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Crime-ridden Denver is now PAYING businesses to set up in its drug and alcohol-ravaged downtown district in bid to rejuvenate area - as drug-related crimes in the city are 26.8 percent up
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Instead of cleaning out the criminals? Goody.
  • The Downtown Denver Partnership and the Department of Economic Development and announced the launch of the Pop-up Denver Program

  • The selected businesses could enjoy of three months of free rent and a $20,000 award to use for interior design and setup expenses and merchandising

  • Only five business will be given the vacant spaces on the intersection of 16th Street and Champa, one of the most concentrated pockets of drugs and crime

  • In 2021, more than 53 drug-related crimes were reported in the area, amid an overall crime surge in the Mile-High City

  • In Denver, robberies are up 75percent and drug-related crimes are up 26.8 percent in the year to date compared to the same period in 2022

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-14
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=625053