As I've traveled around the state over the last few weeks, meeting with media organizations and blog contributors, one of the questions I've received most frequently is "why Denver?" Indeed, at first glance, the Mile High City doesn't necessarily seem like a natural market to follow Chicago and New York as the third HuffPost Local Section.
It's only on further reflection that the logic behind choosing Denver becomes apparent. In spite of its small size, Denver has become a destination for young professionals and businesses. This influx of a young, educated work force has turned Colorado into one of the most politically important states in the country. But Colorado is more than just another battleground state; its political atmosphere is a reflection of the nation as a whole, where population shifts are creating tensions between tradition and change, and where hot button issues like immigration and the environment are felt more intimately than almost anywhere else.
When you couple this with the romantic place that Colorado holds in the national psyche as symbol of the frontier, and a place of treasured natural beauty, Denver starts to make a lot of sense for the Huffington Post.
As I've worked over the past several weeks lining up contributors to our group blog, I've discovered another reason why Colorado will make a great location for a local Huffington Post site: the state is home to some of the most interesting and innovative voices in the country.
From community organizers in Denver to geologists on the Western Slope to CEOs of Boulder tech companies, we've assembled a diverse mix of some of Colorado's most innovative, impressive and tuned-in minds to contribute to our blog. With such an expansive collection of talented bloggers, the blog will provide unique insight into life in this state. We've already received posts tackling local sports, politics, music, business and lifestyles, and that's only the beginning.
In addition, we'll be featuring some of the best news content from our partners around the state. Publications from the front range to the western slope will be feeding their best content directly into HuffPost Denver And All Things Colorado. With these tools, we'll be able to provide up-to the minute news from Colorado's many diverse locales.
As Denver and the State of Colorado continue to bask in the national spotlight, I hope you'll come to think of the HuffPost Denver as a newsstand for the state, where you can stop to see the latest local news, and an array of opinions regarding the goings-on in our great state -- and join in the conversation. This is your section.
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I love my state and almost everything about it, especially it's liberal turn. Thank you, HuffPo for coming. Take off your shoes...st
Yes, we've got the soaring Rocky Mountains. Pristine forests, rivers, and clean air. Deserts and prairies too.
Mining companies have forever scarred our landscape with abandoned cyanide leach ponds and poisoned rivers. Oil and Gas companies that will can and will put a drilling rig in your front yard. Contaminat
How about those Broncos. Every time it snows during a Broncos game the ski resort reservatio
The difference between the Colorado McMansion second-hom
To get anywhere in Colorado you travel over several mountain passes, many 10,000' or more. The drives are spectacula
Colorado has the healthiest people in the nation. The fewest smokers. Lowest obesity. That's because instead of watching Bronco games, we're out skiing, bicycling, kayaking, or mountain climbing. We're participan
The Rio Grande and the Colorado River headwaters are here. We have Navajo Lake, Dillon Reservoir, and many other whitewater and lake sport activities all summer long.
Colorado is an amazing, and beautiful state.
The two scariest things to a Coloradan? A Texan on skis, and a California
CO papers, mentioned in this article, in which one of the real and serious causes for the newspaper
misery is nicely laid out, and that now makes almost thrilling reading:
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Every apartment has its own A/C and heating and its own hot water heater. This is more expensive for tenants and very wasteful . One big unit is cheaper to buy and run than hundreds of small ones.
So where is the progress?
TABOR is "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" requiring a majority vote to increase taxes. Of course there are those, as elsewhere in the country, who do not feel responsibl
Despite the loonies in El Paso County (Colorado Springs) and some rural areas, the rest of us are trying to work together to create a community of shared values and mutual respect, even when we might disagree about specifics.
Colorado is a fabulous place to live, where you are judged on who you are and what you do rather than where your father went to college or the size of your pocketbook
I have lived in Colorado most of my life and believe it ... each day gets better. Everyday I wake up and am so happy to be living here.
I am a ski buff and have skied for over 30 years. Aspen, Vail, Steamboat, Mary Jane, Copper, and local Eldora all are a blast. also Keystone, Teluride, Breckenrid
All I can say is
SKI COLORADO you can't miss.
and that is just the half of it. as cycling, climbing and hot springs will soothe your soul.
I LOVE COLORADO
Ed
I once skied the A in July
I also skied St. Mary's Glacier and Loveland Pass in my wilder days!
Just don't forget that there's a lot more to the state than Denver/Bou
I love Colorado in many ways, Each area is beautiful in its own way. The climate is great, although I've grown tired of snow. Even though it can be 60 degrees one and with a blizzard the next, still, I can do without shoveling and driving in snow.
I must say I liked Denver best in the '80s before so much growth happened. That time between being a Cowtown and the almost-24-
Ah, the memories.
Hey, you can always check out Fort Collins. Still way smaller than Denver/Bou