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Business Matters Christy Steadman | csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com Business Matters is a monthly column featuring business news in the Life on Capitol Hill and Washington Park Profile coverage areas, which is roughly central and central-south Denver.

If you are a local business that would like to announce any updates to your operations, email Christy Steadman at csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

NEW OPENINGS Capitol Donuts A new donut shop has opened in Uptown.

Capitol Donuts, 329 E. Colfax Ave., had a soft opening April 1 and a grand opening on April 20.

The shop offers a variety of housemade donuts and muffins, which can be ordered individually or by the half dozen or dozen.

All product is made fresh daily. The donut shop’s hours are 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.

To learn more about Capitol Donuts, visit capitol-donuts.business.site.

The Colfax Ave BID originally reported this story.

Grub Gremlin/Brutal Poodle The Brutal Poodle, a heavy-metal inspired gastropub in Denver’s Overland neighborhood, launched its food truck, the Grub Gremlin, on April 15.

The Brutal Poodle is located at 1967 S. Broadway, and the Grub Gremlin

travels across the metro area to a variety of venues including breweries and small-and-large concert venues.

The Grub Gremlin’s menu is not a replica of the brick-and-mortar — which features a varietal menu of bites, plates, burgers and deserts — though there are some similarities and shared items. Both the Brutal Poodle and Grub Gremlin offer some vegetarian and vegan options.

To learn more about the Brutal Poodle or to find the Grub Gremlin’s upcoming schedule, visit brutalpoodledenver.com.

restaurant at 704 S. Pearl St. in West Washington Park, has closed. The restaurant served the community for 13 years.

According to Westword, the reason for the closure was to focus on the owners’ Overt Grab & Go. This concept started out being available only in Colorado eight years ago, and has grown to now be available in 10 states, according to Overt’s website.

To learn more about Overt Grab & Go, visit eatovert.com.

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Phoenix Tattoo Company Phoenix Tattoo Company celebrated its one-year anniversary of opening shop on South Broadway in April.

Now located at 1872 S. Broadway in Denver’s Platt Park neighborhood, owner Jillian Johnson originally opened Phoenix Tattoo Company in west Denver in February 2019. In the past year since its move, Phoenix Tattoo Company has expanded its staff of experienced tattoo artists and piercers, and launched a new website.

The tattoo shop specializes in custom tattoo work and can cater to any style of art.

To learn more about Phoenix Tattoo Company, visit phoenixtattooco.com.

Follow the shop on social media to learn about specials and deals.

Broadway Market The Broadway Market, a food hall at 950 Broadway in the Golden Triangle/ Capitol Hill area, has permanently closed.

The food hall originally opened in February 2019. On March 14, 2020, it closed its doors because of the pandemic’s shutdowns, but started offering takeout and delivery of the hall’s eateries on June 12 that year. Broadway Market resumed in-person dining on July 23, 2020, but that October, announced it would close for the winter months. It was expected that the food hall would reopen in 2021, but it never did.

Westword reported the permanent closure in early April.

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The Table Urban Farm and The Table Public House This April, The Table Urban Farm celebrated its 10-year anniversary and The Table Public House celebrated its one-year anniversary.

The Table Urban Farm, or more commonly known as simply The Table, was founded in 2012 by husband-andwife team Craig Broek and Jeanine Kopaska Broek who currently co-direct the organization. It is a nonprofit that grows organic produce in the south Denver area to distribute in the community through local partners or The Table’s Veggie Bike, which has been in operation for about seven years. The Table partners with private homeowners who allow The Table to grow vegetables on their property. This year, The Table has 16 garden plots primarily located in the Platt Park and University Hills neighborhoods.

The Table Public House, located at 2190 S. Platte River Dr., opened on

April 2, 2021. It specializes in coffee and features Colorado craft beer on tap. It also offers small plates and is expanding its menu through a growing food program. The venue hosts local musicians who perform live and other small events such as seed giveaways and bike diagnostics.

The Table Public House is also looking to launch a training program this summer or fall that will be led by former Metropolitan State University professor Jeff Koch. The program will provide an opportunity for people who need a little help getting back into the workforce, such as those with a criminal record, experiencing homelessness or need some life coaching as they recover from substance abuse, Broek said. The hands-on training will provide experience in both culinary and the front of the house operations.

It’s all about people and providing a place where people can gather and experience community, Broek said.

“Community is good for mental health and physical wellbeing,” Broek said. “So much more life is experienced when people do it together.”

To learn more about The Table Urban Farm, denvertable.org, and to learn more about The Table Public House, visit tablepublichouse.com.

MISCELLANEOUS Meritage Homes/Arbor Day Foundation Meritage Homes, a U.S. public homebuilder, partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to distribute 58 trees at Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver.

The event took place on April 23. The Denver event was one of 18 of Meritage Homes’ community planting and distribution campaigns taking place across the country. Combined, the 18 events will equal to the distribution of more than 1,300 trees nationwide.

“In Denver, Meritage Homes and the Arbor Day Foundation have teamed up with The Park People’s Denver Digs Trees program to distribute trees in an effort to combat several environmental issues, such as air quality, flood mitigation and the emerald ash borer infestation,” states a news release.

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Community invited to view blood moon with Denver Astronomical Society STAFF REPORT

The Denver Astronomical Society is inviting the community to two events in May that take place on the south elawn of the University of Denver’s Historic Chamberlin Observatory, 2930 E. Warren Ave. The first event takes place on May 7. This is one of the society’s monthly open houses, which take place each month, weather dependent. Open houses are scheduled to take place on the Saturday that falls closest to the first-quarter moon. Attendees should plan on arriving at about dusk, so for the May 7 open house, that would be about 7:30-8 p.m.

Open houses are free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required. Members set up their telescopes and allow people to look through them and ask

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and programs, educates and engages stakeholders and communities across the globe to involve themselves in its mission of planting, nurturing and celebrating trees,” states the news release.

To learn more about the Arbor Day Foundation, visit arborday.org. To learn more about Meritage Homes, visit meritagehomes.com.

NONPROFIT NEWS Bayaud Enterprises Bayaud Enterprises has launched a new dual mobile laundry-shower trailer that will help support adults and children experiencing homelessness in metro Denver.

The unveiling took place on April 28.

“This new dual mobile laundryshower trailer will allow Bayaud to support more than 3,000 individuals annually experiencing homeless throughout the Denver metro area with critical services,” said Tammy Bellofatto, executive director of Bayaud Enterprises, in a news release. “In addition, we will continue growing our work as an innovator in the community for social enterprises and supported employment.”

The new mobile laundry-shower trailer is thanks to contributions from businesses and donors totaling more than $175,000.

Bayaud Enterprises is a Denver-

questions. Those who have a telescope of their own are welcome to bring it, and members can assist with setting it up or help tutor on how to use it, if need be.

The Denver Astronomical Society’s open houses are opportunity to increase the knowledge and fun of astronomy, said Ron Hranac, a long-time member of the Denver Astronomical Society who serves as the organization’s media contact.

The second event takes place on May 15. This is a special open house to invite people to view the total lunar eclipse — often called a blood moon — that is happening that night.

Denver Astronomical Society members will be setting up telescopes and binoculars for the public’s use, but people are also welcome to bring their own if they have them.

It is recommended to arrive at about 8-8:30 p.m. to see the beginning of the partial eclipse. People can stay as late as they would like, but should plan on staying until about 11 p.m. or so, which is about when the full eclipse will be ending.

Hranac provided the May 15 eclipse times in mountain time: • Partial eclipse begins at 8:27 p.m.

• Total eclipse begins at 9:29 p.m.

• Maximum eclipse at 10:11 p.m.

• Total eclipse ends at 10:53 p.m.

• Partial eclipse ends at 11:55 p.m.

Like the open houses, the May 15 event is free and open to the public, and a reservation is not required.

To learn more about the Denver Astronomical Society, visit denverastro. org. The website has a calendar that people can reference to learn about future open houses.

based nonprofit that was founded in 1969. It exists to remove the “barriers to self-sufficiency for adults with disabilities, experiencing homelessness and other challenges to employment,” states a news release. Its offices are located at 333 W. Bayaud Ave. in Denver’s Baker neighborhood, but the organization serves the entire metro area.

To learn more about Bayaud Enterprises, visit bayaudenterprises.org.

need for Comeback Yoga’s services skyrocketed during the pandemic but funding has dramatically decreased.

Comeback Yoga accepts donations year-round, but the Memorial Day ask is so that the organization can meet the demands for more in-person classes this summer. It is hoping to raise several thousand dollars to fulfill that goal.

Memorial Day falls on May 30 this year.

All gifts are tax-deductible. To learn more about Comeback Yoga, find a class schedule or donate to the organization, visit comebackyoga.org.

Comeback Yoga As a way to honor veterans this Memorial Day, the nonprofit Comeback Yoga would like the communityto consider making a donation to its organization.

Comeback Yoga is a Denver-based nonprofit that provides free, traumainformed yoga to veterans, active-duty military and their support networks.

“Comeback Yoga’s classes are taught by specially trained instructors who are versed in military culture, PTS, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), trauma-informed yoga, accessible yoga and many other military specific topics,” states a news release.

Comeback Yoga’s classes are free and available to all members of the military community. Classes are also accessible to everyone regardless of age or physical ability. The organization offers more than 40 classes each week at military bases and offices in Colorado, Utah and Hawaii. Online virtual classes are also offered so that military personnel and vets anywhere can take a free class.

According to the news release, the

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The Denver Urban Skate Troop gather for a group photo — a tradition for every Wednesday night skate. This photo was taken at Washington Park in Denver.

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Billy Arlew of LoDo practices some tricks before the Wednesday night Denver Urban PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN Skate Troop skate on April 13 at City Park.

Inline skating group offers group skates every Wednesday

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Luis Osorio has been inline skating for about 30 years.

He got interested in the sport when he was in his 20s living in New York, and through the years, he has built a community of skate friends who reside around the world.

When Osorio — now a resident of Commerce City — moved to Denver, he went into the Death and Glory Skate Shop to purchase a new pair of inline skates. While there, he inquired about local skate groups,

and employees at the shop recommended he look into the Denver Urban Skate Troop.

And ever since then, “I’ve been skating with them every week,” Osorio said.

DUST forms The Denver Urban Skate Troop was founded by Sunnyside resident Rachel Norkin in June 2018. It started out as an informal gathering of about 12-15 people who got together to skate every Wednesday evening, Norkin said. Being one of its kind for inline skating in Denver — other major U.S. cities have robust skate groups — DUST quickly gained popularity through 2019, attracting people from across the Front Range who would come to Denver to skate.

Norkin, 42, a customer success manager for a Denver-based tech company, has been inline skating

since she was a kid. She would mostly go to local skate parks — such as to execute tricks — but eventually noticed more and more people using inline skating as a form of fitness.

“Once you get comfortable with wheels on your feet,” Norkin said, “you can do just about anything and go just about anywhere.”

Like other group activities, DUST went on hiatus during the COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020. But skating in general did not experience a descent during that time, Norkin said.

She added that is probably because skating is a relatively low-cost and low-impact form of exercise that can be done outdoors.

DUST restarted again in May 2021, and today, between 40-60 people attend each week — with the biggest turnout being last summer at Sloan’s Lake when about 100 people attended the skate.

DUST’s Wednesday skates are family-friendly and no pre-registration or membership is required to join a skate. All ages are welcome and there are opportunities for all skill levels and all wheel types — meaning, if they prefer, people can ride a skateboard, scooter or fourwheel, also known as quad, roller skates.

The weekly skates, or routes as DUST refers to them, take place across the metro-area with most of them taking place in Denver proper — Washington Park, City Park, RiNo, to name a few. However, DUST also will also offer routes outside of the metro area on some weekends, such as at Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, for example.

Because no registration is required, DUST announces its routes through social media. Each announcement will inform people of the route destination — which will be different each week — and what skill level the route is. Skill levels of the routes are defined like ski slope runs: green is beginner/easy, blue is medium and black is advanced.

DUST offers skates year-round. During the Colorado seasons that come with inclement weather, routes are announced on a weekly basis.

During the summer months, routes are announced monthly. Attendees meet at the route destination at 6:30 p.m., and the group departs for the skate at 7 p.m.

Friends on blades Rob Even of Arvada has been inline skating for more than 20 years, adding that he grew up during what he calls “the Golden Age of Rollerblading.”

Even, an engineer by trade, has been skating with DUST since its formation in 2018. While the sport is what drew him to skating with DUST, what he particularly enjoys is meeting new people.

DUST attendees run the gamut, Even said. There are some fellow engineers in the group, but there’s also teachers, musicians, chefs and many others, Even said.

“When you share an experience with other people, you inherently have something in common,” Even said. “Anybody who wants to have wheels on their feet are welcome.

(DUST) very much establishes itself as a friend community.”

History of inline skating According to rollerblade.com, “legend has it that the first inline skates date back to the 1700s when a Dutchman attempted to simulate ice skating by nailing wooden spools to strips of wood attached to his shoes.”

Roller skates came about in 1860s and by the 1930s, they “found a permanent place in society,” states rollerblade.com. Roller skates, which are still popular today, dominated skate culture through the 1970s.

“In 1980, two hockey-playing Minnesota brothers discovered an inline skate while rummaging through a sporting goods store and decided that this design would make an ideal off-season hockey-training tool,” states rollerblade.com.

These brothers developed the first trademarked Rollerblade skates.

Through the 1980s, the Rollerblade gained popularity, and by 1995, sports on Rollerblades were added to the X Games. However, inline skating sports were removed from the X Games one decade later in 2005.

“When it fell out of the limelight, people started not doing it anymore, at least in the U.S.,” said Billy Arlew, a LoDo resident who rollerblades about four times a week, including skating with DUST. “The numbers of casual (inline) skaters diminished, and the only style that survived was trick (skating) at the skate parks.”

An improvement of the fun from the past While the desire to get exercise outdoors during the pandemic can be attributed to some of the comeback of inline skating, Arlew believes the sport started to get people’s attention again about five years prior.

Between roughly 2015 to 2018, tech developments to inline skates began to progress more rapidly than they had ever before. This new tech includes everything from better boots, such as the liner and shell to make them more comfortable; to wheel sizes and even the number of wheels on an inline skate.

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Rachel Norkin of Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood formed the Denver Urban Skate Troop in June 2018, welcoming anyone who wants to have wheels on their feet.

Edmond Harvey of the Ballpark neighborhood does some solo skating prior to joining the rest of the Denver Urban Skate Troop for the Wednesday night skate at City Park.

Janele Harry of the Golden Triangle practices a new trick on her inline skates on April 13 before heading out on the Denver Urban Skate Troop’s group skate at City PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN Park.

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Shop, 935 W. 11th Ave., in Denver’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. “People say, `(rollerblading) was super fun back in the day. Why did I quit that?’ So (the skates of today) are an improvement of the fun that people used to have in the past.”

When the pandemic hit, people started seeing this new tech on social media — and some of the videos went viral.

“Millions of people saw a rollerblading video,” Arlew said, “something they hadn’t seen for 20-some years.”

Arlew, 35, participated in roller hockey and rollerblading all through high school. In college, he got into mountain biking and BMX bik-

ing. He moved to Colorado in 2016 and discovered all the skate parks around and started skateboarding.

Eventually, he wanted to get into something new and rediscovered the fun he used to have on inline skates.

“There is an element of nostalgia, but what really comes out is you’re reminded of the freedom you get when skating,” Arlew said. He added that on skates, you’re not strapped in like on a snowboard or propped up like on a bike. “We had that feeling when we were kids, whether we knew it or not.”

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“For the longest time,” Arlew said, “all you could get was the fitness skate or the trick skate.”

Calling it the “big wheel movement,” this is about the time that the tri-skate — three-wheel inline skate — came about, Arlew said. A bigger wheel, he added, can roll over more types of surfaces better, and can provide more speed.

“Skates are just better now.

They’re more fun (and) they’re easier to skate on,” said Jesse Heilmann, owner of Death and Glory Skate

Everyone’s welcome DUST remains true to its beginnings — it is still an informal gather-

Rob Even of Arvada has been inline skating for more than 20 years and enjoys the friendships he has made from skating with others at the Denver Urban Skate Troop’s Wednesday night skates.

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ing and everyone is welcome, Norkin said.

She is looking forward to “being amazed at how many people will show up” and possibly adding more skates to the calendar.

“We love meeting new people,” Norkin said. “I (especially) enjoy watching people come together to skate, and then they establish friendships.”

Denver Urban Skate Troop is active on Facebook: Denver Urban Skate Troop – DUST and Instagram: denverurbanskate. Questions can also be emailed to DenverUrbanSkateTroop@ gmail.com.

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Gardening with Chuck is returning to the City Park Farmers Market this year for the market’s second year.

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eople love the little treasures they can find at farmers markets.

Shopping at farmers markets allows “the customer to stumble across these products that they can’t get anywhere else,” said Chris Burke of Colorado Fresh Markets. “You can always find something new.”

25 years at Cherry Creek Burke and his wife, Michele, run the Colorado Fresh Markets, which offer markets in a number of metro-area communities.

Founded in 1997, the Cherry Creek location, at First Avenue and University Boulevard, was the couple’s first Colorado Fresh Market to open. This summer it is celebrating 25 years of serving the community.

“We love supporting everything local,” Burke said.

“It’s in our DNA.” Specializing in localonly fare, the Cherry Creek Fresh Market offers shoppers a wide array of fresh produce at the Cherry Creek Fresh Market. The Burkes work with about 30 farms across the state.

A crop calendar is available on the Colorado Fresh Markets’ website so people can check what is in season before they shop. People can also sign up to receive the Colorado Fresh Markets newsletter, which will provide market updates on product availability and highlight different favorites found at the market.

Other items to be discovered include a mix of artisanal crafts, home and garden, boutique and vin-

tage finds. Amenities of the market include free parking during both the Saturday and Wednesday markets, food trucks, a café area and live music. Each Saturday market will feature two or three local musicians with genres ranging from singersongwriter to rock ‘n’ roll and hip hop to country to provide some examples.

When the market is in town, that big parking lot transforms into a fun, vibrant atmosphere, Burke said. Between the farmers, vendors and shoppers, Burke said, everyone “enjoys that sense of community.”

‘The smile stays on’ Kurt Jones of Denver’s Rosedale neighborhood has been part of Denver’s music scene since roughly 1985, when he moved to the area.

He will be performing at a few farmers markets this year, including the Cherry Creek Fresh Market and the South Pearl Street Farmers Market, but his main farmers market gig this year is the University Hills Farmers Market, which is located at the University Hills Plaza Shopping Center, 2500 S. Colorado Blvd. There, he will be performing nearly every weekend during the farmers market’s season.

While Jones has a project of original music with west Denver resident Jerry Lee McGuire called Racefans, his gigs at the farmers markets will be Jones performing as a one-man band.

He describes the sound as “sunshine music” that will provide a “happy, outgoing vibe.”

“I enjoy the happy, melody-driven stuff,” Jones said.

“I love seeing the little kids dancing, and the parents taking their pictures. I’m looking forward to putting some smiles on faces.”

He may even show up in some fun performance attire at the University Hills Farmers Market, he said. A gold blazer, a gold hat and spray-painted gold shoes are in the works for this year.

The blazer might have to come off if it gets too hot during a performance, Jones said. “But the smile will stay on.”

A to Z shopping There are a number of reasons why people love shopping at farmers markets, said Robin SingerStarbuck, the market manager for the University Hills Farmers Market.

“Farmers markets are destinations — somewhere to go and something to do.

And it’s social,” SingerStarbuck said. “Plus, people appreciate supporting small businesses and finding something unique.”

Singer-Starbuck grew up in the University Hills area so one of the joys she gets from running the market is giving back to a community she is deeply rooted in, she said.

At the University Hills Farmers Market, shoppers will have access to an “A to Z shopping experience,” Singer-Starbuck said. There will be a variety of food products ranging from fruits and vegetables to honey and granola. There will also be a chocolatier and ranchers selling their products.

Non-food items include health and wellness products such as CBD products, apothecary and skincare; artesian crafts such as embroidery, woodworking, jewelry and pottery; and

IF YOU GO There are many farmers markets across the metro area. Each will have a unique vibe and experience. Here are some suggestions to check out in Denver: Central Park Farmers Market Located at Founders Green, 7601 29th Ave. Sundays, June 5 – Oct. 9 hobnobevents.com/central-park-farmers-market City Park Farmers Market Located at East High School Esplanade, 1600 City Park Esplanade Saturdays, May 14 – Oct. 29 cityparkfarmersmarket.com Colorado Fresh Markets - Cherry Creek Located at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, First Avenue and University Boulevard Saturdays, May 7 – Nov. 5 and Wednesdays, June 15 – Sept. 28 coloradofreshmarkets.com Highland Square Farmers Market Located at 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard Sundays, May 22 – Oct. 16 hobnobevents.com/highlands-farmers-market SOL Farmers Market Located at SOL Lingerie in Denver, 3010 E. Sixth Ave. Sundays, May 15 – Oct. 16 realfarmersmarketco.com/sol-farmers-market South Pearl Street Farmers Market Located on the 1400 and 1500 blocks of South Pearl Street, between Iowa and Arkansas avenues.

Sundays, May 1 – Nov. 13 southpearlstreet.com/farmers-market Union Station Farmers Market Located at Union Station in Denver Saturdays, June 4 – Sept. 10 hobnobevents.com/farmers-market-union-station

Editor’s note: Colorado Community Media is one of the University Hills Farmers Market’s sponsors. home and garden, such as fresh flowers, seedlings and plants.

Additional amenities include Jones’ live music, free parking, food trucks and other ready-to-eat items

such as bakery products, coffee and tamales.

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Starbuck said. “Whether it be a food artisan or a craft artisan, they love to take that story home with them and share it with friends and family.”

The main thing is flavor Being a fourth-generation farmer is a lot to live up to.

“Back in my great-grandfather’s time, everyone was a farmer,” said Debora Palizzi of Brighton’s Palizzi Farm, which got its start in 1929.

“Those who are native to Colorado are familiar with the farms.”

Known for its sweet corn — but also offering a variety of products such as baby carrots, spinach, okra and much more — Palizzi Farm will be at a number of metro-area farmers markets this year.

The family also runs a seasonal farm stand, which opened in April and will operate until mid-October.

The farm stand offers a range of products in addition to what the family sells at the farmers markets — pies, cider, farm fresh eggs, pickled vegetables and much more.

Though offering farm tours is not part of the family’s business model, they are always happy to provide a tour of the farm or let people go out and pick their own vegetables or fruit, Palizzi said.

The items that are sold at the farmers markets are always going to be fresh, Palizzi said. Everything is picked the day before — or the day of, in the case of herbs — it is

brought to the market.

People love having access to produce that was grown here in Colorado, Palizzi said.

“The main thing for people is flavor,” she added. “It’s incredible how fresh flavors taste.” `We don’t miss a week’ Potager Restaurant & Wine Bar’s staff shops at local farmers markets every weekend to purchase to items for the restaurant’s farm-totable concept.

“We don’t miss a week,” said Chef Paul Warthen, the chef/owner of Potager, which is located at 1109 Ogden St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. “The food we buy that day, we serve in the restaurant that night.”

Farmers markets provide so much to the community, Warthen said, adding that shopping at farmers markets is an enriching experience.

“It’s a nice way to spend a morning,” he said.

Warthen is one of many professional chefs who will be giving a chef demo at the City Park Farmers Market this year. His day is Oct. 8.

The chef demos “will further their (shoppers’) knowledge and capabilities,” Warthen said.

Not only will they inspire people to cook with items they can find at the farmers market, providing people with these additional kitchen skills is one way to help everyone create less food waste, Warthen said. Although exactly what Warthen’s demonstration will be is still in planning, an example

he provided of using kitchen skills to reduce food waste would be educating people on four different ways to use broccoli leaves, rather than discarding them, Warthen said.

Planting seeds The City Park Farmers Market, located at City Park Esplanade at East Colfax Avenue and Columbine Street, has so much in store for its visitors this year.

In addition to the monthly chef demos, the market will feature live music, a weekly run club with Go Forever Racing and a donationbased yoga class with Big Power Yoga. Additional amenities include food trucks and food tents with ready-to-eat items and the grassy esplanade with a central fountain where people are welcome to hang out or picnic.

The City Park Farmers Market is a food-focused, local-only farmers market. Product to be found at the market includes meats, eggs, bread, vegetables, fruit, sauces, jams and much more.

“Colorado has a seasonality to it.

It’s difficult to be a farmer here,” said Peter Wanberg, who along with his wife, Margo, launched the City Park Farmers Market last year.

“But these farmers (and vendors) are top-notch.”

It is important to the Wanbergs that smaller farms have “an opportunity to grow in a scalable way and connect directly with members of the community,” states a news release.

“We want to make market entry accessible, regardless of a produc-

er’s acreage, team size or output,” Margo Wanberg said in the news release. “Colorado’s climate and economy means there are a lot of inherent risks and challenges for farmers. Participating in a farmers market shouldn’t be one of those.”

This also pertains to shoppers — the City Park Farmers Market accepts Colorado’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and this year is accepting the program’s Double Up Food Bucks; as well as partnering with the local chapter of Colorado WIC, which is a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children.

Farmers markets are a great place to build community, but people also particularly enjoy shopping at them because farmers markets provide access to a lot of local products all in one place, Peter Wanberg said.

“There is a ton of desire to interact with local farmers and producers,” he said.

The City Park Farmers Market will provide the same community feel as it did last year, but it will feature an expanded vendor lineup.

Last year, it offered about 60 Colorado-based food producers, farmers and agriculture-based brands.

Many of them will be returning this year to make up the approximate 90 vendors this year will offer.

The Wanbergs are excited for their second farmers market season.

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ay 3, 2021, started off as any other day would.

It was a Monday following the week we sent the May 2021 editions of Life on Capitol Hill and Washington Park Profile to press, so my tasks FROM THE for the day were web updating EDITOR and getting a start on planning the June editions.

There was an announcement that came the week prior that there would be an all-company meeting that day, and everyone was required to attend — either in person or virtually. But as a staff, we were quite used those. At the time, it was a Christy Steadman to year of COVID-related ups-anddowns — shift to work-from-home, optional return to the office, mask requirements, etc., etc. So I figured this big meeting would be yet another one to inform us about our internal COVID policies.

So my colleagues and I gather — with masks on and chairs socially distanced — at 9 a.m. that day.

And then the big announcement came: Jerry and Ann Healey had sold Colorado Community Media to the Colorado News Conservancy. This public benefit corporation — a joint venture of the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun — formed specifically to preserve Colorado Community Media and ensure that our 26 publications and websites remain locally owned.

Though most of our day-to-day work has been

business as usual creating awesome papers each week (for my readers, each month), lots of behind-the-scenes action has happened in the newsroom since then. CCM hired Linda Shapley as our publisher. And we have two new newsroom positions — Lisa Schlichtman as our editor-in-chief and a soon-to-be-announced senior reporter.

I am proud of the work we CCMers produce. It takes a village, as they say, and the team is not limited to us who report and write the stories.

Without my team members in sales, circulation, accounting, the newspapers’ designers and our receptionist — who we’ve dubbed as “the glue that keeps us together” — I wouldn’t be here writing this column today.

April 9 of this year was a particularly special evening. It was the 2022 Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Awards reception, the culminating event of the Society of Professional Journalists’ regional conference. It took place at the historic Denver Press Club.

My plus-one was freelancer Kirsten Dahl Collins, but there were also a handful of us CCMers in attendance — Shapley; Schlichtman; Thelma Grimes, editor of our south-metro weeklies; Belen Ward, reporter for the Fort Lupton Press and Weld County; and Mark Harden. OK, Harden is not currently on staff, but I consider him a CCMer — he is one of our former editors, and as a seasoned journalist, he played a big role as a mentor to me — a newbie editor — prior to Schlichtman joining CCM. Top of the Rockies is a regional, multi-platform contest that honors the work of reporters and news organizations in Colorado, New

Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. So it is quite a big deal that CCM garnered eight awards.

I must mention that while proud of our awards, we as journalists do not do this for the accolades. We do it because we love journalism, which at its fundamental core involves engaging and informing the community, and for the love of storytelling.

But I will admit that when I got home that evening, I made a post on my personal Facebook about the award I had won. All sorts of people came out of the woodwork to wish me “congratulations.” These “likes” came from family and friends across my social circles, including former colleagues I’ve met along the way on my journalism journey.

But I think two stood out the most.

One from Shaun Schafer, my former journalism professor at Metro State University. It’s always nice to know that the time and patience he and my other my college journalism professors invested in me has paid off.

And the second came from one of my high school teachers. Not to date myself, but I graduated high school in the late ‘90s so this is a very special “like.” I had no idea what I wanted to do for a career back then, much less that I would go into journalism. Ruth Barth taught a speech/ public speaking class — a course that I took as a freshman. I didn’t particularly want to take the class, but it was a required course, so I had to.

I’ve got to hand it to teachers. Even when the student themself is not too invested in their future, the teacher is. And it is now proven, that 25 years later, they will still care and share in the glory of their students’ successes.

Successful re-entry from the Department of Corrections

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ommunity correction facilities are essential for successful reentry to the community for individuals approved by the Department of Corrections for release to Denver and approved by GUEST Denver’s Community Corrections Board. These facilities COLUMN cut down recidivism rates by providing program participants with resources to ease their transition. This model equips the individuals with the tools to eventually be on their own, and is better overall for their success and the safety of Denver residents.

Our community corrections Councilmember facilities were disrupted when Deborah Ortega Denver City Council voted in 2019 to close GEO and Core Civic run facilities. Since then, the result has been a significant loss in bed capacity and, in turn, has exacerbated wait periods for inmates approved by our local Community Corrections Board. Currently, there is a waitlist of about 150 approved inmates who will have to wait six-to-eight months before getting the opportunity to enter a community corrections facility. This causes significant delays for deserving inmates to have access to a support-

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ive and structured environment where they can seek employment, develop coping skills and situate themselves for life outside the justice system. Inmates have a better chance of avoiding a return to prison through these supports offered.

Before 2019, Denver contracted with two private companies — GEO and Core Civic — to run several of our community corrections facilities.

Unfortunately, Denver City Council discontinued those contracts because a policy decision was made to divest from these companies that also contract with the federal government to run immigration detention facilities. I agreed with Councilwoman CdeBaca in principle when she encouraged a “no” vote on the contracts.

However, I strongly discouraged my colleagues from voting against these contracts until we had a plan to replace the beds that would be lost by contracting with another program operator.

I wanted to avoid any impact on the individuals who were thriving in these facilities. As a result of that vote, a total of five facilities were closed and another is scheduled to close in June 2023.

Before the policy change, community correction facilities served 750 people. Now, there are only 419 beds available and after next year’s facility closure, an additional 120 beds will be lost. With the decrease in bed capacity of more than 50%, any additional losses will further the

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impact on approved inmates. These individuals will have to wait even longer in our jails and state prisons if bed capacity isn’t replaced.

They may in fact reach their mandatory release date before a bed is ever available.

Denver did buy a building from one of these companies. Using a hybrid model, the city now manages the property and a new operator is running the programming. This model is more costly to the city and only offsets the losses by 60 beds. Without enough community corrections beds, it is harder for individuals re-entering their community from prison or jail to be successful. They need the support and structure offered through these programs to avoid a return to the correction system.

People in community corrections re-offend less than 2% of the time while residing in a facility. For those that complete the program successfully, approximately two-thirds will not recidivate in the first two years post-completion. Having enough capacity in community corrections improves public safety and, most importantly, the lives of the program participants.

Why is this important to you? It benefits all of us when returning inmates have access to successful, supportive programs. The cost of SEE ORTEGA, P9

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May 1, 2022

A tiny house full of books New Little Free Library now housed outside of Denver Woman’s Press Club DIANNE BLOMBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

A lot of people walk by the small house at 1325 Logan St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and wonder what goes on in there.

Now, there are two houses at that location that look exactly alike. One is the historic landmark home of The Denver Woman’s Press Club, and the other a tiny replica perched on a pole in the front yard.

Part of the Little Free Library network, the tiny house recently opened to the public. Inside, passersby will discover books left by neighborhood visitors and some donated by female Colorado authors, all members of the DWPC. All members are current or retired published professional writers.

Among the collection are children’s picture books, magical tales, poetry, historical fiction, mysteries, local guidebooks and more.

They’re all free.

The DWPC sits on a mostly non-residential or mixed-use city block.

“We are part of a neighborhood filled with people who pass by on their way to and from work or errands,” said Mindy Sink, president of the DWPC. When asked what gave her the idea to place a library at the DWPC,

To learn more about the Little Free Library, visit littlefreelibrary.org/about. To learn more about the Denver Woman’s Press Club, visit dwpconline.org. she said, “it’s an opportunity to let neighbors know who we are and show them this is what we do inside this house.”

Books go fast. Sink often fills the library on Thursdays and by Monday, it is nearly empty. Visitors to the library can leave a book, take a book, or both.

LFL is a nonprofit organization based in Hudson, Wisconsin. Their long-time mission is “to be a catalyst for building community, inspiring readers and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Libraries.”

The charming replica is a gift from Gail Beaton, archivist for the DWPC, and two artists from Loveland — Beaton’s brother, Mark, and his wife, Paula Weiss.

“We loved doing it and we work well together,” Weiss said. “We created it from photos. Mark constructed the library and we painted it. The structure has approximately 6,000 bricks.

A few adjustments were made to the placement of doors and windows, so the whole front of the structure could open to reveal the books.”

The DWPC is one of the oldest women’s press clubs in the United States and believed to be the only one that owns its clubhouse. The club purchased the home in 1924 from artist George Elbert Burr. Several programs

Maggie Carabello, 11, reads a book she found inside the new Little Free Library outside of the Denver Woman’s Press Club at 1325 Logan St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill PHOTO BY DIANNE BLOMBERG neighborhood.

that focus on all types of writing are open to the public. Since reopening after the pandemic, the board of directors has been implementing plans to extend community involvement.

The tiny replica LFL is part of that focus.

“You’ll find several of our members’ books inside the LFL. We represent multiple fields of writing, literature, journalism, business and the arts,” Beaton said. “The little library is a way for the community to know about the fabulous work we do and have been doing since 1898.”

Editor’s note: Dianne Blomberg is the president elect of the Denver Woman’s Press Club.

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incarceration decreases and is less of a burden on taxpayers. Participants obtain employment while in these programs, and their income can help offset some of the costs of housing, treatment, child support and restitution.

They also develop job skills, learn coping techniques, maintain sobriety and/or learn other necessary skills to give them the opportunity to thrive upon completion of these programs.

While under the supervision of committed professionals, clients have expectations to meet and follow rules. The termination of the GEO and Core Civic contracts has essentially denied individuals the opportunity to make a more successful transition. As a member of the Crime Prevention and Control Commission (CPCC), I am committed to successful programs that work with our justice-involved individuals. I look forward to seeing future contracts brought to Denver City Council for approval that would increase bed capacity because this is a move in the right direction.

Deborah “Debbie” Ortega is an at-large member of Denver City Council. She can be reached at ortegaatlarge@ denvergov.org or 720-337-7713.

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May 1, 2022

Locals can order 3D printable model to benefit Ukrainian military

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The war in Ukraine started on the night before J.P. Medved’s birthday.

“I realized early on that I wanted to do something,” the Washington Park resident said.

As a professional, Medved is employed in content marketing in the health and wellness sector. But his hobby — tabletop gaming and war gaming — is what provided him with the avenue to help Ukraine.

Medved has a 3D printer, and on social media, he follows a number of artists from around the world.

After the war started, he searched on the Fiverr website — an online marketplace for freelancers — to find a Ukrainian sculptor who could create a model to honor the Ukrainian military.

Through a search by location, he found a few Ukrainian artists and reached out to them, but they were unable to participate — some of the reasons being that they were serving in the Ukrainian military or their home had been destroyed, Medved said.

But 19-year-old Nikita Klimenko was available. Klimenko is an art student attending the Kharkiv State

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Washington Park resident J.P. Medved has partnered with Ukrainian artist Nikita Klimenko for a fundraising effort to help Ukraine. Pictured is the 3D model of a Ukrainian soldier that people can download and print on a 3D printer. Cost for the download is a suggested $10 and all proceeds go to the National Bank of Ukraine’s special fundraising COURTESY PHOTO account for Ukraine’s armed forces.

Academy of Design and Fine Arts.

When Medved reached out, Klimenko had just evacuated his home in Kharkiv and had fled to Lviv.

Medved said that in a social media conversation between them, Klimenko said he wakes up to cruise missiles flying over the roof and has “long ceased to be afraid of shelling.” He added that the reason he left Kharkiv was because there were problems with food and the internet, Medved said.

“It has been quite an incredible experience connecting with someone who has had a very different life experience than I had when I was that age,” Medved said. “To see his courage is very heartening and impressive.”

The two started working together on the design of the figure. It needed to represent Ukraine defending itself along with the help it is receiving from Western nations, Medved said.

The model depicts a Ukrainian spe-

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In a statement from Klimenko that Medved provided to Colorado Community Media exclusively, Klimenko said: “I am directly interested in this fundraising since the war directly affected me personally. I have friends who serve in the Ukrainian army.

All the property of my family was destroyed already two times, first eight years ago, (and) now again. My younger brother and mother are now in forced immigration to Germany and my father is now undergoing a medical examination and may go to war. All my life I spoke Russian, since the city in which I lived was on the border with Russia. I’m probably more Russian than Ukrainian, I’m exactly the person whom the Russians would ‘save’ from the ‘terrible Nazis’ but the Russians bring destruction and poverty, pain and suffering and nothing more.”

Once Klimenko finished with the design, Medved moved forward with finding a platform through which Americans could participate in the fundraising effort. He put the model on Gumroad.com, which is an ecommerce website that allows for a pay-what-you-can price.

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May 1, 2022

Fundraiser will highlight women’s We Can Do It! program

A performance by Oromo Dance Colorado is one of the highlights of the International Rescue Committee’s Welcome Home fundraiser event, which takes place on COURTESY PHOTO June 1 at City Park in Denver.

states IRC’s website.

The Welcome Home event will benefit the organization’s Denver Psychosocial Support Services and its many programs, including the We Can Do It! program which will be highlighted at the event.

We Can Do It! focuses on “female clients who vocalized social isolation and lack of growth opportunities in their new communities in Colorado,” states a news release.

The Welcome Home event includes a buffet dinner catered

by R Bazaar, which is the nonprofit arm of Ruby’s Market, a

multi-cultural artesian market on South Pearl Street in Denver. Live entertainment will be provided by Oromo Dance Colorado.

Tickets cost $100 per person and registration closes May 30.

Attendees should expect to wear a mask at the event, though IRC will be assessing this closer to June 1.

To learn more about IRC’s work in Denver, visit rescue.org/unitedstates/denver-co. To register for the Welcome Home event or for more information on the event, visit tinyurl.com/IRC-WelcomeHome.

Speira Miniatures can print the 3D files and ship the models. Shipping cost is about $13 and is not included in the amount people donate for the model to go toward the fundraiser.

Using the Speira Miniatures option, the models can be printed to be about 6 inches tall.

Medved is currently working on reaching out to local tabletop gaming and hobby stores to see if they are interested in carrying the models for the fundraiser. It’s in the works, Medved said, but nothing had been finalized by the newspapers’ press date.

With either option currently available — download the file and print locally or order through Speira Miniatures — the suggested donation is $10. All donations go directly to the National Bank of Ukraine’s special fundraising account for Ukraine’s

armed forces. The bank reports its spending of this money, Medved said.

He added that at the time he read the reports, money from this fund was used to purchase body armor and protective supplies, in addition to medical supplies.

“A lot of people have been following the news and are horrified with what Putin’s army is doing, but they don’t know how to help,” Medved said.

“This is one way I thought I could help in a way that I’m familiar with.

It’s a small thing but a direct way to help.”

Klimenko is also glad to be involved in the fundraising effort.

“I believe in our victory,” Klimenko said via the above-mentioned conversation with Medved. “And because of this project, you will become part of that victory. Thank you!”

To learn more about Nikita Klimenko and his art, visit artstation.com/gwin or instagram.com/gwinpaket.

To download the 3D printable file via Gumroad, visit digitalarmies.gumroad.com/l/ ukrnlaw. To order the model from Speira Miniatures, visit speira.net/product/figures/ ukrainian-special-operations-soldier.

A link for more information on the National Bank of Ukraine’s special fundraising account for Ukraine’s armed forces can be found on the fundraiser’s Gumroad page.

Detailed images of the model are available on the Speira Miniatures site.

For more information on 3D printing at the Denver Public Library, visit denverlibrary. org/idealab3D. For more information on 3D printing at the University of Denver, visit ritchieschool.du.edu/innovationlabs.

Any questions about the fundraiser or the figure can be directed to J.P. Medved through his Twitter account: twitter.com/rizzleJPizzle.

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The International Rescue Committee is hosting its Welcome Home fundraiser from 6-9 p.m.

June 1 at the pavilion at City Park, 2001 Steele St., in Denver.

IRC is a not-for-profit that is internationally headquartered in New York. Its Denver office is located in Denver’s Virginia Village neighborhood.

IRC’s mission is “to help people whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and regain control of their future,”

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Medved has tested 3D printing the model from between 20mm, which is about 1 inch, to 60mm, which is just larger than 2 inches.

For those who do not have a 3D printer, the Denver Public Library has 3D printers available in its ideaLABs, and the University of Denver has 3D printers available for public use in its Maker Space at the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Another option for those who do not own a 3D printer is to order a model. Medved has arranged with a Swedish company called Speira Miniatures to host the fundraiser.

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Emily Griffith Technical College’s café and salon, barber services are back

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

A men’s haircut for as little as $10. A stuffed omelet for about one-half the cost of what a diner charges. A $20 massage.

These are among the many bargains to be had at the Emily Griffith Technical College now that the school has reopened Emily’s Café as well as Emily’s Salon and Barbershop after the pandemic caused a two-year absence.

Not only will you save money, you also will help a student learn their craft. Worried about a bad haircut?

Certified instructors are in the room, supervising the students.

“It provides students authentic opportunities to run the businesses and have that experience with the public,” said Sara Holzberlein, dean of the College of Creative Arts and Design at Emily Griffith Technical College. “You get the jitters, (but) you have an instructor with you.”

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and barbering students deliver all of the services under close supervision.

The school’s salon and barbershop has been servicing clients for a whopping 75 years — Emily Griffith opened her school in 1916.

The facilities are open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and again from 5-7 p.m.

Walk-ins are welcome and constitute about 20% of customers.

However, Holzberlein recommends calling ahead for an appointment.

“We’re very happy to be back, to have the ability to work with the public,” Holzberlein said. “We now have that chance to really hone those soft skills, communication and service, dealing with the public face to face.”

Emily’s Cafe serves breakfast from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1860 Lincoln St. Culinary arts students cook to order. The breakfast menu includes breakfast burritos for $3.50, pancakes, French toast, made-to-order omelets and more. The lunch menu offers sandwiches, pizza at $4.50 for an 8-inch, a burger combo for $7, a salad bar, soups and daily specials.

“The food here is great,” said student Kyle Lawson, 22, who has worked in restaurants since he was 15. “We make everything fresh. Come in and for just a few

Olivia Charpie, a student studying at Emily Griffith Technical College, cuts a client’s PHOTO BY MARK WOOLCOTT PHOTOGRAPHY hair at Emily’s Salon & Barbershop.

bucks, try great food. It’s a great atmosphere and we love to see new faces.”

Lawson is considering buying a food truck and selling tapas from it.

Tim Onzano is in his 24th year as a culinary instructor in the College of Creative Arts and Design. He said that during the time that the café was closed, students adjusted by focusing more on academics and being innovative.

“You’ve got to be creative,” he said. “We wanted people to come in and try out stuff, so we came up with a delivery program. And we learned how to take orders on the

phone.”

Meanwhile, activity has picked up and everybody’s back in the classrooms, whether it be to cut hair or slice vegetables. And come June, the school will reopen its massage service, charging just $20 for one hour.

To learn more about Emily’s Café or Emily’s Salon and Barbershop, visit www. emilygriffith.edu and click on `Campus Shops’ at the top of the page.

To make an appointment for Emily’s Salon and Barbershop, call 720-423-4798.

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