Mayor Mike Johnston picked former Denver City Councilman Jolon Clark to lead the parks and recreation department and Adeeb Khan to serve as executive director of the economic development and opportunity office.
The Denver City Council went big when it asked new Mayor Mike Johnston to add more money to next year's city budget, but he responded by accepting just an eighth of the funding requested.
Term limits have been in the spotlight this year but most Denver City Council members are skeptical about asking voters if they want to adjust the amount of time elected officials are allowed to serve.
Denver is a less diverse place than a decade ago. It's a demographic shift that has played out in many of the city's traditionally Black and Latino neighborhoods as tremendous population and economic growth has driven gentrification in previously marginalized corners of the city.
Denverites should expect a focus on efforts to stabilize low- and middle-income households, push back on gentrification and prevent or even reverse economic displacement in a city that has developed a reputation for rapid growth trampling people on its financial edges.