Even before she was first elected to Denver City Council in 1987, she had experience working for public officials.
And before Ortega was first elected to office, she worked for a lieutenant governor, a U.S. senator and a Denver City Council member.
We need long-term solutions, including dynamic wraparound services to help our unhoused neighbors reach self-sufficiency and regain their sense of self-worth, pride and purpose. Given the millions of taxpayer dollars spent in Denver on the issue of homelessness, our communities — both housed and unhoused — deserve better results.
Development of this private property will address many of our city’s greatest needs by creating 100 acres of parks and open space and 25 percent new affordable-housing units, including for-sale units, giving more Denverites the opportunity for home ownership. These community benefits will be recorded as restrictive covenants on the land, if approved by the voters.
Denver deserves a mayor with bold proposals to improve our transit future. We should work with Aurora and Lakewood to connect the Colfax Bus Rapid Transit from one end of the metro area to the other, transforming bus service throughout the region. As mayor, I’ll also create a mass transit connection from downtown to River Mile, Auraria campus and Empower Field to reduce our dependence on single-occupancy vehicles while prioritizing the well-being of cyclists and pedestrians.
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