A festival billed as the largest 4/20 festival in the world will bring thousands downtown tomorrow. Contact Denver7 has been watching as the City of Denver tries to support the cannabis industry while also not supporting it at the same time.
DENVER — At a time when a lot of people are watching, this is not a great look for the City of Denver.The post starts like someone trying to sound hip, opening with,"Sup Denver." It then goes on to promote the Mile High 420 Festival happening at Civic Center Park on Wednesday.
"We definitely realized pretty quickly that we were inadvertently stirring up some controversy from the city side that we did not intend to do," said Jenny Schiavone, chief digital officer for the City of Denver. "Do you see how there was some confusion between the first post and now?" asked Contact Denver7's Jaclyn Allen.
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