🌱Suncor Trying To Restart Plant + Candidate Biking Denver + Car Tower

Good morning, everybody! It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Denver Patch newsletter. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening locally, including:

• Denver Health may get a $5,000,000 payment from state legislators
• Carvana's car tower on Evans has been filled with cars
• Mayoral candidate James Walsh plans to ride his bike to every one of Denver's 78 neighborhoods

Friday's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 48 Low: 27.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. Car elevator finally filled with cars. The Carvana vending machine located near Evans Avenue along Interstate 25, which had been empty for several months following its completion, has finally been filled with vehicles. In January the struggling car sales company said that the opening of the facility was imminent. (9News)
2. Suncor planning to restart its Commerce City refinery. Suncor has initiated the process of restarting one of its three fuel plants as it endeavors to fix the equipment at its Commerce City refinery. The repair work is anticipated to continue into March, and as a result, the refinery will remain inactive, but has alerted the public about the increased flaring, noise, and traffic during the repair and restart of Plant 2. (FOX31)
3. Mayoral candidate plans to ride his bike to all 78 of Denver's neighborhoods in five days. Jim Walsh is a mayoral candidate who is advocating for Denver workers as part of his campaign platform. He's not only running to become the city's pro-labor CEO, but also pedaling for it. With a group of supporters, he kicked off the bike tour on the Auraria Campus as part of his five-day bicycle tour through the city's 78 neighborhoods. (Denverite)
4. Colorado lawmakers hoping to deliver $5 million emergency payment Denver Health. The hospital experienced a loss of $34 million in operating expenses last year, which was attributed to the increase in uncompensated care and the higher cost of health care. According to Denver Health, the amount of uncompensated care rose from $60 million to $120 million between 2020 and 2022. A group of Colorado legislators is working to provide a $5 million payment to Denver Health, in an effort to stabilize the financial position of the city's safety net hospital. (Head Topics)
5. Saving Colorado's historic gems isn't an easy task. Preservationists are engaged in a never-ending battle to safeguard historic sites that are in danger of being lost to demolition, neglect and time. Each year "Colorado's Most Endangered Places" adds new locations to its list, with this year's theme being "Closer to the Heart." (CPR)

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Today in Denver:

• CWCC: Women of Influence & Impact Leadership Program. (8:30 a.m.)
• Heart -n- Craft at Aspen Grove: With MaxFund Dog Shelter. (5 p.m.)
• Teen After Hours: Cupid is Stupid party. (6 p.m.)
• Valentine's Day Music as Muse: At (6 p.m.)
• Joe List: At Comedy Works. (7:30 p.m.)
• Art Attack: Valentines, Gallery-Hopping and Vance Kirkland's Outer-Space Oeuvre (Westword)

From my notebook:

• Here are some offbeat ways party this Valentine's Day. (Westword)
• Clyfford Still Museum celebrating Still's large works in “Awful Bigness” that opens on Feb. 17. (The Denver Post)
• Looking for the best coffee shops? Here's a list of 10 you can check out in Denver. (Westword)

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