Please review the following letter Uptown on the Hill submitted to city council in defense of the small-lot parking exemption. Uptown on the Hill believes that city council, and those that supported striking the parking exemption for small-lots, are on the wrong side of history. The decision to require on-site...
Although it was not unanimous, the board recently voted to submit a letter of support to city council for the Route 40 development. Route 40 will be located at Colfax Ave. and Corona St., the current location of the Smiley’s Laundromat building. While a number of preservationists oppose the demolition...
On the 9th of February, the Uptown on the Hill Neighborhood Association created and posted signs on several windows of the Uptown Tavern at 17th Ave. and Pearl, thanking the developer, Southern Land Co., and the tavern owner, Frank Schultz, for saving the building and incorporating it into their planned...
In March 2015, students in Peter Park’s Planning Studio at CU Denver studied our neighborhood and developed an academic area plan for our neighborhood. The students did an excellent job of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of our neighborhood, as well as identifying opportunities to improve our community. Please take...
Join WalkDenver for our 2nd annual “I Walk Colfax” gala on July 14, 2016. The 2016 gala continues WalkDenver’s People on Colfax initiative to make Colfax a safe and interesting pedestrian corridor, and builds on the success of our 2015 gala. The 2016 gala is being held at Abend Gallery,...
This May, Uptown on the Hill will begin hosting guided historic tours of the neighborhood. Beginning with 17th Avenue, the purpose of these tours are to provide a social, cultural, and architectural history of the neighborhood to interested residents and to initiate conversations about Uptown’s past, present, and future. The...
Imagine if you were responsible for filling the potholes in the street in front of your house. Not only would this policy place a significant financial burden on your household, but your ability to drive around safely would depend on other homeowners filling the potholes in front of their houses...
A proposal to add faster bus service to Colfax Avenue in metro Denver is aimed at easing congestion. About 20,000 people ride a bus on Colfax between Denver and Aurora daily. That demand is expected to increase as population grows. See more at: https://www.cpr.org/news/newsbeat/should-colfax-give-car-lanes-faster-bus-service#sthash.dUZX65VD.dpuf City info here: http://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-department-of-public-works/projects/current/colfax-corridor-connections.html#d766ae3e-f4c0-4b2c-ad41-808d6104b45e
The City of Denver is currently developing a framework to license and regulate short-term rentals (STRs), and we want to hear from you. Staff from Excise and Licenses and Community Planning and Development—in partnership with Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman—will be hosting four town hall meetings and presenting to Denver’s Inter-Neighborhood...
The City has been holding a series of meetings discussing storm water runoff plans. This plan directly affects our CPW neighborhood, and we encourage anyone to read up on what the city is planning. They intend to make a decision in the next month, and the window for feedback is...