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S O U T H
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M E T R O
VOLUME 35 • NUMBER 23 • APRIL 27, 2017
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Stop the presses? Not under Hick’s watch
Gov. John Hickenlooper, who gave the April 21 luncheon address at the annual convention of the Colorado Press Association, takes a pointed photo op with journalists from across the state at the Denver West Sheraton in Lakewood. Spot the “Waldos” of Villager staffers, including Managing Editor Becky Osterwald, Publisher Bob Sweeney and News Editor Peter Jones. See The Villager’s newspaper awards on page 2 and read Bob “Willie” Sweeney’s ponytailed ruminations on the convention on page 4. Photo by Stefan Krusze
Which way, Greenwood Village? Anytime something happens in this community, it effects all the other parts.
told an audience. “… As an employer, you’ve got to think like that.” While many Greenwood voters are unlikely to think precisely that way on June 6 when they cast ballots in a special election, many place the measure to effectively allow a controversial As Greenwood Village contemplates its future, higher-density development in the context of the city will inevitably need to consider the burdemographic realities. John Herbers, CEO DTC/ geoning generation that will constitute half of the The question at hand: Should the city amend Greenwood Village Chamber its Comprehensive Plan as it pertains to what is nation’s workforce by 2020. “[Millennials] don’t want to get in their car and called the Orchard Station Subarea? If approved of Commerce drive somewhere and go to lunch. They want to go by voters, a 43-acre mixed-use development down and have lunch at the bottom of the building,” said Pete Schippits, a could theoretically find a home there—an idea that opponents say could have senior managing director at CBRE, an international real estate services com- a negative impact on the character of the once-rural city. pany. The DTC/Greenwood Village Chamber of Commerce is among those And when those 20-to-30-something workers use their punch card to grab stakeholders trying to encourage dialogue, not just on the impending vote, a hot beverage in that first-floor eatery, as many as 83 percent will take a but on the larger future of the Denver Tech Center and the residential areas quick sip, even though they know the drink is still too hot, Schippits added that share in the community’s future. with a smile. “They want things fast and they want it free,” the Denver-based executive Continued on page 7
Upcoming Subarea vote is just the beginning of a long conversation