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Denver Justice Center Gains Green Award
Post Office/Parking Garage Achieves Silver LEED Rating
| The new Denver Justice Center complex has received a final SILVER LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, rating from the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
“This building is a perfect example of sustainable construction practices that can help us significantly reduce that impact,” said Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health.
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Denver Completes In-Depth Mortgage Study
Primary Research Project Provides New Perspectives on Denver Foreclosures
| A new 81-page report, titled Understanding Mortgage Foreclosures in Denver, is helping city managers gain a greater understanding of the underlying causes for the rapid rise in residential mortgage foreclosure filings in Denver. The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) has published the in-depth study of impacts on the City and County of Denver. |
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TV Show Features Denver Hosting Convention
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In August, the eyes of the world’s media will be focused right here on our town. A new television program, Denver 8.08 will take a behind-the-scenes look at a truly historic event for Denver, the Democratic National Convention.
Denver 8.08 is a four-part series created to look at the programs, planning and people involved in creating Denver’s biggest convention ever…
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Public Art Tours
 This winter, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs introduces its Public Art Tours—free, one-hour tours of small segments of the City’s Public Art Collection. While much of the City’s collection is out in plain view to see and experience every day, some incredible pieces are housed indoors. These guided tours will give citizens and visitors the opportunity to venture inside venues such as the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and Colorado Convention Center to view works and hear the intimate details of their creation and installation. Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC), 14th & Curtis Tour highlights include artwork in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House (Dale Chihuly, Herbert Bayer, Stephen Batura and John DeAndrea), the Buell Theatre (George Woodman and Vance Kirkland), atrium and exterior artwork (Fernando Botero, Victor Contreras, Jonathan Borofsky, Marcus Akinlana and John Powell) and others. This tour will gather in the atrium near the Contreras sculpture (large abstract bronze in the center of the complex) fifteen minutes prior to start time.
- Saturday, October 27, 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, November 16, 1:00 p.m.
- Saturday, December 1, 12:00 p.m.
- Friday, December 14, 1:00 p.m.
Colorado Convention Center, 14th & California
Tour highlights include artwork by Lawrence Argent, Jonathan Bonner, Barbara Jo Revelle, Eric C. Johnson, Jim Green, John McEnroe, Kirk Johnson and Jan Vreisen, William Mathews, Trine Bumiller and Bernar Venet. This tour will gather in front of I See What You Mean (a.k.a. the Big Blue Bear) fifteen minutes prior to start time.
- Saturday, November 24, 12:00 p.m.
To sign up, please contact Rudi Cerri or call 720-865-4307.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Posted by AlanD Contributed by AlanD
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Visit Denver's cultural events calendar for the best activities that Denver has to offer.
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Arts to Zoo - Colorado's Guide to Cultural Events and Organizations - by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District [SCFD]
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Denver Art Museum - World-class art collection and special events, shopping, great food, and more. |
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Denver Botanic Gardens - Spectacular 23-acre urban oasis offers an unforgettable artistic garden experience and education.
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science - Natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe. - Leading resource for informal science education.
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