Progress Now Action

Hi Campaign for Responsible Development Allies,

Our campaign at the Gates Rubber Factory redevelopment is entering the final countdown. We've been negotiating with the developer, Cherokee, to make sure that the Gates/Cherokee redevelopment has good jobs with healthcare, thorough environmental cleanup, affordable and accessible housing, and responsible construction.

Thus far, the developer Cherokee has not committed to making all of the jobs be good jobs with healthcare benefits. They've agreed to pay prevailing wages and healthcare to the workers who do the demolition and the infrastructure, but we think that since Cherokee will be receiving 85 million dollars of public money, every job on this project should be a family-supporting job with healthcare!

We want to turn up the heat on on this issue, so we're having a call-in day to City Council members to urge Cherokee to negotiate!

Please support the CRD and call your City Councilperson as soon as possible! Please let us know of any contacts you make and what kinds of responses you are getting from your city council people. If you have any questions about who your City Councilperson is, you can check online here . If you'd like more information about the Campaign for Responsible Development, visit our website.

Thanks so much for all your support - together, we can win this!

In Solidarity,

Julie Gonzales
CRD Organizer



Talking Points/Script for Coalition Partners Calling City Council Members

Hi Councilwoman/man _________________, this is _______________ (your name) calling to talk to you about the Gates/Cherokee Redevelopment and the Campaign for Responsible Development.

At this point, the CRD has made progress with Cherokee in their negotiations around environmental cleanup and affordable housing, but we still do not have a formal commitment from Cherokee about quality jobs.

I hope that you ensure that all the construction jobs, and the permanent jobs - many of which will otherwise be low paying retail jobs -are good family supporting jobs with healthcare.

If we are going to be giving 85 million dollars to Cherokee to finance this project, then we should expect that every job at the redevelopment is a quality job!

Thank you for your time.

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Please help the CRD by letting us know about your conversations with City Council members. Give Julie Gonzales, CRD Organizer, a call at 303-477-6111x17 or email jgonzales@denverlabor.org. Again, we appreciate your efforts in making sure that the Gates/Cherokee redevelopment is beneficial for everyone in our community!

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Council Contact Information:

District 1
Rick Garcia
2785 Speer Blvd., Suite 246
Denver, Colorado 80211
Phone: (303) 458-4792
Fax: (303) 458-4791
rick.garcia@ci.denver.co.us

District 2
Jeanne Faatz
3100 S. Sheridan Blvd., Unit D
Denver, Colorado 80227
Phone: (303) 763-8562
Fax: (303) 763-8564
jeanne.faatz@ci.denver.co.us

District 3 - Council President
Rosemary E. Rodriguez
69 Knox Ct.
Denver, Colorado 80219
Phone: (303) 922-7755
Fax: (303) 937-4651
rosemary.rodriguez@ci.denver.co.us

District 4
Peggy Lehmann
6740 E. Hampden Avenue
Suite 302
Denver, Colorado 80224
Phone: (303) 504-5781
Fax: (303) 504-5786
peggy.lehmann@ci.denver.co.us

District 5
Marcia Johnson
6740 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80220
Phone: (303) 355-4615
Fax: (303) 355-4127
marcia.johnson@ci.denver.co.us

District 6
Charlie Brown
2324 E. Exposition Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80209
Phone: (303) 871-0601
Fax: (303) 698-4908
charlie.brown@ci.denver.co.us

District 7
Kathleen MacKenzie
1437 Bannock St., Suite 451
Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone: (720) 865-8900
Fax: (720) 865-8903
kathleen.mackenzie@ci.denver.co.us

District 8
Elbra Wedgeworth
3280 Downing St., Unit C
Denver, Colorado 80205
Phone: (303) 298-7641
Fax: (303) 298-9716
elbra.wedgeworth@ci.denver.co.us

District 9
Judy H. Montero
2828 Speer Blvd., Suite 111
Denver, Colorado 80211
Phone: (303) 458-8960
Fax: (720) 865-9540
District 10
Jeanne Robb
1232 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80218
Phone: (303) 377-1807
Fax: (303) 377-1902
jeanne.robb@ci.denver.co.us

District 11
Michael B. Hancock
4730 Oakland St., Suite 200
Denver, Colorado 80239
Phone: (303) 331-3872
Fax: (303) 331-3874
michael.hancock@ci.denver.co.us

At-Large
Carol Boigon
1437 Bannock St., Suite 451
Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone: (720) 865-8100
Fax: (720) 865-8103
carol.boigon@ci.denver.co.us

At-Large
Doug Linkhart
1437 Bannock St., Suite 451
Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone: (720) 865-8000
Fax: (720) 865-8003
linkhartatlarge@ci.denver.co.us