Mayor Hancock Ends ‘Year of the Neighborhood’ with Final Neighborhood Tour for 2013 By Rachel Chaparro
Visit from Mayor Hancock during Denver Days surprises young Washington Park neighbor John Prentice. Picture credit: Evan Semon, Evan Semon Photography
Mayor Michael B. Hancock declared 2013 the “Year of the Neighborhood” and reached thousands of Denverites through his signature outreach programs, including Neighborhood Tours that took him to every quadrant of the city, a brand new celebration of the city called Denver Days and quarterly Cabinet in the Community meetings, where the Mayor and all of his senior team go out to neighborhoods to visit with the neighbors. The Mayor also stopped in at Registered Neighborhood Association meetings and made numerous appearances at community events. “Denver is a collection of diverse, vibrant neighborhoods, and our residents reflect the richness of this great city,” said Mayor Hancock. “Together, we are ensuring my administration understands each neighborhood’s unique opportunities and challenges so our policies and decisions are driven by the people.” With the last neighborhood tour in December, the Mayor made nearly 400 community visits citywide in 2013. To wrap up a year of robust community outreach, the Mayor and
Councilman Albus Brooks met with former Mayor Wellington Webb and the board of directors for the Friends of Caldwell Library to talk about the future of the library and museum. They also visited Whittier Elementary School to learn about their new music program and joined the Five Points Business District for a discussion about the neighborhood’s plans for growth and. “The Mayor’s unmatched commitment to the economic vitality for the Five Points Business District and citywide is putting people back to work and strengthening the fabric of our neighborhoods,” said Tracey Winchester, FPBD Director. “We couldn’t ask for a better partner in the city than the Mayor. He has invested a lot of his time and city resources to ensure Denver has a thriving business community.” The Mayor and the Councilman also met with business owners along Fairfax Street and with leaders of the Colfax and Bluebird Business Improvement Districts to get updates on the economic development happening in those neighborhoods. They also met with Registered Neighborhood Association leaders from Council District 8 to hear firsthand how each group is working to improve their community. “For the first time I got to meet other RNO leaders from neighboring communities,” said Ean Tafoya, president of the West City Park Neighborhood group. “It was great to have the opportunity to talk about how RNOs can work together on mutually shared issues and get updated from the Mayor and Councilman Brooks on the city’s top priorities.” Editor’s note: The Mayor will continue to reach out and listen to the community in 2014. Sign up at MileHighMayor@ denvergov.org with News About Mayor Hancock to stay updated. Follow Mayor Hancock on Facebook at www.facebook. com/5280mayor, on Twitter at www. twitter.com/MayorHancock or on Tumblr at www.michaelbhancock.tumblr.com/.
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