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offered a limited number of discounted tickets — organizers offered a limited number of free tickets as well as half-off tickets — to residents in adjacent neighborhoods like Platt Park, Bridget said.
Mayor Michael Hancock recently unveiled his 2019 budget proposal for Denver with a spending plan that continues funding city services while expanding resources for housing, transit and mobility, public safety personnel and substance use and mental health services. The proposed $1.46 billion budget plan makes up the city’s main operating fund (the general fund), which is a 4.2 percent increase over the 2018 budget. It’s the amount of money the city needs to keep up its operating costs for most city services. The overall new city total operating budget is $2.4 billion, a 3 percent increase Hancock from the 2018 budget. This funds DIA and other major infrastructure services for the city and county like wastewater management. Hancock said that city staff focused on equity and improving affordability. He said the budget includes a focus on preserving neighborhood character and community, and touted goals aligned with a social justice focus Hancock first introduced during his State of the City speech in July.
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Jennifer Matamoros holds Brady Ferguson on her shoulders during Phoenix’s performance at Grandoozy.
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Grandoozy rocks Denver About 55,000 people attended the three-day festival
An audience member takes a photo of the Young the Giant performance on Saturday evening. The festival was held at the Overland Park Golf Course in south Denver.
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In mid-September, Overland Park Golf Course’s fields nestled along the South Platte River became home to more than putters and pars. The driving range instead was filled with music — 35 performances, in fact, over a three-day weekend. Grandoozy, one of the city’s first large musical festivals launched at the golf course for the inaugural Sept. 14-16 event, drawing an estimated 55,000 music lovers, according to organizers, to its three stages. Other attractions included yoga, dance parties with DJs, 30 dining vendors and 18 local breweries.
Platt Park residents Cody and Bridget D’Angelo walked from their home to the festival’s first night. The couple had heard about Grandoozy more than a year ago and invited out-of-state friends to join them. Superfly, the festival’s organizer,
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As of Sept. 1, there were 387,700 active registered voters in Denver. Of those, more than one-third were not affiliated with a political party.
Source: Colorado Secretary of State’s Office
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