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In an annual awards ceremony on behalf of the Denver police Foundation this past Thursday, seven Denver police officers were honored for their vital role in stopping a car chase and their unwavering courage they demonstrated throughout the whole event. One police officer in particular, Sgt. Robert Motyka, did not stop trying to stop the suspect – despite being shot through his car’s windshield. For his act of courage, he received the Denver Police Department’s Medal of Honor.

Motyka describes his thoughts upon realizing that a bullet had just gone through his windshield as, “I could feel all of these little pricks, a shower of glass, all over my face. Then I felt this burning, searing pain in my left shoulder.”

The incident that the officers had to take on has been described as, “the most dangerous rolling gun battle” in the entire police department’s history. The moment the brave officers realized that the two suspects were taking shots at nearby middle school students, they immediately jumped into action.

Cpl. Damon Bowser, who initially spotted the incident taking place, described his initial thoughts as, “I felt that terror of a shark being in the water and bumping up against you. It takes a minute to register – They’re shooting at us.”

Needless to say, parents of the students who were put in the line of danger, are extremely thankful that the officers were able to protect their children in their time of need. For residents who have just moved to Denver, they can rest easy knowing that their safety is in good hands.


We’ve all been there – you see someone walking in a packed parking lot and immediately tail them in the hopes of finally hunting down a parking spot upon their departure. Luckily, the days of hopelessly driving around for hours playing Russian Roulette in a full parking lot are over; a revolutionary new app is about to make finding parking for the Colorado Rockies’ home opener a whole lot easier.

Another perk for those who have just moved to Denver – multiple parking apps that have recently been introduced to the Denver community, are revolutionizing the way that people find parking. The apps allow drivers to see exactly what spots are available throughout numerous amount of parking spaces in the Denver area. Tons of locals are now getting closer spots than they ever thought possible.

According to Casey Jones, former board member of the International Parking Institute, “there’s really a revolution going on in the parking industry right now, and it starts with the fundamental change in attitude and orientation. We’re in a service industry, and it hasn’t always been looked at that way.”

Apps such as Parking Panda and SpotHero manage over 50 garages combined, while the app CurbStand focuses on finding, paying and tipping valet services within the area.

Jones further attests that, “with the proliferation of smartphones and mobile information that really opened the door for the parking industry to respond to customer needs.” One thing is for certain, with investors putting in $76 million towards parking technologies in 2014 alone, the industry only will continue to keep growing.


An expansive 9,000 home community named Prosper, is in the planning stages of construction on over 5,100 acres of farmland. The project will cost an estimated $600 million and will add on to the 12,000 home Sterling Ranch and 10,000 home Green Valley Ranch East. In total, there are more than 31,000 home lots in the residential pipeline.

The communities will be built on the principle of walkability, connectivity and community.

According to one Eaton resident, “I don’t like it, but I don’t think there’s a lot I can do about it now. I don’t think anyone out here likes it – but money talks.”

Eaton is currently shielded from the noise, traffic, and urban density by tracts of open land. Most of the current residents moved to Eaton for that very reason – to get out of the city.

However, because of the economic stance of the past few years, the Denver housing market finds itself with record low home inventories, skyrocketing rents, rising housing prices, and Denver movers feeling the impact as well.

According to Brad Calvert, Metro Vision manager for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, “we’ve been in a major slowdown for the last five years, so it looks pretty good right now. There’s tons of pent-up demand.”

Demand has risen so much, that the average time on the market has fallen from 108 days in 2011 to 45 days just this past February.

Not only that, but the median home price has increased to $286,500, while the median value of a home nationwide is $178,500.


The 22 ski resorts on the U.S. Forest Service land, paid a record high $20.61 million in rent for the slopes to the federal government last season. Denver movers explain how annual rent payments are based on lift-ticket and season-pass sales, ski school and on-mountain services; such as dining and ski rental – just last season resorts earned more money than ever from on-mountain activities.

Much of the spike is attributed to “visitor attitudes and spending,” according to Don Dressler. He states that he was pleasantly surprised to see these numbers.”

The amount of visitors that took to Colorado’s ski areas, reached a record 12.6 million in 2013-2014. In total, there are 122 ski areas in the U.S. on Forest Service land, with rent that totals to about $30 million a year. The 25 ski areas typically account for more than 20 percent of the nation’s ski visits.

Vail Resorts, which also owns three other Denver, Colorado ski areas with the highest rent bills, saw mountain revenue climb 11 percent from 2013 to 2014. Furthermore, lingering drought in California’s 27 ski areas are likely to push free-spending vacationers to snowy Colorado.

According to Don Dressler, “when California is having a poor winter, people are looking to travel where the snow is.”

Last season, every resort saw their payments grow. All but four ski areas counted 2013-2014 as their highest-grossing year, according to their revenue-based payments.

All in all, Vail ski area paid the highest rent at $5.36 million. Breckenridge was next, at $3.51 million, followed by Keystone at $2.07 million, then Steamboat and Snowmass.


The recent addition of a new statewide test leaves Denver schools with mixed emotions. The new assessments are designed to be more demanding than was initially developed by PARCC (Partnership of Readiness for College and Careers).

The new PARCC test has fewer questions than the ones from the previous state test, the TCAP, along with more in-depth problems. Another student said that the previous test was easier to prepare for and was based more on what he learned in class.

The tests are currently being promoted as a major improvement, rewarding reasoning instead of memorization, offering a more engaging experience and raising the bar, so that students can succeed in college and in life.

However, the tests have been met with opposition; with people stating that they take too much time, strains schools with limited resources, and mean little to students. Others are saying that unproven tests shouldn’t factor in school and district accreditation ratings – or be a component of teacher evaluations. A lot of the criticism is focused less on PARCC and more on the larger workload.

Not everyone is criticizing the new tests though, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg praised the new tests as being more sophisticated and focused on problem solving. He has also fought for fewer, shorter state tests.

Boasberg states that, “there is some irony here. Some of the folks saying we hate fill-in-the-bubble tests are saying these new tests that require you to write and explain yourself are too hard. Most people who have looked at them overwhelmingly say they are a huge step forward.”


Nine major drillers in Denver are slashing 2015 spending by 30 percent, about $2 billion. Denver movers report that the number of oil rigs running has already dropped by a third in five months, down to 44 at the end of February; according to the oil field services company Baker Hughes.

The cuts come as the price of U.S. oil on the market, has plummeted to $49.61 a barrel from $107.26 in June. Because of a diversified economy and continued big-dollar commitments by operators, the job cutbacks have not had a severe impact on Weld County – the heart of Colorado oil country.

Eric Berglund, CEO of Greeley-based Upstate Colorado Economic Development states that, “hotels and restaurants still look to be full. Beyond drilling, there is a large oil and gas industry presence here.”

There are still thousands of existing wells that need to be serviced, pipelines are being built, and gas processing, and water recycling plants need employees.

Bill Thoennes, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Labor, stated that, “we haven’t seen any uptick in unemployment claims in the oil and gas sector. This may be something coming down the road, but we haven’t seen it yet.”

Robin Olsen, a spokeswoman for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., stated that, “we are doing our best to maintain our full workforce so we are well positioned as the market returns.”

The gas sector employs about 1.2 percent of the workforce and losses in that sector may be offset by growth in others.


Earlier this month, roughly 1,000 Advanced Placement high school students rallied and protested the fact that a Jefferson County school board member requested to “censor aspects of the AP U.S. History course,” as described in a statement provided by the College Board.

“These students recognize that the social order can — and sometimes must — be disrupted in the pursuit of liberty and justice. Civil disorder and social strife are at the patriotic heart of American history — from the Boston Tea Party to the American Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement. And these events and ideas are essential within the study of a college-level, AP U.S. History course,” the statement continued.

Jefferson County’s school board requested, specifically, for an Advanced Placement curriculum on U.S. history that would reflect “respect for authority” and discourage “civil disorder, social strife or disregard for the law.”

The proposal continued to include the promotion of “citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights.” The proposal is intended to keep the teaching of history light and not reflect anything that students could take and be angered about outside of the classroom.

Dakota Ridge High School senior Maggie Ramseur was a protest member and explained her reasoning, as well as the other protesting students’ reasoning behind the fight against being taught censored history, “The point of civil disobedience is to break an unjust law with the intention of bringing attention to it so that it may be rectified and made just. Teaching students about that does not encourage them to become anarchists. It encourages them to speak up about policy and make the government serve the people, which is what our democratic republic was designed for.”

If you are moving to Denver before this academic ruling in October, and you have a high school student who will be attending Dakota Ridge or another Jefferson County high school, you too can take part in the fight for the teaching of real, uncensored history.


Furniture Row NASCAR garage is home to Furniture Row Racing operation, the only NASCAR team garage west of the Mississippi, and the home to Denver’s NASCAR racing team. This month, the famous garage finally gave away some of its secrets, and Denver moving companies want to share some of them with you!

Secret #1: Drivers typically take 2 cars with them to a race, but for Daytona 500…they take 4! Each car is marked with their garage placement slot tag, under the hood, so that when they arrive at the race, they can be placed in their spots properly.

Secret #2: Ever see the dashboard of a racecar when getting an in-the-car view of the track while watching the race on television? Ever wonder what all of those dials and buttons are? Secret #2 reveals that most of the switches on the dash control fans to cool down the driver, the tires, and the brakes.

Secret #3: It takes roughly 14 cars per year, for a NASCAR team to function. In order to make sure they are to standards: the teams receive a car template from NASCAR…much like a cookie cutter.

Secret #4: Perhaps one of the greatest secrets of all…mostly everything that you see on the car is fake! Yep, those tail lights are fake and that exhaust pipe does not exist. They are all decals.

If you are a die-hard NASCAR fan and are moving to Denver, be sure to check out Furniture Row Racing garage any Thursday at 2 p.m. for a tour!


Don’t Frack Denver is an alliance comprised of conservationists and neighborhood activists who are calling upon the city’s mayor and City Council to block fracking in the city and river valleys.

Just yesterday, the alliance called for leaders to impose an immediate moratorium on fracking in Denver, since the fracking wells are being “sunk into an area where Denver draws nearly 40 percent of its drinking water supply,” says Sam Schabacker, the regional director of Food & Water Watch.

So where does the concern come from? It is widely known that fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, can cause harmful chemicals to dump into local tap water. This happens during the process of hydraulic fracturing, where high pressured water, sand, and chemicals are pumped underground to return oil and gas. No matter how many times the fracking industry says that this method is safe, it proves not to be, contaminating water and killing farm life wherever it goes, and causing cancer and birth defects.

The concerned members of Don’t Frack Denver are pleading with city officials to not frack and contaminate Denver drinking water, and more importantly, preserve Colorado’s beauty. If you have recently moved to Denver, local movers want you to be aware of the issue and make your stance to preserve your new hometown.

The activists have been unsuccessful in Denver’s surrounding cities, such as Aurora, and that is why they are calling on Denver to refrain from fracking. Even though the plans are not even on the table for Denver to start fracking, Don’t Frack Denver and affiliates of Food & Water Watch want to make sure that they are heard and do not want the fracking to reach Denver’s South Park.


The Colorado Powerball has reached a whopping $500 million due to high ticket sales across the state. It has been two months since someone has won the statewide jackpot, growing from $40 million.

Despite the fact that only 1 in 175 million people win the Powerball, it is fascinating how many continuously purchase tickets for the very slight chance. In fact, Powerball revenue has taken a slight downward turn, but the large of amount of this particular Powerball has caused ticket sales to surge.

The February Colorado Powerball winning numbers will be announced Wednesday, February 11, so if you have recently moved to Colorado, local moving companies suggest that you run to your local gas station or convenience store and purchase your tickets…it could cover what that new house costs and give you plenty of money to decorate your new home with.

Although the Powerball has been around for quite some time and practically everyone is aware of when it is occurring, the jackpot does not reach this high of an amount all the time, so if you usually don’t play, this time you definitely should give it a shot.

This February’s drawing is the highest it has been since May 2013 when a woman in Zephyrhills, Florida won $590.5 million, the largest Powerball jackpot EVER.

If you want to win the second highest Powerball jackpot to date, do yourself and your family a favor and buy a ticket!