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Cherry Creek North eateries eager to reconnect Neighborhood’s Food & Wine event returns Aug. 11-14 BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After about a year of providing the restaurant experience primarily through takeout, restaurateurs and chefs in Cherry Creek North are looking forward to reconnecting with their guests and local foodies again. Providing the perfect opportunity to do so is the annual Cherry Creek North Food & Wine event, which has been expanded this year to include four days of festivities — all centered around the unique and diverse dining experiences that Cherry Creek North has to offer. Attendees “will be able to choose their own experience,” said Jeannie McFarland Johnson, director of marketing and communications for Cherry Creek North. Because, she added, “there is a lot of diversity with the experiences.” SEE FOOD & WINE, P13
UCHealth, Denver Health operate across metro Denver and beyond BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
prevent land development can be lifted, including the one on the golf course. The Empower Northeast Denver measure would change the legal definition of a conservation easement to exempt the Park Hill Golf Course. Supporters of the Empower Northeast Denver measure say requiring a citywide vote to lift the golf course’s conservation easement would drown out the voices of residents who live in the
Two more major health systems in Colorado announced July 28 that they will require their employees to be vaccinated against coronavirus by the fall. UCHealth, which operates the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, UC Health Highlands Ranch Hospital and 10 others, will require staff to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1. Denver Health will require its employees to be vaccinated by Nov. 1. UCHealth has about 24,000 employees. In addition to hospitals, UCHealth has clinics, stand-alone emergency rooms, offices and other operations in Arvada, Centennial, Commerce City, Denver, the Inverness area, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, Thornton and other locations, according to its website. “After fighting COVID-19 for more than a year, and as the dangerous Delta variant has become the dominant strain in Colorado and elsewhere, it is clear that vaccination against this disease is essential to protect our employees, along with our patients and visitors,” Elizabeth Concordia, president and CEO of UCHealth, said in a statement. “We know that vaccination will also improve health and safety within the
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Oscar Padilla, the executive chef at Toro Latin Kitchen & Lounge, pours achiote ponzu sauce over the restaurant’s salmon dish. Toro, a Richard Sandoval restaurant, is hosting a couple of events during Cherry Creek North Food & Wine, including the Latin Wine Dinner on Aug. 11. During this special event, Padilla and Sandoval will PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN cook side-by-side for the events dinner guests.
Rival questions on golf course head for ballot At stake is potential redevelopment of site in northeast Denver BY HANNAH METZGER COLORADO POLITICS
Two competing ballot measures regarding the potential redevelopment of Denver’s Park Hill Golf Course will appear on the city’s November ballot, according to the
Hospitals to require COVID vaccines for employees
Clerk and Recorder Office. The office announced the new measure, led by the Empower Northeast Denver campaign, received enough valid signatures July 27. Another measure, led by Save Open Space Denver, was approved in late June. This new measure directly targets Save Open Space’s measure and would effectively cancel it out if both pass, officials said. The Save Open Space measure would require a citywide vote before conservation easements that
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