Whether it s chopsticks and soy sauce packets from the local Chinese joint or sporks and hot sauce packets from Taco Bell, just about everybody who s ever ordered delivery or takeout from a restaurant has a kitchen drawer filled with unused utensils and condiments.
Denver City Councilwoman Kendra Black wants to clean out those drawers and help clean up the city. On the planet, we generate an incredible amount of plastic, she says. Most of it is for single use, and very little of it is recycled. We need to quit using it. Recycling is fine, but it’s not a solution.
Council rezones Denargo Market site for 16-story apartment complex
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The second time was the charm: A developer who suffered defeat at the hands of the Denver City Council earlier this year found a more receptive audience in round two.
But that’s not to say Cypress Real Estate Advisors didn’t encounter opposition Monday evening, when its request for rezoning to build a 16-story Denargo Market apartment complex went up for a vote.
“A 16-story market-rate or luxury building will essentially be a bomb set off in the middle of this community,” Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca said at the meeting. “Please do not detonate this bomb in the face of residents begging you to protect them.”