The East Colfax neighborhoods in Denver and Aurora are in crisis, advocates say, as coming city investments and development threaten to push rents higher, pricing more people out.
Ma Kaing was killed by stray bullets from a gang in New Freedom Park, police said. Her son, Oo, took over her restaurant. Oo is demanding change regarding security.
Tired of riding her wheelchair along unsafe sidewalks, Phyllis Mack pitched an improvement project to fix them through the city's participatory budget program.