“Better Denver,” the suite of infrastructure improvements that Denver voters approved last November, now has a project manager: CH2M Hill. The news came from Mayor Hick yesterday, accompanied by the announcement of Don Hunt as chair of the Better Denver executive committee; Hunt previously sat on the city’s Infrastructure Priorities Task Force.
You’ll be able to follow the progress of this initiative (which includes a lot of goodies for District 9) at the newly created Better Denver web page. The Council has created a Bond Implementation Committee, which Judy’s council colleague Rick Garcia will chair; there will be plenty of opportunity for public input as well. See Councilman Garcia’s thoughts on the process in this article.
On the calendar: Friday night the Latina Initiative will host a reception to celebrate the release of “I’m Latina and I Vote!”: An Examination of Latina Political Participation in Colorado. Authored by UCD professor Anna Sampaio, the report will emphasize Latinas’ opportunity to influence public policy, not only as officials (as in Judy’s case) but also as voters. The reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at 2350 Lawrence Street; contact Dusti Gurule (dusti AT latinainitiative DOT org) for information.
