“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used
when we created them.”
— Albert Einstein
The importance of recycling seems, to some degree, to have
taken a back seat to the divisive nature of the global warming argument. Yet,
regardless of how you choose to process scientific evidence about carbon
emissions and the rising temperature of the planet, the fact remains that
civilization is producing massive amounts of trash. Further, some (not all) of
the elements which end up in the landfill do so unnecessarily, and can better
serve the greater economic good by being redirected back into the consumer
commodities market.
Garbage Piles: Piles of garbage create mounting concerns.
Understand The Economics
Recycling is a bipartisan-friendly notion. From a purely
fiscal standpoint, there are significant, trackable levels of energy savings
that occur with specific types of materials such as aluminum and paper. The
Reynolds Metal Company reports that making aluminum cans from their recycled
counterparts takes 95 percent less energy than manufacturing them from raw
aluminum bauxite. Meanwhile, the American Forest and Paper Association reports
that recycling one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water and enough energy
to power the everyday household for six months.
Consider The Environmental Angle
From an anti-pollution approach, according to denvergov.org,
the average family can lower greenhouse gas emissions by 340 pounds of carbon
equivalent per year by simply recycling all of its mixed plastic waste. Also,
the Glass Packaging Institute offers further eco-friendly evidence by reporting
that glass recycling can reduce water pollution by 20% and air pollution by
50%. These stats are backed by the National Recycling Coalition, which reports
that eight to 10 major types of water and air pollutants can be reduced through
recycling. Plus, less garbage means less land that must be allocated for
landfills.
Choose Your Facts And Act
The key to reducing the financial and environmental burden
of unnecessary waste lies in the average citizen adopting a mindset of cyclic
thinking in exchange for cause-and-effect behavior. This means integrating
recycling into your long-term habits and routines rather than practicing it as
an afterthought once the trash has already been produced. Whether you are
driven by economic practicality or eco-friendly concern, here are seven ways
you can do your part to expand the effort to reduce waste that is unnecessarily
dumped into the ground.
Buy Recycled
Purchasing products that are made from or packaged in
recycled materials helps increase the demand within this segment of the
consumer product market. These can be paper goods, building materials made from
recycled plastic and steel, refilled printer cartridges, activewear, smartphone
covers and tote bags — just to name a few.
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bags)
Speaking of bags, you can greatly reduce paper and plastic
waste by supplying your own means of getting your groceries home. The Recycling
pages on denvergov.org repeatedly state that plastic bags cannot be recycled
because they jam up the materials sorting machinery. That’s right — all plastic
bags, even though you can reuse them once or twice around the house —
eventually end up in the landfill. If everyone stopped relying on them, demand
for landfill space could be systematically reduced.
Decontaminate Containers
Food containers that are placed in the recycle bin without
first being rinsed out introduce contaminants into the process as the organic
material begins to decompose. You can reduce the amount of items which end up
in the landfill because they are full of food residue by giving items such as
yogurt cartons, jelly jars, tin cans and juice bottles a sufficient rinse before
recycling. This scenario includes the ever-present and confounding pizza box.
While the box bottom, if covered in grease and residue, cannot be recycled — it
can be composted by cutting it into small pieces and placing it in your
backyard facility. Meanwhile, the box lid, as long as it is grease-free, can
always be recycled.
Purchase Less Packaging
Your shopping protocol can involve a “buy less packaging”
approach by making a plan ahead of time to curtail old habits in the produce
section. Specifically, by choosing to not place fruits and vegetables which you
plan to wash anyway into plastic bags as you pick them off the shelf. You can
also choose products in compostable packaging (as indicated on the label) and
you can buy items you consume regularly in bulk.
Donate Don’t Discard
Unwanted goods such as furniture, household items, cooking
utensils and clothing do not have to be thrown away — especially if they are
still functional or can be easily repaired. By taking them to your local thrift
store, they can be reappropriated by someone who needs them instead of winding
up in the landfill while still having value.
Maximize Organic Matter
According to the EPA, 30% of everything people throw away is
comprised of food and yard waste. Grasscycling and composting are excellent
ways of reducing the amount of plastic bags and fuel needed to haul away grass
clippings and uneaten scraps. In turn, you are helping to save landfill space
by placing organic matter in your own backyard — which enriches the soil, reduces
the need for synthetic fertilizers and lowers your carbon footprint by
decreasing methane emission from the landfill.
Go Out Of Your Way
Aluminum Cans: Properly recycled aluminum can be turned back into usable cans for a fraction of the costs of processing raw aluminum bauxite.
If you’re already a proactive Denver recycler, you may have
more items than can fit in your purple recycle bin. If this is the case, you
can access the Cherry Creek Recycling Drop-off facility for overflow items that
do not belong in the landfill as well as compostable materials such as food
scraps and yard clippings. This is a service for Denver residents only, not for
commercial entities.
In the realm of environmental issues, there are some areas
where opinions are not unanimous. When it comes to recycling, however, any way
you look at it (especially not facing downward into the landfill) makes
practical, economic, eco-friendly sense.
Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) has played a vital role in shaping neighborhoods by providing a unified voice to the City of Denver and Colorado state governments since 1969. Those who are not familiar with this organization need look no further than the trees that are planted along 13th and 14th Avenue. CHUN was instrumental IN having those planted.
Board Members: The Board of Delegates for Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc. is a group of 39 members representing 10 registered neighborhood organizations in Denver.
To commemorate 50 years in the community, CHUN will host a
fundraising event at Denver Botanic Gardens to celebrate its half century. The
50th Anniversary Celebration and Wine Tasting is open to the public and its
members and residents of the Capitol Hill community on Wednesday, September 18,
2019, 5:30-9 p.m.
In addition to an evening with Denver leaders and
neighborhood advocates, the event will feature a wine tasting, light hors
d’oeuvres from local restaurants, and a silent auction, showcasing goods and
services from local businesses. CHUN is seeking help from local businesses to
sponsor the event WITH silent auction donations, underwriting support, and
other in-kind goods or services.
Fifty years ago, CHUN was founded to take on the most
pressing issues facing Denver and its neighborhoods. Since then, the organization
has evolved into one of the Mile High City’s largest registered neighborhood
organizations (RNO) dedicated to strengthening and elevating the voices of
residents and neighbors.
The Board is comprised of members of 10 different RNOs,
including Congress Park, Cherry Creek North, Country Club, Cheesman Park and
Uptown. The boundaries of CHUN are 22nd Avenue to 1st Avenue, and Colorado
Blvd. to Broadway.
“I’ve served on a lot of boards,” said Bruce Caughey, CHUN
Board Member. “There is more commitment to this board than almost any board
I’ve ever been on in terms of participation and expressing opinions. It’s
really a great opportunity if you want to get involved in your neighborhood and
make a difference. That’s what CHUN represents.”
This board is rolling up its sleeves to come up with a plan
for the Tears-McFarlane House, a 120-year-old mansion that was gifted to CHUN
by the City of Denver a few years ago. The building requires some restoration
and ongoing upkeep,” said Travis Leiker, President, Board of Delegates for
Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc. “We tapped the experts in this work to
help us revitalize this property. We’ve done focus groups, surveys on the park,
and engaged the community to help us reconceptualize and visualize what can be
done with this space. We just released the results of that research which
indicates that most people want this to remain a community gathering space but
with additional amenities. The next phase of this will be how we revamp this
property to both fuel CHUN’s operations as a community group, but also activate
portions of the property for the betterment of the community.”
Renovation Plans: The Tears-McFarlane House is a historic house located at 12th and Williams in Denver, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1976. It was gifted to CHUN a few years ago and now is embarking on a revitalization project that will require approximately $2 million to complete.
CHUN advocates for smart zoning and land use, innovative
transportation systems, the protection of historic landmarks, promoting
community safety and championing city beautification. As Denver moves further
into the 21st century, this organization is committed to being collaborative
and solution oriented, by building strong relationships with community
stakeholders and serving as a go-to resource for Denver citizens.
Membership to CHUN is $75/year per household, $180/year per business, and $30/year for individuals. For a list of benefits, visit www.chundenver.org/membership. For more information on the 50th Anniversary event visit www.chundenver.org/chun50.
Czar Of Cherry Creek’s Conversion Into A NY Village Plans To
Create $30 Million 18-Hour-A-Day Nightlife Hub
Cherry Creek Czar: BMC Investments CEO Matt Joblon is spending $30 million to remake and reposition the Inn at Cherry Creek.
When Peter Weber built the Inn At Cherry Creek 15 years ago,
it was the district’s boutique hotel. It opened on Clayton St. at about the
same time the JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek opened a block south at 150
Clayton Lane. That was when Cherry Creek North was still home to mostly
independently-owned boutique outdoor retail stores and dining destinations.
Then in 2014 the Denver City Council passed new zoning rules
for the district that reduced parking requirements, lifted restrictions on
building heights and allowed hotels in for the first time. Now most of the
independent retailers and dining destinations are gone, replaced by expensive
high-rise apartments and high-end New York retailers and restaurateurs. Three
new hotels — the Halcyon, Moxy and Jacquard — have been added. Matt Joblon —
CEO of BMC Investments and czar of the continuing massive Cherry Creek makeover
— built the Halcyon and Moxy and has a 99-year ground lease on the Inn at
Cherry Creek. The Halcyon and Moxy are both within half a mile of the Inn at
Cherry Creek. BMC has developed or is in the process of developing more than
$500 million in projects, all in Cherry Creek North.
The Inn at Cherry Creek continued to operate for a year, but
Joblon has now begun a year-long renovation or more accurately a makeover and
repositioning of the boutique site at 233 Clayton St. The existing building — a
four-story property with 37 hotel rooms, three residences and three commercial
spaces — is being gutted and 15,000-20,000-sq.-ft. of space added at an
estimated cost of $30 million. The MBC project is a collaboration with
hospitality and development industry veterans Aparium Hotel Group and
CHMWarnick.
Culture Makeover: A year-long renovation of the four-story Inn at Cherry Creek is underway on Clayton St. The hotel and three commercial spaces are being gutted and 15,000-20,000-sq.-ft. of space added at an estimated cost of $30 million.
Adding Fifth Floor
The renovation is expected to include a partial fifth floor
to the four-story hotel. The new space will be rebranded but fewer than a
half-dozen rooms are expected to be added.
The Inn’s original restaurant — The Weber Grill — was
shuttered by Joblon almost immediately after signing the 99-year lease. In its
place Joblon has promised “a great new space” that will be much larger, serving
three meals a day.
Joblon also plans to expand the hotel’s retail space. To do
that he is bringing in a third party to do an “experimental type of retail that
does not currently exist in Cherry Creek.” He has often referred to this
pro-posed space as an “upscale bazaar” similar to the Denver Central Market. Or
maybe something like the Greenwich Village Abingdon Square Greenmarket.
Boutique Beauty: For 15 years relatives of Valley families along with tourists to Denver stayed in the boutique Inn at Cherry Creek that featured 37 rooms.
Getting Party Going
You may think that Cherry Creek nightlife is dead but don’t
be fooled, Joblon plans to get the party going again at the renovated space. In
fact he wants to transform the hotel and the street from an “eight-hour-a-day
to an 18-hour-a-day community.”
Nightlife Epicenter: Renovated hotel will feature cocktail bars, music and entertainment similar to Café Wha? in New York City.
That means the hotel will feature music, food and other
amenities. “We want to do a project that is focused around the cultural part of
Cherry Creek to really grow and expand that part of it … for both locals and
people coming out and visiting,” Joblon says.
The renovated hotel’s nightlife — cocktail bars, music,
entertainment and art — will be inside so the neighborhood won’t complain.
Joblon originally planned for live music on the rooftop terrace at the Halcyon
Hotel but the neighborhood association squashed the notion because of the
hotel’s proximity to condos.
Culture Epicenter
He wants the new Inn at Cherry Creek to become its own
thriving, diverse community. Meeting rooms and community areas are being
designed into the hotel’s expansion. “The core of our vision is to create a
place that becomes the cultural epicenter for this neighborhood.”
Upscale Bazaar: Rebranded hotel is introducing a new type of retail to Cherry Creek similar to the Denver Central Market.
Think New York’s Greenwich Village or as New Yorkers call it,
“The Village.” He wants the hotel and Clayton Street to become Cherry Creek’s
bohemian capital, a spot with places like Greenwich Village’s Fat Cat and Café
Wha? He dreams of the Clayton block becoming an updated and stylish version of
Greenwich’s MacDougal St., where throngs flock to enjoy drinks, live music and
meet up with friends.
He believes the hotel has incredible potential to be a
destination in and of itself and thus help the neighborhood to thrive. He aims
for the hotel to draw all types of people with all kinds of stories. “That’s
what I think is going to make this place really special. Not to mention very,
very different.”
Marriage Of Money
The 30-something Joblon grew up in the Boston area — his
family owns Brittany Global Technologies — and moved to LA to work for an
individual real estate investor. That’s where he met his future wife Alissa
Alpert, daughter of Lee Alpert who has developed more than 44,000 acres of
Denver real estate. Joblon moved here in 2010, married Alissa and met Darren Everett
who at the time was VP of Operations for the Alpert Companies. Everett is a
founding partner of BMC Investments and President of BMC’s property management
affiliate, BLDG Management.
Party Cat: New space will be an 18-hour-a-day party animal designed to be similar to Greenwich Village’s Fat Cat.
Soon after moving here — Joblon lives in Cherry Hills
Village but has offices in a Cherry Creek building he built at 2nd Ave. and
Detroit — he began building a relationship with the Inn at Cherry Creek owner
Peter Weber. He says he wanted to make sure that another party didn’t beat BMC
to the deal and create a brand that would compete with his nearby hotels.
Earlier this year, of course, BMC sold the Halcyon Hotel to Ohio-based
Rockbridge Capital for $93 million.
The rebranded Inn at Cherry Creek will still face the same
problems as the other two hotels: attracting hospitality and retail workers!
Why? Cherry Creek North’s expensive parking and relative lack of public
transportation.
Feline Fans Hit The Mat With Cats, Paws For Beer; Watch Acro-Cats Purrform, Then Hang At Cool Cat Café
Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah the city’s cool cats are hanging out in
straw hats and stealing the limelight this summer.
The cat’s out of the bag: Denver residents are starting
summer by getting their paws on beer at the Dumb Friends League Catwalk. Then
they’re headed to the fourth annual Cats on Mats yoga series pairing people
practicing yoga with homeless cats and kittens at the Denver Animal Shelter.
Ooh the cool cats continue coming on strong, tapping on the
toe with a new hat as Denver dances with the Amazing Acro-cats at the Bug
Theatre. It’s a two-hour long purrformance featuring domesticated house cats.
After speeding too fast having fun with cats they cool down at the Denver Cat
Company, one of the country’s first cat cafes. A feline lounge-about, this
cat-themed café serves coffee and pastries.
Paws For A Beer
Whether you’re a cat person or not it’s been proven that
there are numerous health benefits to owning or simply being around felines.
Cats are known to reduce a person’s stress and anxiety, can help lower blood
pressure, boost our immune systems and have an overall calming effect on humans.
So it just makes sense that this summer area non-profit organizations are
finding ways to bring more and more people together with adoptable cats while
raising money to support their causes.
Beer Here: Dumb Friends League’s Quebec Street Shelter becomes a taproom with beer, cats and music for a great causes July 13, 7-9 p.m.
Beer, cats and fun, all for a great cause — the Dumb Friends
League Catwalk returns Saturday, July 13. Pet-lovers are invited to celebrate
cats and kittens by sampling craft beer from 10 local breweries, while learning
about programs that benefit feline friends and viewing adorable adoptable cats.
General admission tickets include beer tastings from 10 local breweries from 7
to 9 p.m. Food from local food trucks and cat merchandise, including Catwalk
T-shirts, will be available for purchase. The Hill’s Science Diet booth is
offering a Tito’s vodka cocktail and free cat food samples.
The Catwalk takes place at the Dumb Friends League Quebec
Street Shelter at 2080 S. Quebec St. The event’s feline friends request that
you leave your canine companions at home for this event. Guests will receive a
“pawport,” which includes information about the locations of the various beer
samplings and cat information stations. Pawports stamped at every booth will be
entered to win a prize. Information: ddfl.org/catwalk.
Cats On Mats
If you love yoga and kittens, this event is for you! Denver
Animal Protection is hosting its fourth annual “Cats on Mats” yoga series at
the Denver Animal Shelter through August. The hour-long yoga classes are taught
by professional, certified yoga instructors and are “supervised” by a team of
adorable, adoptable, free-roaming cats and kittens.
Purrfect Pals: Felines are everywhere and may rub up against participants at the Cats on Mats yoga series at the Denver Animal Shelter Wednesdays through August.
Classes are offered every Wednesday in July and August from
5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Denver Animal Shelter located at 1241 W. Bayaud Ave.
Space is limited, and many of the classes sold-out last year.
Participants should wear comfortable clothing and bring
their own yoga mat as well as a $20 donation to support the shelter. Cats on
Mats helps to socialize cats that are ready for adoption, and participants who
connect with a special cat are encouraged to begin the adoption process.
Information: 720-337-1782.
Cat Band At Bug
Cat lovers are always suggesting that cats are entertaining
and this month Valley residents are getting their first opportunity to see for
themselves. A troupe of touring, performing house cats known as The Amazing
Acro-cats — the only all cat band in the world — is bringing its act to the Bug
Theatre on Navajo St., July 5-14.
Cat-titude Café: Denver Cat Company, the city’s first cat café and only the third in the country, serves snacks, Solar Roast coffee and a selection of teas and other beverages. Located on Tennyson St., the charming spot draws customers seeking to relax with cats.
This one-of-a-kind, two-hour long purrformance features
talented house cats that roll on balls, ride skateboards and jump through hoops.
The current band lineup features Nola on guitar, Asti on drums, Nue on
keyboard, plus some brand-new members. They are Ahi on woodblocks, Albacore on
cowbell, Buggles on trumpet and Oz on Saxophone. There is even a chicken —
Chuck Norris — rockin’ the tambourine!
Using the magic of clicker training, cat lover Samantha
Martin — and a few other humans — travel with more than 15 cats and kittens as
they educate and entertain audiences that cats can actually be trained.
Currently recovering from stage-three cancer, she tenaciously continues to save
the lives of cats and kittens through rescue, foster and adoption. The event is
suitable for cat lovers of all ages. Information: 303-477-9988.
Cool Cat Cafe
Denver’s first cat café and only the third in the country,
friends of felines flock to the Denver Cat Cafe year-round to sip on Solar
Roast coffee plus teas and an assortment of other beverages. Located on
Tennyson St. in the Berkeley neighborhood, the charming spot draws customers
seeking to relax with cats and get some work done.
Cat Band Blast: The Amazing Acro-cats, the only cat band in the world purrform at the Bug Theatre on Navajo St. July 5-14.
Due to the health code, the tabletop spot isn’t a
full-service café but offers an assortment of prepackaged snacks. At any given
time, patrons can expect to find around 15 cats at the café, all of whom are
fully vetted and ready to go home with you after completing the adoption
process. The café has facilitated the adoption of more than 700 cats since
opening in 2014.
The café was founded by Leila Qari — a former attorney — who
was captivated by the concept of cat cafés popular in Japan and Europe. She
used her own funds to open the café, painted every wall and hand-picked and
designed the furnishings and decor. Her book-hoarding tendencies resulted in a
small library in the back portion of the cafe, adding another dimension to the space
and providing patrons with reading material while customers relax with the
kitties. She also hires and trains the staff and still picks up shifts every
week in order to stay connected with the business and the community. Hours are
10 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Thur., Fri.-Sun. until 8 p.m. Information: 303-433-3422.
Prominent Neighborhoods Fuming Over Public Works’ Vision Zero Plan Affluent, Angry Homeowners Say Public Works Is A Divisive Bureaucratic Power And The Plan Should Be Scrapped
Vision Vanishes: The City of Denver has turned a well-intended nationwide city network plan into a self-serving political tool that endangers rather than enhances street safety, neighborhoods are discovering.
by Glen Richardson
Denver Public Works is once again under public scrutiny.
This time the department responsible for the design and construction of city
streets is in the crosshairs of community activists in three of Denver’s most
prominent neighborhoods — Polo Club, Belcaro and Wash Park.
Already making headlines for the Colorado Convention Center
scandal plus the City Auditor hinting of improper bidding (May Chronicle),
residents in these mega-mansion neighborhoods of curvy, tree-lined streets say
the department’s ill-conceived Vision Zero Plan was prepared without sufficient
review by the parties most affected by it, the homeowners and workers in the
immediate neighborhoods. Moreover they believe the proposal will “totally
destroy the residential character, visual pleasantness and smooth traffic flow
that currently exists.”
It is with implementation of the proposed plan, where it
would narrow traffic lanes at Steele St. and Alameda Ave. along this pricey
corridor that homeowners say would significantly impact traffic into and out of
the Polo Club and Belcaro neighborhoods.
Traffic from Colorado Blvd. on the east and University Blvd.
on the west traverse through these neighborhoods daily via Alameda, Steele St.
and Cherry Creek South Dr. Additionally the plan would add a bike lane along
Alameda Ave. and reshape some parking from parallel to angle back-in only
parking. The result, neighborhood groups say, would be disastrous traffic
backups in both directions.
Area Buildings Curse
Brunt To Buildings: Plan will impact the ingress and egress to vehicles at these two buildings. They are the Citadel on the corner of Cherry Creek South Dr. and Alameda (foreground) and the adjacent Polo Club Condos at Alameda and Steele St. Both buildings have 300 or more underground parking spaces.
Furthermore the ingress and egress to vehicles at the
Citadel Office Building — a 370-suite building with 310 subterranean parking
spaces at 3200 E. Cherry Creek South Dr. and at the Polo Club Condominiums — a
21-story, 146-unit building with 300 underground parking spaces at 3131 E.
Alameda Ave. would be significantly hindered.
Delayed entrance and exit from those buildings would not
only further delay traffic but substantially increase the likelihood of vehicle
and pedestrian accidents. The plan would also restrict or block the Citadel
Office Building’s loading dock located on Steele St. while also restricting
turns and reducing the number and configuration of business parking spaces
along Steele.
“It saddens me that no one from Denver reached out to the
stakeholders who were most adversely impacted by this proposed project for
their input,” says 20-year Polo Club resident Carol Anderson. She should know
since she worked alongside the transportation planners at the city, county,
state and federal levels on transportation projects for the past two decades.
“This was not how Denver used to be. And the irony is that Denver’s website
touts their transparency in governing when that is not at all what happened on
the Steele Street Multimodal Safety project,” she adds.
New Arranges Meeting
Councilman Wayne New
Residents at the Polo Club Condominiums first learned of the
plan in late April and contacted City Councilman Wayne New. New — who has
tangled with Denver Public Works over construction management in Cherry Creek
North — arranged a meeting for the condo owners with Public Work’s Sam Piper
and Ashley Grace on May 8. More than 100 residents attended along with
homeowner neighbors in the area. Besides feedback from the audience. the pair
was presented with a petition containing 150 signatures asking that the project
be stopped. Reportedly the project was presented to the Miller Park
Neighborhood Assn. two years ago and they fought the plan and thought the
project had died.
“It was quickly apparent that the statistics presented were
not for this intersection and they were not able to prove any justification.
The one accident they were able to cite was caused by a sun angle and would not
be affected by their proposed changes,” Condominium Board Member Sue Stock told
the Chronicle.
Condo resident Scott Lancelot is even more adamant, “The
biased presentation of information suggests, at worst, that DPW is engaging in
a deliberate lie, or at best, misrepresented and mischaracterized facts, evaded
or omitted important information and drew fallacious conclusions in order to
get the results they wanted.”
Bikeway Dispute
Backup Boondoggle: City seeks to further increase the traffic line-up along the pricey Alameda Ave. corridor that homeowners say would significantly impact traffic into and out of the Polo Club and Belcaro neighborhoods.
The focus of their plan Lancelot explains is to eliminate
pedestrian-biker fatalities city-wide in the next 10 years. They propose to
accomplish this with improvements and investments in High Injury Network (HIN)
corridors, build out the pedestrian network and enhance the bikeway network.
But he points out that while bike traffic increased by 81% from 2008-2012, the
crash rate decreased by 34%. Nearly half (114) were caused by failure of bikers
to stop or yield at a sign. Another 34% occurred while riding in a crosswalk or
sidewalk.
Their own study, Lancelot continues, identified the top
crash intersections and corridors as North Broadway, North and South Federal
and West Colfax. A total of 510 crashes occurred along these 22 miles of roads.
His point: At no time was the Alameda Ave. corridor
identified as a HIN or High Injury Network!
Modest Modifications
Congested Corner: Denver Public Works wants to narrow the intersections of Alameda Ave. and Steele St., plus add bike lanes, further restricting vehicular traffic.
Lancelot, along with his neighbors living along the
Alameda-Steele St. corridor, says that if the city wants to improve conditions
it can be done with much less expensive modifications which would benefit both
pedestrians and bikers without restricting vehicular traffic and making it
unnecessary to narrow lanes
Their suggestions are to leave lanes on Alameda and Steele
as is. Paint vivid crossing walks on Steele and Alameda (there are currently
none). In place of or in addition to the flashing pedestrian crossings on
Alameda, install push signals similar to the one at Cherry Creek South which
alerts drivers to yield to pedestrians and bikers. A four-way stop sign would
not be beneficial at the intersection since it would impact ingress and egress
at the Citadel and Polo Club Condo buildings. Should speed become an issue,
Alameda could have audible tire grooves cut about 100-ft. from the intersection
to warn drivers .
Do not change parking styles or directions on Steele because
it would create more traffic congestion. Furthermore, residents say bike lanes
are not necessary if the street width is maintained. Restricting turns from
Steele onto Alameda is not necessary. “It would be a hindrance not an
enhancement to smoothing vehicular traffic.” Finally, homeowners and those that
travel through the neighborhood say a stoplight could be installed on Alameda
between University and Steele to regularly stop traffic at peak hours to allow
pedestrian and cars to cross or enter Alameda, similar to the light at 8th and
High Street in Cheesman Park.
The 4th Annual Bacon and Beer Classic will be held at Broncos Stadium at Mile High on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Attendees will be treated to unlimited bacon dishes prepared by local chefs from 30+ Denver restaurants, 100+ craft beers from regional breweries, music, games, and more on the Broncos’ iconic home turf. There will be two sessions, afternoon (12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) and evening (5 p.m. to 9 p.m.).
15% Off: Chronicle readers can enter the code GLENDALE to get 15% off tickets to the Bacon and Beer Classic on May 11, 2019, at Broncos Stadium at Mile High.
This fest has quickly become one of the more popular ones in
a sea of beer fests throughout the metropolitan area. One thing that makes this
fest unique is the fact that guests are on the field of Mile High Stadium. And,
those that purchase a VIP ticket are able to have exclusive access to the
visitors’ locker room for a sampling of pork belly and different craft beers.
All attendees will be able to bob for bacon, sample beer in
a blind taste test, strut in the bacon beauty pageant, and compete in the
Hormel bacon eating contest. Guests also will be able to try their hand at
giant Jenga, strike a pose at the photo booth, battle it out on the bungee run,
and brand themselves with bacon and beer-inspired tattoos.
As always, tickets are all-inclusive, which means you can
sample bacon and beer throughout the stadium without ever taking out your
wallet. Choose from three ticket types: General Admission, Power Hour, or VIP.
General Admission tickets start at $69, Power Hour tickets start at $89, and
VIP tickets start at $119.
Bacon And Beer: The 4th Annual Bacon and Beer Classic will be May 11 at Broncos Stadium at Mile High. Tickets are available at www.baconandbeerclassic.com.
VIP and Power Hour ticket holders enter the stadium an hour
early through an expedited line. VIPs also enjoy access to an exclusive lounge
in the visiting team locker room with a pork belly tasting, limited-edition
craft beer, a donut wall, and beer and cheese pairing. All tickets include a
commemorative tasting glass and access to the Bacon and Beer Classic mobile app
for vendor information, a stadium map, and more.
Visit www.baconandbeerclassic.com for information and to purchase tickets. Chronicle readers can take advantage of an exclusive 15% discount by entering GLENDALE at checkout.
