Here is a year end review of some of the past year's happenings:

DOWNTOWN
· Four Seasons began construction.
·14th Street Initiative continued to progress
· Ritz Carlton/New Elway's opened
· Piazza del arte
· 16th Street Mall Planning Committee continued work to improve the 16th Street Mall.
· 24th Taste of Colorado
· Retail Task Force Convenes
· Convention Center and Emily Griffith at odds over bus/truck idling
· Convention Center rebid for management team
· Living Streets Initiative: Beginnings of a Car free day in Denver
· Boettcher Hall progressed with its' bond redevelopment and selected an architect.
· Fontius Bldg obtained approval through LPC to put in new functional windows
· Denham Liquors denied license
· Baur's Ristorante opened
· Theater District opened
· Skyline Park Fountains completed

NEIGHBORHOODS

Curtis Park
· Denver Venture School opened at Crofton Elementary
· Redline Gallery opened and now is hot spot for parties and thriving artist studio space/gallery
· Xcel Energy Group Convenes
· Curtis park received another landmark district
· Ground breaking for the new St Francis Center on 23nd and Curtis Streets

Clayton
· Annual Clayton Neighborhood Picnic
· Inner City Health ground breaking and is under construction with ribbon cutting scheduled for January
· 10 houses by Hope communities constructed at 38th and Steele

Old San Rafael
· Overlay Approved

Park Hill
· Holly Shopping Center Arson
· Garden Tour & House Tour
· Denver Health Dahlia Square ground breaking
· Bike Depot opened at 2800 Fairfax Street

Whittler
· House Tour
· Mayor's Neighborhood Conference held at Manual
· Salvation Army/ Red shield center ground breaking
· Dominican Sisters 85d' celebration

North City Park
· Voices on Canvas
· National night out
· East YMCA Task Force formed

Five Points
· Youth Biz sold Welton Street property & closed on property at 3280 Downing Street
· Five points Jazz
· Juneteenth Celebration
· Uptown Sampler
· Hosted the Gee's Bend quilters
· 17th Ave Business initiative
· Lost Minerva's
· Barak Obama campaign office was located in Five Points Plaza
· Welton Corridor selected for pilot Marketplace Initiative by the Mayor's Office of Economic Development

Colfax Avenue
· Church in the City under renovation
· Feast on the Fax
· Colorado Colfax marathon
· Bluebird District selected for pilot marketplace initiative by the Mayor's Office of Economic Development
· Dress for Success Grand Opening

City Park
· Green Apple Festival had a successful and Earth day in City Park
· Mile High Loop completed
· Stories in the Park
· Tent State demonstration moved to Cuernavaca Park
· Councilwoman Madison selected as Denver Black Arts Festival Parade Grand Marshall
· City Park Festival of the Arts moved back to City Park
· City Park Jazz Summer Concert series
· City Park Darlington Electric Fountain completed and dedicated Mayor's Design Award Winners n District 8
· Garden Factory Lofts 2340 Curtis
· Sugar Cube 1555 Blake Street
· Redline 2350 Arapahoe Street
· Il Posto 2011 East l7th Avenue
· The Gathering Place 1535 High Street
· Satchel's Market 5021 East 28th Avenue

Hospitals
· Children's Hospital demolished
· PSL's new children's hospital under construction

FasTRACKS
· RTD maintenance moved
· 40 /40 station moved

ZONING in District 8
· Zoning Code task force continues to meet draft from consultants due on Feb. 11.
· Multiple unit Dwelling legislation passed city wide.
· Resulting Council/planning board meeting
· SW Park Hill/Carriage lot rezoning