After months of grassroots pressure, Cherry Creek North neighbors stop Denver City Hall’s and Councilwoman Amanda Sawyer’s attempt to create a new tax district — and set a new standard for local government accountability.
Cherry Creek North residents have done what few neighborhoods manage to achieve — they held their local government accountable and won.
After months of organizing, petitioning, and pushing for answers, homeowners successfully defeated the City of Denver’s plan to form a General Improvement District (GID) — a proposal that would have imposed a new property tax on the neighborhood in the name of “enhancement projects.”…