🌱 Restaurant Growing Its Own Greens + Shooting Involving Thornton PD

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But first, today's weather:

A shower and thunderstorm. High: 72 Low: 51.

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Here are the top three stories in Denver today:

1. A Denver restaurant uses a shipping container to grow fresh greens for its vegetable-based menu. Vital Roots is an all-employee-owned restaurant where the greens they use to create their dishes come right from a shipping container behind the building. The restaurant uses a vertical hydroponic system that takes only a fraction of the water a traditional farm would require, giving them 2.5 acres worth of farmland in a small shipping container box. This system has allowed Vital Roots to be more carbon-neutral while also giving customers fresher food. (9News.com KUSA)
2. The Denver Police Department is investigating a shooting involving Thornton police officers. At 3:45 a.m., Thornton police were called to a report of a burglary when officers saw the vehicle matching the description from the report and pursued it. The chase entered into Denver and ended when the vehicle crashed into a barrier wall at West 48th Avenue and Eliot. The two men fled from the car, and the passenger was arrested without any incident. The driver fired shots at TPD, which prompted a TPD officer to fire back and hit the suspect who sustained non-life-threatening injuries; no police were harmed in the shooting. (9News.com KUSA)
3. Neighborhood residents plea for a Pedestrian Bridge to be fixed near Delgany Street near Ball Arena. The bridge has been closed for around two years after the rotting wood collapsed under someone's foot. The city has done extensive research to find out who owns the bridge but has not been able to determine who that owner is. A sign has been put up on the bridge by someone with the words “Fix Me, Fix Me, Fix Me Denver." The city inspector is expected to come out and look at the bridge to determine the repairs it will need; if it is decided the bridge needs to be fixed, money will have to be allocated by the city, through grants or another government funding program. (9News.com KUSA)

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Today in and around Denver:

• Live Acoustic Music With Josh Bierman at Omni Interlocken Hotel, Broomfield (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Denver Botanic Gardens are in full bloom right now! The labyrinth full of low-growing ground cover is looking quite amazing. (Denver Botanic Gardens via Facebook)
• Enjoy the Landscape Studio at the Denver Art Museum! Tuesday was National Creativity Day, and at the landscape studio — which is included with admission to the museum —you can be as creative as you want to make your own beautiful landscapes. There will also be demonstrating artists in the studio on select weekends. (Denver Art Museum via Facebook)
• A reminder to Denver residents: you can no longer return your runoff ballot in the mail for the elections, as they won't be received by Election Day. If you have a ballot, you must return it to a drop box or vote in person at a voting site. (City and County of Denver Government via Facebook)

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— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a content manager with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.