What the Infrastructure Deal Means for Colorado Communities
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rulemaking – Centering Equity in the Process 2.0
11/18/2021 This was the second letter we sent to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to advocate for equity in the greenhouse gas rulemaking process. The undersigned members of the Denver-based Land Use Work Group (LUWG), including nonprofit advocacy...
Reclaiming Our Future – This is Our Moment
From our November 2021 Newsletter A Word, First: Welcome to budget season! We’ve seen a flurry of media coverage on investments in our communities. The bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is an important investment in public transit and infrastructure improvements that...
Mile High Connects Awarded $1 Million From National SPARCC Initiative
DENVER, February 15, 2017 Mile High Connects today announced that Denver was selected to join the Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC). SPARCC is a three-year, $90 million initiative that will bolster local groups and leaders in their...
NORCs Provide Resources & Connections for Aging Adults in Their Own Neighborhoods
One of Rose Community Foundation’s grantmaking priorities is to support programs that allow people in the Greater Denver community to age in place — or stay in their own homes and neighborhoods — and live independently for as long as possible. Naturally Occurring...
A Regional Call to Action on Gentrification & Displacement
In the Denver Metro Region, gentrification and displacement are becoming critical issues. With investment in development of our urban core, along transit lines and in other areas of opportunity, skyrocketing rents, rising property taxes and cultural disruption of...
Time for Sweeping Change
Last week, the city of Denver swept away problem of chronic homelessness by removing hundreds of homeless people from makeshift encampments throughout the city. The City claims that their decision was made because of the public safety issues these encampments create...
Creating a Culture of Data: Mile High Data Day
As part of its commitment to pioneering a data-driven culture in Colorado’s social sector, The Piton Foundation’s Data Initiative, recently convened metro Denver’s data community for the first annual Mile High Data Day. More than 120 representatives from across the...
MHC Community Member Highlight
Oscar Torres, Community Member The chicken and the egg dilemma is very vivid for me. Two months after signing my lease in Aurora, I was hired at a nonprofit organization all the way in Lakewood. Ever since, my hour and a half (each way) commute started. Waking up at...