Claire Cleveland

Claire Cleveland joined CPR as a Max Wycisk News Fellow in 2019 and was a general assignment reporter for CPR News until 2022.

Do Coloradans Like Their City’s Rate of Growth?

The November elections in Colorado were about more than sports betting and taxes to fund roads and schools. Ed Sealover, reporter at the Denver Business Journal, said the elections boiled down to one question: Do Coloradans like their county, city or town’s rate of growth, or did they vote to slow or change that trajectory?
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How Colorado Regulates Mold And Pesticides In Marijuana

When you buy food at the grocery store you trust it’s safe — not too many pesticides, and hopefully no harmful bacteria or mold. Can consumers of cannabis have the same confidence when they walk into a dispensary? A Denver cultivator voluntarily recalled product from 144 stores statewide this week. It’s the third recall in Denver for mold and yeast contamination in 2019.

Development Along Brighton Boulevard Reflects Larger Denver Issues

In what used to be an industrial area, there are now sidewalks, bikeways, a traffic signal just for pedestrians, trendy restaurants, a sparkling new music venue, and loads of apartments. We’re talking about Denver’s River North District along Brighton Boulevard. It’s the first street in the city to get this kind of 360-degree focus. Denverite editor Ashley Dean and her team reported on this thoroughfare as a way to tell a bigger story about gentrification, the environment, homelessness, and transportation.