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Denver to see big changes after voters OK bond measures
Head distiller Chat Peters in the yetopened Denver Distillery on South Broadway on Nov. 2.
Overwhelming approval will boost mall, transit, more BY ANDREW KENNEY AKENNEY@DENVERITE.COM
“As you get near the end of your life you want to be more creative. This is a creative enterprise,” Tarver said. Tarver scooped up the 124-yearold property north of East Alameda Avenue in 1999, property records show.
Denver is set to spend nearly $1 billion on 69 projects throughout the city over the next decade after voters approved seven packages of new debt. On Nov. 7, the $937 million in bond measures gained approval by from 66 percent to 73 percent of voters. “What’s next? Starting tomorrow, we’ll get to work getting these repairs and improvements going — repairs and improvements that were designed by the people, that are now happening, thanks to the people,” said Mayor Michael Hancock in a celebratory speech, adding that the city would try to make sure that the projects hired locally.
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Winter opening on track for Denver Distillery BY ADRIAN D. GARCIA AGARCIA@DENVERITE.COM
The guys behind Denver Distillery could have produced a young bourbon during the last six years that they’ve been working on their tasting room along South Broadway. Instead, owner Ron Tarver and
head distiller Chad Peters refinished the basement of 244 S. Broadway to hold wood barrels for fermenting, added space for custom-made distillers and filtered through the state and federal licensing processes. The duo said recently that they’re looking to open Denver Distillery in either December or January.
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