🌱 Park Hill Golf Course Rezone + Forever Chemicals In CO + Egg Prices

Hey, everybody. It's Monday in Denver and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in our community. Today's issue includes...

• City council considering rezoning Park Hill Golf Course land that has an existing perpetual conservation easement on it.
• Increased egg prices are hitting consumers and bakeries in Denver hard.
• High levels of "forever chemicals" have been found in water and fish in Colorado.

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Monday weather: Colder; a bit of morning snow. High: 29 Low: 16.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. Denver City Council voting to rezone Park Hill Golf Course land at tonight's council meeting. Also being considered tonight is ballot language that would allow voters to weigh in on removing the existing perpetual conservation easement that Denver voters approved in the 1980s for the PHGC land. (Westword)
2. Colorado River Water District considers revamping its conservation efforts. At its January meeting, the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District discussed a revamped water conservation program. The program, which previously ran from 2015 to 2018 and offered incentives for reduced water usage, was reintroduced by the Upper Colorado River Commission in December. (Summit Daily)
3. Increased egg prices are hurting Denver bakeries. As egg prices continue to climb, it's hitting both consumers and small businesses hard. For Denver bakery, French For Sugar, they use eggs in just about everything and they say they're feeling the impact. (FOX31)
4. High levels of forever chemicals found in water and fish in Colorado. According to researchers from the Environmental Working Group, a study has revealed alarmingly high levels of PFAS in fish caught locally. Furthermore, the state of Colorado currently lacks any guidelines for safe consumption of fish. (Daily Press)

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Today in Denver:

• Charlotte's Web: Arvada Center. (10 a.m.)
• Industry Monday: Happy Hour & Day Party at Spangalang Brewery. (Noon-6 p.m.)
• Pack Mule Fitness: Hudson Public Library. (4:45 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Commentary: Denver's 2022 traffic-fatalities are a public-health crisis. (Westword)
• Happy Lunar New Year! Denver Art Museum is celebrating the year of the Rabbit by sharing this porcelain artwork titled "Rabbit #5/8," that Chinese artist Huang Binyan created in 2011.(Denver Art Museum)

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That's it for today! I'll see you first thing on Tuesday morning with another edition of the Denver Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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