Denver7 building sparks heated debate: Council seeks compromise as group fights for landmark status
Council could hear arguments on both sides May 10
The company that owns Denver7, E.W. Scripps, is selling the building on the corner of Speer Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue to a developer after 52 years and looking for a new home with more space. But a group of Denver residents is fighting to preserve part of the Denver7 building as a landmark.
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DENVER â The history of television news now spans decades.
And for Denver7, itâs not only the archived footage, but the building â which is considered an example of whatâs called brutalist architecture â that tells a story to some.
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In March, a collective of representatives from neighborhood organizations that cover Capitol Hill, Uptown, City Park West, RiNo and Curtis Park, among other areas, signed on to a letter sent to Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver City Council members pitching the idea of keeping safe-camping sites as a tool going forward. The two existing Safe Outdoor Space (SOS) sites.have had some remarkable success in their short tenure and it is time to scale them to provide temporary, yet sustained support to our most vulnerable, Frank Locantore, executive director of the Colfax Ave Business Improvement District, wrote to the elected officials in the March 10 letter. Proponents of the safe-camping site model say that it helps homeless individuals connect more easily with services whil
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Banning Contracting Services Announces Planned Merger as Infrastructure Services Experts with Tribally Owned Kaiva Services, LLC
April 1, 2021 GMT
IVINS, Utah (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 1, 2021
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB),Banning Contracting Services, Inc., has announced today that it has merged with Kaiva Services, LLC, a Tribal 8(a) organization. This transaction expands the existing offerings of Kaiva Services to a suite of Low-Voltage Infrastructure services.
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“Banning joins Kaiva as an extremely valuable asset with a portfolio of great success and respect through their talented team and capabilities in the low-voltage infrastructure sector,” said Cameron Echo Hawk, CEO of Kaiva Services. “Their targeted service offerings and client base are an exciting addition to our organization and will greatly accelerate the fo