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The way Brittany Spinner sees it, the city of Denver sacrificed part of her Washington Park West neighborhood to motor vehicles more than 50 years ago when it widened South Lincoln Street and Broadway to accommodate suburban drivers heading to and from downtown.

In 2021,The Denver Foundation adopted a policy framework and principles that outline its efforts to advance systemic change at the local and state level in the following issue areas: economic opportunity, K-12 education, environment and climate, housing, and transportation.

You may not think twice when passing by the nine homes tucked away near South Lincoln Street and East Ohio Avenue, but their place in the I-25 and South Broadway improvement project has advocates — and homeowners — worried.

Jesse Hill can’t drive because of a sight impairment, so he’s long relied on family members to get around his Montbello neighborhood.

Jonathon Stalls knows the dangers of being a pedestrian in Denver. In the winter, he has to walk through mud and snow alongside busy streets. “You have engineering that has long, long, been centering high-speed car traffic as the priority,” he said.

It was a clear mandate from Denver voters, a mandate for city council to repair and improve sidewalks. In November, residents voted 56% to 44% to move the burden for sidewalk repairs away from homeowners and to the city itself.

In a city strewn with cracked, crumbling and even nonexistent sidewalks, a huge influx of cash is on the way to address the problem courtesy of Denver voters who supported Initiated Ordinance 307 in the Nov. 8 election.

The advocacy group behind the “Denver Deserves Sidewalks” ballot initiative declared victory Sunday night after unofficial results showed the measure continuing to pull ahead.

Denver election workers still have roughly 32,000 ballots to count from Tuesday’s midterm election but supporters of Initiated Ordinance 307, the sidewalk tax measure, finally feel confident enough to declare victory in the tightest race in the city this cycle.

With all the talk about infrastructure in the country over the last few years, one of the most familiar transportation networks has often been overlooked and underfunded: city sidewalks. But voters in Denver this month will have a chance to change that.

When voters in large chunks of metro Denver unfold their ballots, they’ll notice a conspicuous blank — with not even one candidate listed to represent their district on the Regional Transportation District’s Board of Directors.

Passengers flocked to the Regional Transportation District’s buses and trains in the highest numbers since the beginning of the pandemic during a free fare program in August.

Advocates are calling out the city’s plan to build its bike infrastructure, hoping Denver invests in more protected lanes for people to ride safely.

In a race to meet infrastructure, traffic safety and climate goals, advocates say time is of the essence to build more comfortable bike lanes

Kelsey Costales and her husband purchased their first ever home on Sheridan Boulevard just south of 38th Avenue in the summer of 2020 because they wanted to be in the neighborhood and the home was affordable.

Voters will decide in November on potential fees for sidewalk improvements, maintenance By Russell Haythorn, Denver 7 DENVER — Advocates for Denver Initiative 307, which would publicly fund sidewalk construction and upkeep, reached out to Denver homeowners Sunday trying to garner support for the November ballot measure. Dominic Hughes spent much of his weekend pounding […]

PRESS RELEASE — Wednesday, August 31, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT Danny Katz, Executive Director, Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) danny@copirg.org | 608-215-0929 Molly McKinley, Policy Director, the Denver Streets Partnership molly@denverstreetspartnership.org | 919-588-9676   DENVER — Today, after a month of free RTD transit, at a community event in Sun Valley, a group of organizations—made […]

PRESS RELEASE — Wednesday, August 17, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT Jill Locantore, Executive Director, the Denver Streets Partnership jill@denverstreetspartnership.org | 303-895-6376   Community partners to host multicultural event under West Colfax viaduct in celebration of West Denver’s bounty of culture, art, food, and music   DENVER — Sun Valley Community Kitchen + Community Center, The West […]

PRESS RELEASE — Tuesday, August 2, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT Jill Locantore, Executive Director, the Denver Streets Partnership jill@denverstreetspartnership.org | 303-895-6376   DENVER — Today, the Denver Elections Division announced that Denver Deserves Sidewalks gathered enough valid signatures to qualify for the November 2022 ballot. Denver Deserves Sidewalks would publicly fund the buildout and ongoing maintenance […]

PRESS RELEASE — Monday, July 11, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT Molly McKinley, Policy Director, the Denver Streets Partnership molly@denverstreetspartnership.org | 919-588-9676   Campaign organizers gathered required signatures in two months   DENVER — The Denver Streets Partnership submitted petition signatures to the Denver Elections Division today for Denver Deserves Sidewalks to qualify for the 2022 ballot. […]