 899 Broadway at 9th. The number’s 303-6234200. Hours are Mon. - Sat., 10 am-5 pm. You can find details of the vendors at shopsat9th avenue.com. Krewe on Lincoln closed last year and its operators had plans to expand their Stoney’s Bar & Grill next door into the Krewe footprint. Now those plans are rolling into reality. A new patio and dining room opened the last week in May. This second patio is wider and greener, but that’s not grass around the new brick firepit. Additional changes roll out in early June. Stoney’s number is 303-830-6839 and yes, this place is named after one of the owners not the State’s new legalized marijuana. Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta

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THERE’S NEW LIFE IN THE OLD BIKE SHOP AT E. COLFAX & STEELE. Owner, Scott Spero, saved many vintage details from Collins Bikes when he reopened the space as Two Wheel Feel Bikes. at 7th and Colorado has debuted their new ‘adult play area’ in what used to be the eatery’s kiddie play space. “While we enjoyed our time providing the play area, it was tired, beat up, and ready for something new. We are still a family restaurant, and provide a smorgasbord of board games to entertain the kiddos while they wait for their meal,” said owner Shay Micek. The sleek new bar area has a full liquor license and a metro underground feel. Small tables surround the three-sided bar that seats 18. “We were overdue for a remodel, and the main concept of the remodel was franchise wide. So, as we began our remodel pro-

cess, we discussed all the things we would like to incorporate into the restaurant. Our vision stemmed from the fact that there are not many family friendly restaurants that also have large TV's and a full bar in the area,” she added. Anthony’s new space should attract a sports crowd as well as folks waiting for their breakfast reservations at Snooze around the corner. “Our hours are basically the same, although we are opening early on Saturday & Sunday – having fun weekend drink specials in the early morning,” Micek said. Those hours are weekdays, 10:30 am-10 pm & weekends, 8:30 am-10 pm. Happy hour is

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daily from 3-5:30 pm. Anthony’s, founded in 1984, is also adding bars to its DU and Stapleton locations. Belly Bliss, a maternity-focused business specializing in fitness, massage, education, acupuncture and chiropractic care for the expectant mom at E. 3rd & Josephine, understands that once a child arrives, the need for exercise does not stop for mother or child. This summer they’re offering kid yoga classes for ages 3 and up and also summer camp for kids 4-8. For adults, the first class is free and BB also offers monthly memberships with unlimited classes. Their number is 303399-1191. Oblio’s Cap Hill Tavern

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but Talbot’s signature lobster roll remains. In the evening, there’s now parking behind the building for folks who don’t walk to the space. There’s also an 80-seat room that can be reserved for special events. Hours are Mon., 3-11 pm, Tues. - Thurs., 11 am-11 pm, Fri., 11 am-midnight & Sat. - Sun., 9 am-midnight with brunch in the am. Cap Hill’s number is 303861-3777. D Bar on E. 19th in Uptown is settling into its new home and changing things up already. First there have been seasonal changes to all the menus. Ten flavors of house-made gelato and sorSee BUSINESS on page 26

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Opponents of the clinic voiced concerns about patients interacting with high school students near campus. There were even concerns that heroin dealers may target methadone patients as they try to push their cheaper products to known addicts as a substitute for the more expensive methadone treatment. Police officers acknowledged this as a known tactic of heroin dealers. In response to the concern of the risks, clinic facilitators touted their security measures and surveillance monitoring. But not all local residents were opposed to its opening. Some neighbors stressed that prescription drug abuse and even heroin abuse already exists within our neighborhood, so we should also welcome the solution in the form of a treatment facility. Others noted that the methadone patients are try-

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ing to get their life together, not harm our neighborhood. “It’s a public health issue that we need to address,” said one resident, noting the prevalence of prescription drug addiction in this country. Clinic supporters, who refer to the program as a Narcotics Treatment Center, explained the need for such a center. An existing clinic nearby on 18th will be relocating any day, and many of that clinic’s patients will relocate to the new Denver Recovery Group. As many as 500 patients might utilize the new clinic when it is fully staffed and occupied. The new clinic, which is a for-profit enterprise, is run by Chad Tewksbury. Tewksbury is a former handy-man from California who tells of how he was drawn to this work when a close family member turned his life around when he got off opiates with the help of methadone. The fact that the clinic serves a vital purpose to its patients was not lost on the clinic’s opponents – they just want it elsewhere. “The chief concern seems to be the proximity to East High School student’s lunch destinations. These clinics can offer valuable social services and there will be a lot of people to make sure those benefits are not outweighed by the collateral effects,” says Aaron Goldhamer, Denver attorney and 2016 candidate for State House District 8. A Denver City Attorney attended the meeting to explain that federal disability law protects any heightened zoning requirements for methadone beyond a typical medical clinic, and that location was already approved for a medical clinic. In short, Denver Recovery Group has a right to operate at that location under the current zoning laws. Despite the many neighborhood concerns and objections, the clinic opened as scheduled. The organizers of the clinic, made clear that they intend to be good neighbors, listen to concerns, and to work with Associations like CHUN (Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc.) to help alleviate any problems that may arise. Denver Recovery Group opened the clinic in May on Colfax between Detroit and Fillmore on the south side of the street.

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Historic Denver Launches Capitol Hill Walking Tour A mix of history, architecture and relevant stories By Dina Berta

istoric Denver has added the Capitol Hill neighborhood to its Walking Tours program. The Capitol Hill Walking Tour, which covers 1.2 miles and some of the area’s most architecturally and historically interesting spots in Denver’s once ritzy neighborhood. The neighborhood is the second in a growing series of tours by the non-profit organization. The first tour started last year with a walk through Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood. “Historic Denver plans to roll out more tours of diverse neighborhoods across the city over the next several years”, said Shannon Schaefer, outreach and tour coordinator for Historic Denver. The new tour will tell stories of Capitol Hill’s founding and growth, and the prominent architects involved with its development. “The Capitol Hill tour was created to help guide the participant to where the movers and shakers who established the roots of this city once lived,” Schaefer said. “The tour will have present day illustrations of a city in transition with preservation wins and losses.” For example, a preservation win has been the Denver Woman's Press Club at 1325 Logan. The early 20th Century

English Craftsman cottage has remained standing and in use while buildings around it were razed and torn down. The press club is now surrounded by asphalt and parking lots. The Historic Denver tours are modeled after the award-winning Chicago Architecture Foundation tours and provide a mix of history, architecture and relevant stories to bring Denver’s history and personality alive. Volunteer docents, who go through a rigorous five-week training course, lead the tours. Docents are experts in all things Denver, giving participants a sense of what it felt like to live in Denver at the turn of the 20th Century. The tours of Capitol Hill and LoDo are offered now through Oct. 31. Tour hours are Mon., 10 am, Wed. & Fri., 1 pm & Sat., 10 am & 10pm. Each tour last approximately 75 minutes and covers a little more than one mile of walking. Tickets are $15 for the general public and $12 for Historic Denver, Inc. and the Molly Brown House Museum. Tickets may be purchased online at historicdenver.org, by phone 800-979-3370, or in-person at the Molly Brown House, 1340 Pennsylvania, and/or the Tattered Cover Book Store in LoDo, 1628 16th.

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COMMUNITY TUESDAY, JUNE 2 & JULY 7: Free Day, Denver Children’s Museum, 2121 Children’s Museum Dr. Call 303-433-7444. Adults and children are free, families play free on the 1st Tues. of each month 4-8 pm. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 & 16: Corona MOPS, a faith-based

moms’ group offering friendship & support, 9-11:30 am, Corona Presbyterian Church, 1205 E. 8th. Open to any woman pregnant or with a child kindergarten age or younger; child care & brunch provided. Call 303-8322297. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3: Food Truck Rally at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store parking lot, 900 E. 11th, 5-9 pm. Enjoy a variety of food trucks and live music! Perfect community event to kick-off summer. Call 303-832-7701. THURSDAY, JUNE 4 & 11: Capitol Hill Burger Night at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store parking lot, 900 E. 11th, 5-7 pm. Grilled to order burgers and live music every Thursday in June! Call 303-8327701.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 5 & JULY 3: Community Resources Forum, 9-10:30 am, Sterne-Elder Room of Exempla St. Joseph Hospital, Russell Pavilion, 19th & Lafayette. Free Continental breakfast, varying presentations. Free parking in Humboldt Garage off 20th. Continues the 1st Fri. of every month. Call 303866-8889. FRIDAY, JUNE 5 & JULY 3: Free Day, Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest. 1st Fri. of every month is free. Call 720865-0800. SATURDAY, JUNE 6: Free First Saturdays, adults & children, the Denver Art Museum, 13th & Acoma, 10 am-5 pm. Call 720-865-5000. General admission is free every day for kids all ages under 18.

SATURDAY, JUNE 6: Community Awareness Program, Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL), 99 W. 12th, 6-8 pm. Call 303-844-4000, ext. 8. SATURDAY, JUNE 6-7: Denver Chalk Art Festival on Larimer Square is a free twoday street-painting festival. More than 200 artists spend hours that weekend turning the streets into a museum of chalk art. The event showcases six madonnari (professionals in this medium); all are award-winning street painters including first place finishes in the International Street Painting Competition in Grazie di Curtatone, Italy. • Capitol Hill People’s Fair is celebration of Denver's diverse urban community, the fair is a great weekend of entertainment with events, activities and attractions suitable for all the entire family. As one of the leading arts and crafts events in the region, visitors have the opportunity to buy all manner of wonderful creations from homemade cakes and jams to individually designed jewelry or

THE DENVER ART MUSEUM presents 'Creative Crossroads: The Art of Tapestry.' Stimulate the imagination by viewing the myriad ways in which the sublime art of weaving is applied around the world. 100 W. 14th, through Mar. 6, 2016, price included with general admission. 720-9130130; denvermuseum.org one-off paintings. There's also a full entertainment program which includes live music, street theatre, juggling, children's acts and other attractions. Civic Center Park on Sat., June 6, 10 am-8 pm & Sun., June 7, 10 am-7 pm. Admission to the Fair is always free. SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 14, 21 & 28: Grill on the Hill at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store parking lot, 900 E. 11th, 2-6 pm. Weekly menu of delicious “serve with sun” grill items plus our new community open mic night every Sunday in June! Follow us on Twitter @WFMCapHill for our menu.

Monthly Breakfast at Pete's Greek Town Cafe, 2910 Colfax at 7 am. Great speakers & conservative camaraderie. Please RSVP, so we can plan appropriately. No need to pay in advance, but please order breakfast to support Pete's. Individual checks. Starts 7 am & order by 7:20 am so speaker is not interrupted. Repeated 2nd Fri. of the month. Online registration required. SUNDAY, JUNE 14: Celebrate Flag Day and fly the colors of the US.

TUESDAY, JUNE 9: Venture Prep High School invites interested students and families to hear more about our successful college-prep program. Learn how we achieve 100% college acceptance and find out how you can be a part of our community in the 2015-16 school year. Tuesday, June 9, 6-7 pm at 2540 Holly.

TUESDAY, JUNE 16: Health Starts Here Class Series: Nourish Your Skin (Inside & Out) at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store cafe, 900 E. 11th, 6:30-8 pm. The skin is our largest organ, yet we often forget to give it the care it deserves. In this class we explore ways to nourish your skin through healthy diet, natural beauty products with clean ingredients, and homemade concoctions. Call 303-832-7701.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27: Active Living Day at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store parking lot, 900 E. 11th, all-day. We’ll celebrate active living with healthy food tastings, how-to classes, prizes, and a free CrossFit class from our friends at

MONDAY, JUNE 29: Free Day, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado, 10 am-5 pm. Call 303-370-6000. MONDAY, JUNE 29: The Social at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store cafe, 900

THE TATTERED COVER FILM SERIES invites you to join film critic, Howie Movshowitz, KUNC, and the Sie Film Center for the screening of the 1955 Laurence Olivier classic, Richard III. Don't miss this chance to discover, or re-discover and learn more about this classic film for the bargain price of $1! 2150 E. Colfax, June 7, 2 pm. 720-381-0813; denverfilm.org

DAYS: 16th & Josephine Recycling Center open 3-6 pm Weds. & 9 am-12 pm Sat. THURSDAY, JUNE 18: Whole Kids Club Monthly Event at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store cafe, 900 E. 11th, 3:304:40 pm. Bring the kiddos down for a monthly event surrounding healthy eating, education, arts/ crafts/music, or taking care of the environment, followed by a delicious “Whole Foods” snacktime. Call 303-832-7701. SATURDAY, JUNE 20: The 21st Westword Music Showcase is rattling the city with indie pop, electronica, rock beats, and more from Noon-10 pm. More than 100 musicians will jam out at Golden Triangle district venues in celebration of the city’s largest one-day music festival. SATURDAY, JUNE 20: “Neighbors on the Hill” (“Broken Windows”) all-volunteer “Community Clean-Up & Social,” 9 am-noon. Meet in the west lot of District Six Police Headquarters, 1566 Washington at Colfax, 9 am. BBQ at CHUN, 1290 Williams, noon. Everyone welcome. Tools, materials & garbage trucks provided. Neighborsonthehill.com, 303-803-7961, or

just show up. SATURDAY, JUNE 20-21: Denver PrideFest in Civic Center Park, a celebration of community and culture – and fun! – to all attendees, regardless of sexual orientation. Free, two day festival. SUNDAY, JUNE 21: Father’s Day. Be sure to honor your Father today. SUNDAY, JUNE 21: Summer Solstice, first day of summer, longest day of the year. TUESDAY, JUNE 23: Denver Metro Young Republicans holds its General Meetings and Happy Hours on the fourth Tuesday of each month, starting at 5:30 p.m. with an informal social hour. The official meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and features a speaker or panel discussion. Cap City Tavern, 1247 Bannock Street. For information call 720931-8888. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24: Bike To Work Day at Whole Foods Market Capitol Hill store parking lot, 900 E. 11th, 6:30 am-9:30 am. We will have a breakfast station set-up for everyone participating in Bike to Work Day! Our station will include deli-

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PLINTH GALLERY presents 'The Slipcast Object Revisited' featuring the unusual and complex work of David Bogus, Angela Mellor & Peter Saenger. These fascinating and beautiful pieces will inspire one to linger with them. 3250 Brighton through July, 303-295-0717; plinthgallery.com SATURDAY, JULY 4: Park Hill 4th of July Parade is back, on 23rd from Dexter to Krameria. This free community-friendly event will again be marching along 23rd Avenue on Independence Day. This year's parade promises to be bigger than ever before, with marching bands, acrobats and festive floats. SUNDAYS, JUNE & JULY: Free City Park Jazz at City Park Bandstand,17th & Colorado Blvd. There’s no better way to end the long weekend than with a free concert in City Park. City Park Jazz takes place every Sunday evening in June & July, 6-8 pm.

FAMILY TUESDAYS: “Book Babies,” a language enrichment program for babies age six to 23 months, 10:30 am, Children’s Library of the Denver Public Library, 13th & Broadway. Call 720-865-1306. • Young Children’s Storytime, The Tattered Cover, Colfax & Elizabeth, 10:30 am. Free. Different topic each week. Call 303-322-1965, ext. 2731. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 & JULY 7: Free Day, Denver Children’s Museum, first Tues. of each month, 2121 Children’s Museum Dr. Call 303-433-7444. FRIDAY, JUNE 5 & 19: To-

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GALLERIES MONTH-LONG: • 12"x 12" x 14 is an art exhibit featuring 14 gallery artists who have all created four pieces each measuring 12" x 12". Gallery hours are: M-F 10-5, Sat 10-4, Through June, Closed Sunday. Artists on Santa Fe is located 747 Santa Fe Drive, Call 303-573-5903. • Byers-Evans House Gallery, Guided Tours, Mon .Sat, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, & 2:30 pm. You will

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ccasionally, instead of a column on just one topic, I do a hodgepodge of tidbits of opinions that I have been pondering upon – this month is one of those times. Why can’t Politicians simply answer the question? Have you noticed that more times than not after being asked a direct question, politicians take the conversation wherever they want to and rarely do they answer the question they were asked? I have decided to do this in my day to day life. Here are some examples: Example #1. My wife says, “Honey, will you please stop at the store on the way home to get some milk?” My answer, “Look, The disparity between Holstein and Angus cattle is an issue that we should all be concerned about and I am drafting legislation that will cross party lines and will lead our great country to a resolution regarding our cud chewing citizens.” Example #2. An employee asks, “Boss can I have a raise? It has been four years since my last one, my daughter has cancer and the hospital costs are going to sink our family.” My answer, “Look, the oil and gas industry in America has taken a hit! I get it. My wallet has been affected as well, but I am not letting it get me down, nor will I let mud slingers and contrarians get the best of me. I am proud to be an American and I (I mean we) will prevail. Next tidbit: Why do people say S_ _ _ that they know is not true? While listening to our Governor recently on NPR, he was asked about his statement 10 years ago when he was the Mayor of Denver, stating that in 10-years we (the City of Denver) would end homelessness. When pressed he said, “Look…” and then two minutes of gibberish, but unlike most politicians he finally answered the question (kind of)

he said, “Look, we knew that we weren’t really going to end homelessness…” Then why did you say it? Today, I heard a spot on the radio that described a hotline for the entire state of Colorado to report child abuse. This strikes

me as a wonderful thing. Then at the end of the commercial the announcer said “Child abuse is preventable.” No it is not! Damn, I wish it were true! Slime balls who harm children in any way shape or form are the scum of the earth in my opinion. But a hotline to report abuse will not, and cannot prevent all child abuse. Could it help keep dirt bags from doing it again? Sure. Will it help? Absolutely. Is it a wonderful idea? You bet. Is all child abuse preventable? Unfortunately, no. So don’t say it. It would be fine to say this new service is designed to help and protect children – an incredibly honorable and worthwhile statement. But saying this lofty and unrealistic statement gets in the way of their goal to make things better. The writers should ask Hick for his opinion. Pampered People. Where do I start with this one? This topic

is almost too easy. Five minutes at the Whole Paycheck in Cherry Creek or next door at Peet’s Coffee (or actually anywhere in Cherry Creek North) would give me two columns worth of pampered people material. Speaking of Peet’s Coffee, I am happy to report that the 5-year boycott of Peet’s by loyal Capitol Curmudgeon readers who were upset that the old manager of this high-end coffeeteria (I know that it is a made-up word,) is finally over, and Life on Capitol Hill is back in the coffee shop. Some of the protesters have told me, “Too little, too late, and we have grown to like INK coffee.” Back to pampered people. My daughter recently drove by two male hipster’s (my longtime readers could see this coming before they opened the paper) riding side-by-side on a relatively busy street. As she drove by she said, “Single file please.” She is way nicer than me. One of the hipsters screamed back, “Bikers are victims!” So somewhere in their “we are misunderstood and more unique than the rest of the planet” brains, they are justifying breaking traffic rules and doing whatever they want because they are “victims”. Poor babies, makes me want to buy a pair of girl skinny jeans, with a chain for my wallet, buy a fixed gear bike, use the term ironic incorrectly, read Clockwork Orange and start a band called “Whining Anorexic Toe Jam.” SCFD Tax back on the ballot next year. Back in 1988 life was tough for the arts and culture in Denver. The Denver Art museum was struggling to maintain the facilities, zookeepers were pinched by a limited budget to feed the critters, plants were looking sickly at the Botanic Gardens, and they needed help. The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District was formed. Twenty-seven years later SCFD has worked wonders and we are fortunate in Denver to have many wonderful, arts and cultural facilities. About fifty million dollars a year is distributed through SCFD and it is currently set-up with three tiers. Tier one receives 65.5 % of the tax and is for the big guys in town; Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Center For the Performing Arts (DCPA,) Denver Art Museum, Denver Zoo, and Denver Botanical Gardens. Tier two receives 21% of the tax and is currently comprised of twenty-six mid-sized orga-

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Back to the Country with Ricky Skaggs By Peter Jones

he late guitar great, Chet Atkins, once observed that Ricky Skaggs had single-handedly saved country music – and he was not so far from the truth. During the ultra-slick 1980s when country music was trying its damnedest to be anything but country, Skaggs decidedly bucked convention without regard for hipness, crossover potential or the skewers of dismissive city slickers. “The whole Urban Cowboy phase had entered the building. It was a real paradigm shift,” Skaggs said. “When I came to Nashville, my heart was set on taking country back to three decades before, trying to bring old country and bluegrass songs and make them into a thing that country radio would play, yet keep the integrity of the songs.” In the narrative video for “Country Boy” – yes, even Skaggs made music videos in the ‘80s – the musician plays the part of a hillbilly-turned-New-York-businessman who is forced to defend his true country leanings, when an uncle played by bluegrass legend, Bill Monroe, comes to town to confront his wayward nephew. As Skaggs plays the mandolin and Monroe rosins up the bow amidst Mayor Ed Koch and subway break dancers, the message could not have been clearer. If country music wanted to sell out to the highest bidder, Skaggs would not be at the auction.

“I look at the music now and it is kind of hard to hear any semblance of what I grew up with and even what I had in the ‘80s,” Skaggs said. “But every 10 to 12 or 15 years, there’s like a shift that turns around and the pendulum swings back a little bit.” Call it a momentary lapse into good taste, as mandolinist David Grisman once observed in this column after the traditional soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? had its brief moment on the U.S. pop charts. As for Atkins’ remark that Skaggs was the man who rescued country music from certain death in “Achy, Breaky” dance music, Skaggs is sardonically humble. “I always laugh and tell people, ‘I don’t think Chet was on his meds that day,’” the Grammy winner said with a chuckle. “I appreciate his heart and I know where he was coming from. We had talked many times about real country music.” Skaggs will do more than talk about it on June 22 when the musician plays Denver Botanic Gardens as part of a supergroup with diverse multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder and Skagg’s wife, Sharon White, of the country family band the Whites. According to Skaggs, the idea for the trio slowly came together by happenchance a few years ago at a benefit concert in Nashville. “That was a sweet time. I’d been such a Ry Cooder fan for

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RICKY SKAGGS, SHARON WHITE AND RY COODER will perform as a trio, June 22 at Denver Botanic Gardens. so many years,” he said. “Sharon came in and he wanted me and her to sing on a song that he’d written. I felt this instant connection and I felt there was a sweet trio there.” Grammy-winning Cooder had already proven his ability to tap into any musical genre, from rock and blues to Tex Mex and Hawaiian. Originally a member of Captain Beefheart’s band, Cooder would go on to play with a who’s who, including the Rolling Stones, Little Feat’s Lowell George and the Beach Boys, among countless others. In the new touring configuration, Cooder, a musician’s musician, is ostensibly expected to integrate into the Skaggs-White format of country, bluegrass and gospel, but because this is Cooder, the audience should not be surprised if he pulls on a few other roots along the way. “It’s rough around the edges,

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but there’s a sweetness and a lot of energy to it,” Skaggs said of the trio, which has yet to record new music together. “When Ry starts cranking up that Coodercaster, it’s like, here we go, buckle your seatbelts.” Skaggs has taken music through a few bumpy rides himself. Born in rural Kentucky in 1954, Skaggs – legally Ricky, not Richard – was already a virtuoso at age 6 when he played and sang on stage with Bill Monroe. The next year, he appeared on television with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. As a teen, Skaggs was a fullfledged member of Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys. By the ‘70s, he had his own group, Boone Creek, a progressive bluegrass band that also featured future country star Vince Gill. Skaggs later joined Emmylou Harris’s band. “What I got in exchange was I learned how to play with a drummer, a piano player, a steel-guitar player and an electric-guitar player,” he confided. After departing Harris, Skaggs launched the solo career that helped rebirth traditional country as a viable music form. In 1982, at 28, he made it into the Grand Ole Opry, as the youngest member, 20 years after being turned down due to his age.

“After 55 years, I ought to be good at something,” Skaggs said. “I’ve given my life to this. Of course, it’s given life to me. I believe gifts are from God, but it’s what we do with the gift that matters. I want to be a good steward of it.” Skaggs is no stranger to collaboration, having worked with the likes of Bruce Hornsby, the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb and Phish. But the trio with Cooder and White has gotten him more excited than ever. The musician has also reached a comfortable place where he can do what he wants musically without worrying about commercial success. “It’s great to do something with the love of your life and a creative genius like Ry,” Skaggs said. “I’m so grateful to be 60 years old, have my past, but feel so inspired and creative, and more in love with music than I’ve ever been. I’m not trying to get bigger and bigger. As a matter of fact, I’ve lost 60 pounds since January.” For tickets and more information about the Ricky SkaggsRy Cooder-Sharon White concert at Denver Botanic Gardens, visit www.swallowhillmusic.org or call 303-777-1003. Contact Peter Jones at pjones@lifeoncaphill.com

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Keys to a Connected Neighborhood Article & Photos By David Lynn Wise, AIA

n the mid-1980s the now defunct, more relevant than ever, Denver’s own Urban Design Forum, produced something called the Walkable City Symposium. It wasn’t a symposium but it was a well-attended, well-rounded, local conversation about definitions, goals and advantages of recognizing, planning for, and nurturing walkability in the Denver metro area. One enduring product of the conversation was a Pedestrian Bill of Rights that assumed one should not be required to own and use a car in order to live freely in our city. At that time we were relearning the basics of what holds an urban environment together as an enjoyable, sustainable, diverse, dynamic and efficient place for people of all income levels to live. In the pre-digital age we used patterned tape and stickers on paper maps to locate and code the specific streets and districts where basic daily activities could be carried out without the use of a car. Clusters began to appear. Capitol Hill was brimming with positive indicators. The purpose of the mapping was to find already viable living models for urban design thinking, thus avoiding idealized and naïve paradigms that might not be well understood when cited in a community dialogue. Worse yet over simplified models were being used all around us to build pieces of the city that were fast becoming the stage set for our future. Today whole tracts of the metro area, when seen from above, are simplistic formulaic layouts that constrict how people live, but that are signatures of the sprawl industry. They

are easily cataloged, allocated, bankrolled and built by the finance and construction sectors. It doesn’t matter that they require a car for every person, that they don’t age well, and that there is precious little opportunity in their rigid patterns for economic or social integration. I know – I’ve worked on variants of these projects for decades. The good news is that, years later, many of the planners, councils and mayors in the Metro Area and Denver in particular are quite sophisticated on the topic of walkability and neighborhood integrity. The point is not to bash the burbs as much as to call attention to the extent to which our world is becoming sterile and static due to underlying formulas for development. So what are the preferred building blocks, if not clunky conventional planning labels? What DNA structure might serve to allow a more timeless and complex type of growth? One simple idea is to imagine uses that might reinforce one another when joined together. Over time a continuous fabric might result if each small piece embodied the element of connectedness. Connectedness is not the same as mixed use. Connected urban projects can only be created if there is a desire to consider the context and carefully tailor the planning and every aspect of the design to be a good, complimentary neighbor. That yields true sustainability. That is very different from fear based planning that aims only at separating incompatible uses such as factories and houses, and then herding them into single use ghettos. At the close urban scale that we find on Capitol Hill separations, segregations and dysfunc-

tional land use relationships are set up, often inadvertently, with just a few missteps in putting things together. Contrasting that, it’s no wonder that in the vast exploded scale of new planning, the trek from Chili’s to Lowes to Staples to home is impossible without a lot of car wrangling. Pushing the sprawl boundary further and further out is a sign that we haven’t figured out how to make the city work or how to re-inhabit small towns for that matter. Even tiny communities now have a sick combination of vacant storefronts, despite ample on-street parking and crappy retail buildout along the highways. This wouldn’t happen without public policies that support it. I neglected my opportunity to speak up recently when Governor Hickenlooper solicited ideas to benefit the state. The simple answer is to insist on researching, crafting and implementing State Land Use Planning. The push and pull between rural and urban uses with hustlers exploiting our failure to cooperate is tearing up the landscape and diminishing housing and farming options as well as other economic opportunities. At some point, there is in fact, a conflict associated with walking versus driving. This is apparent in extreme cases of parts of cities where cars are no longer allowed from the Taos Pueblo to Catalina Island and shortly downtown Madrid. Those examples don’t really apply to Capitol Hill. However, I have been the guy circling through residential streets in my car trying to park so that I can meet someone at a particular Colfax bar. Once you resolve that walking three blocks is not unreasonable the whole routine is less maddening, but that represents a learning curve for many of us. It’s clearly a cultural adaptation

and a decades old part of living on Capitol Hill. I am starting to use a car sharing membership for urban errands and due in large part to that new alternative we are now a one car household. Capitol Hill is both a legacy and a laboratory. We have the micro examples to see for ourselves when being a good neighbor happens. Look for the discreet parking solution, the commercial use that is kind to its residential neighbors, and the church that becomes an ac-

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CHUM Continued from page 5 been with the program since it started. The store manager at the time had an elderly mother who he thought such a program would benefit. He bought into the program, as did the union. And the relationship has remained loyal to one another ever since. Jeff Harnden, a union steward and co-coordinator of the coupon program at King Soopers said, “The program's structure worked. The employees got into it, customers dropped off coupons to the store and the program became like a “United Way of the neighborhood.” In addition to other giving programs instituted at the store, technology, in the name of electronic check-out, became popular with customers. That new twist in moving customers through the check-out process quickly, has meant customers can no longer make the choice to donate to the CHUM coupon program. That has made an impact on the number of coupons

being donated to the program. For example, up to 2007, the program raised $500,000 to provide grants to qualified non-profits, schools and faith-based organizations. Since 2007 the program has raised $183,000. Not nearly as much money as it once did. That reality hit home when the statistics showed that between 2007 and this year, the program raised $183,000, which shrunk the number of $1,000 grants the program was able to provide. “We've had to accept reality,” declared Hansen. “The Cavalry isn't coming to save us.” But looking back, Hansen notes all the wonderful times spent with this group. Cakes and cookies have been baked or bought, birthdays have been celebrated; several for Isabella Higginson, who is now 106. Support was offered to those who were ill or dying, but the volunteers have been committed, and

some who didn't drive took the bus from across town. One volunteer clipped coupons at home, brought them to the church and died the next day. People just enjoyed spending time together. And there were many discussions that occurred each week that were meaningful and gave us an opportunity to learn something new Hansen noted, even as the number of volunteers dropped off over the years. “We talked about politics, local and national and not all of us shared the same stripe in philosophy about that topic. We shared thoughts about travel, health, books, daily activities and Sunday night TV shows, like Downton Abbey and The Good Wife. They were all on the agenda for discussion as friendships developed over the years,” said Hansen. “We will miss all of that, but hope to stay in touch by getting together at the church on the first Monday of the month.”

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Eat & Drink “SAME as It Ever Was”

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he exterior – a brownbricked building with drab brown awning on Colfax – provides quite the contrast to the guts of The SAME (So All May Eat) Cafe’s rather bright and idealistic mission: “good food for the greater good.” Its co-founder Libby Birky, a fast-talking former midwesterner (not an oxymoron), mentions that quite a few people call in asking where to find the place, a call I almost found myself making the first time I searched for the restaurant a few weeks ago. “Across from the Lion’s Lair,” is usually the destination marker that triggers recognition Libby said. To translate the mission into practical terms, the SAME Cafe is a pay-what-you-can lunch 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Okay, maybe not so matter-of-fact for a capitalistic, free market society. Here’s the skinny though: you walk in, see a white board menu with two options in each food category – pizza, salad, and soup, and you place your order with a happy volunteer behind the counter. The cash register is noticeably missing, but a Square Reader stands discreetly off to your right. If you want to swipe your card for the food coming your way, you can, however much you want in fact. If not, don’t sweat it, or roll up your sleeves and help in the kitchen after you chow down. Get it? Enter the dining room, or if it’s nice sit out on the patio. According to Libby, the customer diversity is the best part for her. “Literally, Dr. Bob sat here with his daughter who just came home from college who sat next to Tom, who is a homeless guy who had never been here,” said Libby. “This wonderful mother with her daughter introduced Tom to this place after he asked them for money, and they all stayed to clean up. It’s what happens here every single day.” The food can’t possibly go toe-to-toe with a quality cafe. Yes, and no. While the menu is limited, the ingredients are locally-sourced, fresh, and highly nutritious. Since Libby and her husband Brad started SAME in 2006, they have gone from purchasing most items from Whole Foods to sourcing almost exclusively with local farmers. “Pretty much the majority of

what we’re using is direct from local farmers. We get produce from places like The Growhaus, Grenada Farm, and Denver Botanic Gardens,” she says. We’re still paying a premium for the produce. I don’t want someone bringing me less quality ingredients for a cheaper price. I’m willing to pay the Jax, what all the fancy restaurants are paying, because I want the same high quality food.” Libby is the lone staff on site today – the other two employees getting a Memorial Day vacation. She mentions that most weeks require the start-up, community-driven mentality from their three and a half full-time equivalents. “We get here at 8:30ish,” she discloses, “and we have volunteers here until 3, serving folks and making food. From 3-5, I’m usually doing emails and phone calls and interviews and whatever else. Brad and I are usually out in the community 3 or 4 nights per week, heading to a farm or going to a food justice event.” The final tabulation is somewhere north of 60 hours per work. Libby admits that 25% of her job now is handling outreach and business strategies for oth-

ers. The pay-as-you-go model has ramped up since their establishment in 2006, when only one other restaurant was in business in Salt Lake City. “There are 49 businesses like this across the country. We’re the longest running one after Salt Lake’s closure.” She’s been approached by acupuncturists, hair stylists, and a dentist to operate in a similar manner. Most of them have

a minimum payments amount. One restaurant like SAME requires at least a $3 donation for a plate of food. This differentiation is what keeps the operation unique. SAME lets people set the price and there’s no barrier for participation. The inclusive gesture has not stopped the business from growing either. In 2012, the entire kitchen was remodeled after receiving a gift from the Restaurant Facility Management Association. “They brought us a dishwasher, a hood, gas to the space so we could actually cook… for real. Before we were just roasting everything. Anything for soup or pizza or salad was roasted in the oven – in the pizza oven,” she recalled. “We were us-

ing a plug-in wok to boil water!” The kitchen is decked out in all the finest commercial gear, allowing for twice the amount of volunteers and capacity to feed dozens more customers. Libby excuses herself from the interview to thank her volunteers, who stayed until almost 4 p.m. to close up shop. Today the kitchen crew is a trio of guys who recently moved to Denver and are opening up a food truck in the coming months. They all wanted to help and at the same time maintain their restaurant “chops.” She returns and gives the adventuring epicurean a great pitch to eat at The SAME Cafe. “I believe it’s the most dynamic, most diverse, most interesting place to eat in Denver.”

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the addition of brew will boost his dinner traffic. Watercourse Foods at 835 E. 17th just passed its first anniversary as a 100% vegan eatery. Its sister space, City ‘O City, at E. 13th & Sherman has been primarily vegan since it took over that original Watercourse address. Watercourse has been in business since the late 1990s and dishes up what it calls vegan comfort foods. The number for Watercourse is 303-832-7313. When you’re in the business of helping people move, your own space needs often take a back seat. Not so at Assist 2 Sell of Congress Park, which recently relocated to a new home in the 2600 block of E. 12th. It was just a short move from Elizabeth and 12th but a big move for owner Todd Barker. “I relocated the office into its new current location, a building I've owned since 2000. A longtime tenant moved out and we restored the main floor to accommodate our new real estate office,” Barker said. The new space at 2639 E. 12th is inviting, and so are the service options which include MLS for Less listings, Direct to Buyer services, which don’t include a MLS listing and a ‘paperwork only’ service when a buyer and seller have found each other and just need help nailing down the rest of the details. Many of those services come with flat fees. The agency’s phone number is 303-316-7000. Whole Foods in CCN has rolled out a couple of new events now that the many waves of renovation are finally complete. On Mother’s Day, the store hosted a brunch, and on July 3rd, there will be a holiday luau noon-3 pm with some of the proceeds going to support the Cherry Creek Theater. These and other upcoming events are a chance to get more folks to check out the recent changes. “We have added a juice bar, street food cart, new pizza venue, smoke house and pickle bar. We have also added more space to the prepared foods section for easier shopping, and are excited to have a new kitchen to test recipes and be culinary creative!” said spokeswoman Sharon Wilkinson.

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There’s a new flow to the store, more grab and go items, the olive bar is even bigger (is that even possible). The hot bar now includes tamales and baked sweet potatoes. Whole Foods address is 2375 E. 1st and the number’s 720-941-4100. Last but not least, a milestone to report. This July marks the 25th anniversary of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Celebrate Imagination is this year’s theme for the event which runs July 3-5. “When I think about celebrating the 25th Anniversary, I think about how the Arts Festival has grown into a thriving yearround arts organization, Cherry Arts,” said interim director Tara Brickell, reflecting on the major growth of the event and what it has spawned. “Because of (public) support, we can continue the grand tradition of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival and impact students lives year round.” The number for Brickell’s office is 303-355-2787.

Closings: Rite Aid has left the building. The CCN business that co-anchored the property just east of the Cherry Creek Shopping Center has vacated their longtime home. A bright, new and shiny Rite Aid is now open on the south side of Leetsdale just before Cherry. More foods, more beverages and if possible, more candy are part of the new store. A Noodles & Company will share the space soon. As soon as the drug company indicated plans to move, residents started speculating about the fate of the Safeway store that shared the space. This address is one of the chain’s smaller grocery stores and residential space in CCN is popping up all over, so many locals hope the store stays and possibly expands. The company’s lease runs through the end of this year and negotiations to extend it are reportedly underway. Grannie’s Attic in the 900 block of Corona is now gone. The former Antique Mall building has been sold and redevelopment should begin soon. Platte Interior Design has vacated its offices in the vintage home on E. 6th at Clarkson. Send biz news to jeanne@lifeoncaphill.com.

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WESTIN Continued from page 3 what seems like endless wideopen plains, which stretch lazily to the east. Some of the guest rooms face out onto DIA's white mountain “tents.” The “tents” are made of woven fiberglass, coated with Teflon and covered with two layers of fabric. It was produced by Birdair, Inc., a division of Corning in upstate New York. “It (the tents) is cleaned periodically with soap and water and (has) an over 50-year life span,” according to author Mike Rosso in his piece, “DIA: The Story Behind the Tents,” published in the September 2014 issue of Colorado Central Magazine. Known as the Jeppesen Terminal, the iconic tented structure has been DIA's crowning signature piece since it was built. It is named for a famous barnstormer and map maker, Elrey Jeppesen. The new hotel is designed to include a 37,000 sq. ft. conference center, with a grand ballroom and another smaller ballroom, both named for Colorado native tree species, the cottonwood and dogwood. Both ballrooms are divisible by two. Fifteen meeting/ board rooms and break out rooms of various sizes and a pre-function room offer 19 total meeting rooms when the ballrooms are divided. They too, will bear the names of Colorado native trees. The hotel also touts a 10,000 sq. ft. pre-function area designed to provide an eye-popping three-story floor-to-ceiling glass curtain that's approximately 100-feet wide. Plenty of natural light will be provided outside the meeting rooms. The entire project must be certified according to the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, as outlined for all new or renovated city buildings, according to the Mayor's Executive Order 123. TSA security sites are planned at the property, but will be installed at a yet to be undetermined date. Since there was only one construction elevator available during the tour, 10 hardy souls and two tour guides made the trek up and down many flights of stairs to see where the hotel's yet to be completed amenities, will be

located. Plumbing and electricity have yet to be installed so there were no guest rooms to view. It was an adventure to walk through the construction site's various obstacles and observe the industrious construction personnel hard at work. The experience piqued one's imagination about what is yet to come, while not being too tough a workout for the tour attendees. Public tours of the construction site are booked through June and most likely will not be continued. On the 11th floor one finds a fitness studio, hot tub and an indoor swimming pool, set in the dip of the design – all those features offer terrific views. On a clear day, vistas of Pike's Peak and La Veta Pass may be seen. A public plaza with a glass-covered canopy will be located on level five and will connect the hotel, terminal and train station conglomerate. Proposed plans for the plaza, which is the size of one football field and two basketball courts and then some, will include an area for relaxation, art displays, concerts, car shows and a farmer's market during good weather. That said, nature will no doubt have its way with us on occasion, with a nod to Oscar Hammerstein's words in the musical “Oklahoma,” “when the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,” – this time Colorado-style. Since the opening of DIA, public art has been a major feature at the airport, and that tradition will continue throughout the hotel's lobbies, guest rooms and transit center with an art budget set at $5 million. This amenity is possible due to Denver's “one percent for art,” requirement by executive order, that compels one percent of construction dollars to be used for artwork on large construction projects. Much of the art will be represented by Colorado artists, including Denver artist Patrick Marold who this year will install a $1.5 million commission, “Shadow Array,” to create a large scale lighted installation that will amplify the landscape near the public transit station. The work will include approximately 250-beetle-kill spruce logs from southern Colorado and can be viewed by travelers on the train as they come and go en route along the sloping “valley” to the hotel and plaza entrance.

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rant found at some of the hotel chains on their other properties. Other healthy meal choices are planned for adults and children along with an upscale Colorado craft brewery. An RFP for that venture has been solicited and applications are now closed. A decision is pending. In addition to leisure and business travel, or a welcome way station between flights for some folks, there's no doubt the new hotel has been designed to

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n gardening, as in life, stuff happens. And plants, just like people, can die with no warning, for no apparent reason. It happened to my landscape this winter. A Japanese maple didn’t make it. I am heartbroken. This little Japanese maple, not much more than waist high, grew in my backyard on the west wall of my garage, a lovely maroon exclamation point against a beige background. I brought it home from Home Depot about 15 years ago – not much more than a pretty twig in a one-gallon plastic container. I planted it in what then

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