David DiGiacomo of Denver Public Works presented about what role Public Works plays with respect to schools and roadway safety, answering both general questions and school roadway issues. Denver committed to VISION ZERO in February of this year, a Public Works action plan to eliminate crashes on roadways, with the goal to reduce and hopefully eliminate traffic-related fatalities.
Rae Reynolds, representing Hilltop/CBHD Transportation, introduced further conversation about how increased development in Denver is going to impact public roadway safety, and concerns that the city realistically anticipates how this is affecting safety. In the Hilltop neighborhood, for instance, there are no sidewalks in many parts of the neighborhood, including along busy arterial streets. Additionally, some of these busy streets have lights between blocks, with no crosswalk to help assure pedestrian-safe passages where there are no sidewalks (East Sixth Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and Quebec, for instance).
A Methadone Dispensary/Local Control bill is scheduled to be heard by the House State Government, Military and Veterans affairs committee this Wednesday January 27 at 10:00am . This bill , the Methadone Dispensary/Local Control Bill, will be heard at the Legislative Services Building, 200 East 14th Ave in Denver.
This bill hopes to give neighborhoods more control over Methadone clinics and to have these facilities located beyond 1000 ft of a public or private elementary , middle, junior high or high school.
At the Oct 10 delegate meeting INC hosted a forum concerning election item 2A also known as “College Matters” . Participants in this forum were former Council Woman Susan Barnes-Gelt and Ben Kelly representative from Proposition 2A
Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation partnered again with the League of Women Voters of Denver to organize Three election forums to be presented by Denver Decides through Denver 8TV for the very important November 3 school board and ballot issue elections.
Candidates are presented in ballot order Candidate Forum At-Large Allegra (Happy) Haynes Richard Speth Candidate Forum District 1 Southeast Kristi Bulkovitch Anne Rowe Candidate Forum District 5 Northwest Michael Kiley Lisa Flores
Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation will partner again with the League of Women Voters of Denver to organize two election forums to be presented by Denver Decides through Denver 8TV for the very important November 3 school board and ballot issue elections
Denver Public Schools understandably gets more attention than any other school district in the state. It’s Colorado’s biggest school district and a nationally recognized petri dish for reform. As a skyline of construction cranes stand testament to the city’s booming growth, DPS continues to grapple with the ever-present challenges of educating students on the margins of society.
