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This weekend holds the Downtown Denver 2011 Parade of Lights! The Parade of Lights is Downtown Denver's annual spectacle of holiday cheer, festivities, and of course millions of Christmas lights! This is always a 2-day event with one parade on Friday and another on Saturday. Event Times:Friday, ...

Looking to get some early holiday shopping done on Black Friday!? Check out Flatirons Crossing in Broomfield at midnight the night of Thanksgiving. Beat the crowds, beat the rush as the doors open when the clock strikes midnight! Stores throughout the mall will be open and offering some of the b...

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas. It kills more 400 people die in their homes each year. Carbon monoxide poisoning is especially common during periods of power outage. This is because homeowners throughout Denver fire up their personal home power generators. Home generato...

Article From Life on Capitol Hill... The Victorian Holiday House Tour, a Capitol Hill tradition, will return Saturday, November 26th, Thanksgiving weekend. The tour was revived by the Colfax Business Improvement District (C-BID) in 2010 after a ten-year absence. The tour includes seven historic ...

Another day, another signal that the market for newly-built homes is improving. Single-Family Housing Starts rose to a seasonally-adjusted, annualized 430,000 units in October -- a 4 percent increase from September and the highest reading in 3 months. A "Housing Start" is a home on which ground ...

Many would be buyers are hesitant to contract to buy due to their fears of a potential job loss. You now have the ability to get protection against job loss with FirstCal's SAVE Mortgage Job Loss Protection Program. The SAVE Program provides for 6 months of mortgage payments to be made in the ev...

The Centennial Youth Commission in Centennial, Colorado is partnering with the Smoky Hill High School for the 24th Annual Thanksgiving SHARE Basket Project. The project is currently running and will keep on accepting non-perishable foods through to Wednesday, November 9th. Please bring food to t...

The Federal Open Market Committee begins a scheduled, 2-day meeting today, the seventh of its 8 scheduled meetings this year, and the eighth Fed meeting overall. The FOMC is a 12-person sub-committee within the Federal Reserve. It's the group responsible for setting the nation's monetary policy ...

Public Invited to Hear Two Competing Ideas for Denver Union Station Historic Building NOVEMBER 3 EVENT TO SHOWCASE PROPOSALS FOR THE INTERIOR REDEVELOPMENT OF DENVER UNION STATION Two teams competing to redevelop the Regional Transportation District’s historic Denver Union Station building will ...

Are you looking to buy a great home in the Denver Real Estate market with little down due to cash being a little tight? The $100 down payment incentive for HUD foreclosures has been brought back! HUD has brought to attention that offers starting October 19, 2011 are available for $100 down payme...