Neighborhood activists are increasingly giving up hope that what they believe is overdevelopment in the City and County of Denver by politically powerful developers can be stopped by means other than lawsuits. A key neighborhood lawsuit against Denver City Council involving three proposed apartment houses in a single family home area… Read More
Dr. Scott Sampson has just been appointed the Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s Vice President of Research and Collections and Chief Curator. He is overseeing a staff that includes 15 PhD scientists and is responsible for all of the museum’s collections which include nearly 1.5 million artifacts. Read More
Spring-cleaning in some area homes isn’t just for the residents. Dozens of homeowners are preparing to open their doors to guests attending home tours this month. The peek inside old and new homes is an annual rite of spring but these home tours do more than satisfy curiosity and charitable urges. Read More
While the Denver Botanic Gardens is already a popular summer attraction for both Cherry Creek Valley residents and visitors, adding the Bill Hosokawa Memorial Bonsai Pavilion and Tea Garden to the existing Shofu-En Japanese Garden has increased traffic even more. Read More
Across the United States there is a continuing battle on how state judges should be selected and retained. At one time most states elected judges to office. In 1940 Missouri adopted a new method, the so-called “merit selection of judges” system, where a non-partisan commission selects a group of three potential candidates for a governor to pick from based on so-called merit. Read More