No one wants to work in downtown or travel to downtown because of all of the crime/drugs/homeless.
If you want people to go back to downtown, keep it clean and safe all of the time. Not just when there are major event's going on where TV crews and people from out of state will be there.
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>The COVID-19 pandemic turned Downtown Denver from the place to be to a place to flee, derailing two decades of momentum overnight. Five years later, downtown’s recovery continues to lag behind most other cities, and the delay is costing Denver and the region.
“We can wait 10 or 15 years and the market will correct. It historically always has,” said Kourtny Garrett, president and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership. “But what will we lose in the meantime?”
Tens of millions in tax revenues are no longer collected each year. Large office towers that cost billions to build and maintain sit mostly empty, a wasted resource decaying over time. Denver’s reputation as a vibrant city is dimming, making it harder to attract businesses, tourists and residents from other places.
No one wants to work in downtown or travel to downtown because of all of the crime/drugs/homeless.
If you want people to go back to downtown, keep it clean and safe all of the time. Not just when there are major event's going on where TV crews and people from out of state will be there.
Archive: https://archive.today/QT7jk
From the post:
>>The COVID-19 pandemic turned Downtown Denver from the place to be to a place to flee, derailing two decades of momentum overnight. Five years later, downtown’s recovery continues to lag behind most other cities, and the delay is costing Denver and the region.
“We can wait 10 or 15 years and the market will correct. It historically always has,” said Kourtny Garrett, president and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership. “But what will we lose in the meantime?”
Tens of millions in tax revenues are no longer collected each year. Large office towers that cost billions to build and maintain sit mostly empty, a wasted resource decaying over time. Denver’s reputation as a vibrant city is dimming, making it harder to attract businesses, tourists and residents from other places.
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