With Mike Johnston, the first new mayor in twelve years, starting July 17, spirits are rising in the Mile High City.
We shared some of our own thoughts in the inaugural edition of"" in July 2022. Denver was in a perfect position for a comeback, we said then. For starters, it had a well-deserved reputation for inclusiveness that's only grown over the past year, as women have made a beeline for the metro area because their health-care choices are limited, even criminalized, in other states.
Over the past twelve months, we've seen mushrooms become legal and other natural drugs decriminalized, inspiring an entrepreneurial rush similar to what the state saw after the passage of Amendment 64 in late 2012. Still, marijuana sales have fallen more than 20 percent from their pandemic high, and Colorado's cannabis industry is suffering. So are important tax revenues on both the state and municipal levels.
Thanks to recent rainfalls, Colorado is out of a drought, but Mother Nature made a mess of the Front Range with hailstorms and a rare tornado. And yes, the Denver Nuggets took the NBA championship, but the Colorado Rockies still suck. For this, our 2023 edition of"How Denver Can Get Its Mojo Back," we're offering more specific suggestions for the new mayor, agenda items he could introduce during his first ten days in office. The lineup might sound lofty, but Johnston already made very specific — and more ambitious — promises during his campaign, when he vowed that he'd have the homelessness issue handled within his first term.
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