Denver’s Lavender Hill District Looks To Turn Queer Visibility Into Economic Vitality

June 12, 2025 / no comments

On any given Sunday at Champagne Tiger — the queer-owned French restaurant that opened last year in the former Tom’s Diner building — patrons are met with something different as they walk in for the venue’s weekly drag brunch: a fundraising T-shirt and other collateral promoting a cultural movement quietly gaining momentum on East Colfax and beyond.
That movement is an effort to formalize the Lavender Hill Cultural District, a queer cultural corridor formed in 2021 and envisioned as both a preservation project and economic engine. The district aims to celebrate LGBTQIA+ identity, support local business and transform one of Denver’s most…

Deed theft ring member gets up to 9 years in prison

June 11, 2025 / no comments

The Attorney General put a button on a Queens deed theft ring Wednesday, sentencing the final member of a five-person band to a hefty stint in prison. Real estate salesperson Stacie Saunders got three to nine years after a jury convicted her of 18 felony counts, including grand larceny, money laundering, forgery and conspiracy, the […]

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