Golden Transcript 031022

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Week of March 10, 2022

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VOLUME 156 | ISSUE 12

CoorsTek sets community meeting dates Public invited to learn more about 9th Street rezoning proposal BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

CoorsTek has announced a series of upcoming community engagement meetings to help Golden residents better understand the company’s plans to rezone an industrial property it currently owns near 10th Street and Ford Avenue. Residents hoping to hear from the applicant and comment on the proposed project have had to wait out back-to-back continuances. After the city planning SEE COORSTEK, P4

CoorsTek has announced a series of public engagement meetings to help the community better understand its plans to rezone and PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY redevelop a 12.2-acre industrial campus near 10th Street and Ford Avenue.

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council leaving Denver for Lakewood Pioneering nonprofit is moving to 40 West Arts District BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A staple of the Denver arts scene is leaving its home in the Santa Fe Arts District for the more affordable confines of Lakewood’s upstart 40 West. A longstanding fixture that helped usher in Santa Fe’s legendary First Fridays, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (CHAC) has signed a lease to take over the space currently occupied by 40 West Gallery at 1560 Teller St. in April. In turn, 40 West Gallery will relocate to a new

building in the District. In 2018, CHAC was forced to move to a less trendy, far less walkable space several blocks to the south due to skyrocketing real estate prices the success of galleries like CHAC helped foster. It’s a tale common to creatives: move into a cheap, often ignored part of town, bring the area back to life with art, coffee and foot traffic, only to be priced out when high dollar galleries move in and the cost of real estate rises. Denver’s gentrification, while a blow to artists and art lovers alike, is turning Lakewood’s 40 West Arts District into an attractive alternative. Nestled in a quirky, colorful stretch of West Colfax, 40 West has SEE CHAC, P7

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A colorful reminder lets visitors know they’re in the 40 West Arts District. PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY

BRUNCH IS BACK

Combining breakfast and lunch is back on the menu at several locations P12


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