🌱 New Life For Tom's Starlight + Civic Center One Year After Closure

Hey, everybody! Brad K. Evans here with your fresh copy of the Denver Daily. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about what's going on locally, including updates on:

• Fallen skier, Hilaree Nelson, gets traditional Nepalese funeral.
• Tom's Diner on Colfax evolves into Tom's Starlight.
• Denver continues to struggle to keep homeless from dying.

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Monday's weather: A stray afternoon t-shower. High: 71 Low: 48.

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Here are the top stories in Denver today:

1. Once slated for demolition, Tom's Diner evolves into Tom's Starlight. Does Denver need another bar or a 24 hour diner? Fight to save the historic building turns iconic restaurant into what some are calling a just another "bougie bar." (Westword)
2. Civic Center Park one year after health and safety shutdown. Civic Center Park was closed for several months last year because of public health issues related to the park being overtaken by the homeless that filing the park with trash, needles and feces – which then caused a rat infestation. (FOX31)
3. Denver continues to struggle to reduce death among homeless population. Denver has had some success moving people off the streets and into apartments, but the city continues to struggle to save lives of those living on the street. (AP)
4. Colorado skier Hilaree Nelson gets traditional Nepalese funeral. Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing the 26,775-foot summit Mount Manaslu, and fell to her death into a large crevice. Buddhist monks officiated over a ceremony.(CBS4)

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Today in Denver:

• Introduction to Printmaking: Denver Botanic Gardens. (1 p.m.)
• BYOB(ook) Group: Graphic novel, short story collection or play. (6:30 p.m.)
• Orquesta Akokán: Newman Center for the Performing Arts. (7:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Preview of the new connector service in Globeville. New micro-transit program hopes to connect the 41st and Fox Station to Globeville, Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods. (DOTI)
• Election season is here. Denver Decides ballot forums will be televised to provide information about upcoming ballot issues in a moderated pro/con speaker LIVE format. First up is the Denver Deserves Sidewalks ballot item on Tuesday, Oct 4, at 6 p.m. (Denver)
• Best Restaurants: According to 5280 Magazine, these are the best restaurants in Denver. (5280)
• Boulder mulling future of electric scooters. Its unclear what the outcome of the e-scooter pilot program will be. The program allowed 200 electric scooters to operate on Boulder's roadways in a limited area to the east of 28th Street. (CU Independent)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with your next update. — Brad K. Evans

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