🌱 Five Points Coffee + LODO Food Trucks + Copper Catching Carbon

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Wednesday's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 90 Low: 67.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. Denver Meow Wolf recognizes union bargaining units. Employees at Convergence Station have formed the Meow Wolf Workers Collective, a union that will operate under the Communications Workers of America Local 7055, and over the next few months will work with management to construct a collective bargaining agreement. (Westword)
2. LoDo Food truck vendors show up at Monday night's Denver City Council meeting. After a Denver Police decision to remove food trucks from downtown, many small business owners believe there's a better way to solve the problem. (7News)
3. Five Points coffee shop "temporarily" closes as litigation expands. It's no secret that there's a war going on over in Five Points between tenants and Matthew Burkett of Flyfisher LLC, but none so visible as the battle between the owner of Coffee at the Point, Ryan Cobbins and Flyfisher's Burkett. (Westword)
4. Turning a ski area green. As warmer temperatures and drought threaten snowpack in the West, Copper Mountain in Summit County is taking on climate change by turning its ski runs into carbon sinks. (CO Sun)
5. MSU freezing tuition for undergrad students. Denver's Metropolitan State University is capping tuition for incoming undergraduate students. Rates will be locked in at the same rate for four years beginning this fall. (Denverite)

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Today in Denver:

• Denver's 22nd Annual Diversity Employment Day: Career fair. (11 a.m.)
• Chocolate Bon Bon and Sake Pairing: At Colorado Sake Comany. (4 p.m.)
• Wired to Resist: The neuroscience of change. (5 p.m.)
• In-Person Frank Lloyd Wright Lecture: With Stuart Graff. (6:30 p.m.)
• Phil Palisoul: At Comedy Works. (7:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Laser shows are back at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. For a limited time, laser shows are returning to the DMNS! The cosmic concert series is an old-school, immersive experience for all of your senses. From Beyoncé to the Beatles. (Denver Museum of Nature & Science)
• Take the City of Denver's Youth Recreation Survey: Give your input by this Saturday, Aug. 6. Denver Parks & Recreation wants to know what kind of programs and activities for kids you would like to see in the city's recreation centers. (Denver)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right. I'll see you first thing on Thursday morning with a brand-new edition of the Denver Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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