The mayor and city officials will soon hold a similar town hall series on affordability in Denver.
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The first series, focused on safety, included ten meetings across Denver's City Council districts where residents shared their biggest perceived safety threats with Johnston and his administration; they also noted which city efforts they believe are currently working to keep them safe. The most common positive feedback from residents: Denver parks are clean and safe. Just about every council district had residents who were happy with their local park. The Denver Police were also given a round of applause at a couple of meetings, and commenters had nothing but good things to say about theMayor Mike Johnston felt bullish walking away from his sixth Community Conversation on public safety, held on May 23 in the Hampden neighborhood.
According to Torres, the homeless set up small camps or individual tents mostly along different parts of Eighth and Tenth avenues, the W Line light rail route, Paco Sanchez Park and green areas around the Lakewood Gulch Trail.. They pleaded with the mayor for more lighting in their parks and on residential streets because they now host more homeless residents.
Residents also asked for more businesses in their area because a shuttered Walgreens and other blighted plazas were attracting homeless residents who seemed to be living in those empty spaces., where residents from neighborhoods like Lowry Field, Hilltop and Virginia Village complained about speeding, roundabouts and confusing bike lanes.
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