US EditionDenver Mayor Outlines Goals for 2026
- On Monday, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled 2026 priorities at La Alma Recreation Center, including cutting street homelessness 75% from 2023 and filling 3 million vacant downtown square feet.
- Following prior emergency actions, Johnston declared a July 2023 state of emergency and the city has spent more than $155 million on shelters and services to house the homeless.
- For 2026, the city aims to decrease gun-related homicides by 10% and reduce shootings in high-risk areas by 20%, after a 57% drop in homicides and 37 total in 2025.
- The city will sync outreach teams, 911, and 3 to respond within one business day, Johnston said, `My job is to protect all our residents, and to be clear that they know we will have their back and support them,` Johnston said.
- For revitalization, the mayor envisions installing 5,000 clean-energy systems, developing 50 acres of green infrastructure, expanding childcare and youth programs, and said it's `a golden moment of recovery and revitalization.
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Fewer homicides, housing surge, less vacant space downtown top Denver mayor’s 2026 goals
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Monday that he will focus this year on reducing homicides, getting more people off the streets, accelerating the permitting of new housing, and filling or repurposing a good chunk of downtown’s vacant office space. His 2026 goals largely build on longstanding challenges facing Denver. They come after his office issued a report card last week touting several measures of progress last year on street homelessness, sa…
Denver mayor aims to reduce gun violence, homelessness in 2026
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Monday outlined his top 2026 priorities, with an eye toward the city’s most persistent challenges, notably homelessness, which has been growing under his administration, though there had been gains in some areas. The city’s top goals, Johnston said at a news conference at the La Alma Recreation Center, include further […]
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