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40 West Arts District Secures Two Major Grants n By
Liz Black
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0 West Arts District is thrilled to announce that we have secured two major grant opportunities for the 2019 calendar year. As a 501(c)3 non-profi t organization with almost exclusively free or discounted programming, our grant partners are essential to everything we do, from arts events to logistics and, of course, the 40 West ArtLine, a four-mile walkable, bikeable outdoor art gallery that was installed in its fi rst phase in June of this year. Our fi rst grant award is from SCFD, the Scientifi c and Cultural Facilities District. For nearly 25 years SCFD has been supporting a fl ourishing landscape of over 300 science, historical, arts and cultural organizations. More than one million students, seniors and families take part in free programming supported by SCFD. To be a part of the SCFD family is a huge accomplishment for 40 West Arts and we are honored to have been awarded this grant. Our second grant award comes from Community First Foundation for use along the 40 West ArtLine in both public art projects and wayfi nding improvements. Community First Continued on page 4
40 WEST ART DISTRICT’S FIRST FRIDAY DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION on Nov. 2 will include fire artists, Aztec dancers and many of the elements of a traditional celebration, 6 to 10 p.m., at 1560 Teller St.
Who’s Running For State Legislature – And Why? n By
Mike McKibbin
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hree Colorado House seats and one state Senate seat will be decided in part by Neighborhood Gazette voters in this month’s general election on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Ballots will be mailed to registered voters between Oct. 15 and 19, drop boxes to return those ballots will be open between Oct. 15 and Election Day, while voter service polling centers will be open from Oct. 22 through Election Day.
Gonzales-Gutierrez has worked with victim’s advocates supporting domestic violence victims, as a youth counselor, social caseworker and now director for the Denver Collaborative Partnership. If elected, Gonzales-Gutierrez would work to make education accessible and aff ordable from early childhood through college and address aff ordable housing with legislation and funding that includes housing trusts and expanded tax credits. She would sponsor legislation that combats
House District 4 House District 4 (all or some of the West Colfax corridor between Sheridan and Federal, Denver North and West neighborhoods of the Highlands, Villa Park, Sloan’s Lake, Barnum, Berkeley, Sunnyside and Sun Valley), has Democrat Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez running against Republican Robert “Dave” John. GonzalesGutierrez won a three-way primary while John was unopposed. In a short YouTube video, John called Colorado a “wonderful state” when he arrived but blamed “misguided and incompetent” Democratic leadership for creating gridlock and corruption, “with no common sense in our spending priorities.” If elected, John said he would focus on quality of life issues, like roads, education, crime, homelessness, taxes and basic human rights such as the freedom of religion and the Second Amendment. He also listed support for individual liberty, limited government, the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, government transparency, legal immigration and school choice. John retired after 35 years as a City of Denver employee. He earned a bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University and is married with one son.
climate change, protects public lands, water resources and clean air. The seat is currently held by state Rep. Dan Pabon, (D), who cannot run for reelection. State representatives can serve no more than four consecutive two-year terms.
House District 23
House District 23 (all or some of Wheat
Ridge, Lakewood, Applewood, East Pleasant View, the West Colfax corridor/40 West Arts District) features incumbent Democrat Chris Kennedy and Republican challenger Joan Poston. Kennedy is seeking his second term and wrote on his campaign website that his top priority has been to increase transparency in health care spending. Kennedy sponsored Continued on page 8
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RAW Mural Project Brightens Cheltenham Elementary School n By
Mike McKibbin
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any of the walls at Cheltenham Elementary School do not look like the normal, blank, brick walls of a school building. They are colorfully decorated with imaginative mural paintings, thanks to a Miami, Florida-based nonprofi t program called the Reimagining Arts Worldwide (RAW) Project. With the key help of around 30 volunteer artists, 23 murals — including some on inside corridor walls as well — were painted over about three weeks in September. Principal Felice Manzanares said the project was done “in the right place, at the right time.” “This school was built in 1970 and it was really unrecognizable as a school building with nothing but blank walls,” she said. “We want it to look like a place where there are kids and people can say ‘that’s a school’.” In September 2017, The RAW Project painted murals on three Denver elementary schools in the Villa Park and Sun Valley neighborhoods: Eagleton, Cowell and Fairview, branching out from Miami’s Wynwood urban arts district where the project began in 2014. Another area school Continued on page 6
FLAMINGOS, BY FL MNGO FROM MIAMI, is one of several murals painted by volunteer artists at Cheltenham Elementary School. PHOTO BY MIKE MCKIBBIN