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Axios
6 days ago
- Business
- Axios
Polis dangles $280M to force housing policy changes
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is flexing his muscle by making $280 million in grants to local authorities contingent on whether they adopt his housing policies. Why it matters: It's a high-stakes showdown between a steadfast governor who is hanging his legacy on creating more affordable housing and municipalities that consider the move bullying and a violation of the law. State of play: Polis put his plan into motion back in May, but in a new executive order issued Wednesday, he tightened his grip. Beginning Oct. 6, local governments will get scored on whether they are adopting recent policies to encourage affordable housing with $280 million across 34 grants, CPR first reported. The ones "working to ensure that every Coloradan has an affordable place to call home" will get priority, the order states. Between the lines: Among the housing policies Polis wants local governments to adopt: higher occupancy limits, permitting accessory dwelling units, eliminating parking restrictions on developments and building near transit hubs. What he's saying: "This is Colorado taxpayer money. We want to make sure that it's going to areas that are fundamentally pro-housing and are not kind of just rowing upstream and getting less housing," Polis told CPR.
San Francisco Chronicle
6 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
NWSL expansion team, the Denver Summit, acquires its first player in a trade with the Pride
The Denver Summit have acquired forward Ally Watt in a trade with the Orlando Pride, making her the expansion club's first player. The Summit will start play in the National Women's Soccer League next season. As part of the deal announced Wednesday, Watt was loaned back to the Pride for the rest of this season. Watt, a 28-year-old native of Colorado Springs, has been with the Pride since 2022, making 73 appearances across all competitions with the club and scoring eight goals with six assists. She also had stints with the North Carolina Courage and the Seattle Reign. The announcement comes a week after the Summit announced that Nick Cushing would be the team's head coach. 'It's an incredible honor to be the first player in Denver Summit FC history,' Watt said in a statement Wednesday. 'As a Coloradan, this opportunity means so much to me, not just to play the game I love, but to represent the place that shaped who I am in front of the people that mean the most to me. I'm proud to help lay the foundation for something special alongside Nick Cushing, and I can't wait to be a part of building a team that this city can be proud of.' Watt was signed by Denver through the 2028 season. Orlando receives $75,000 in expansion allocation money and $35,500 in intra-league transfer funds as part of the trade. 'Ally has been an exceptional contributor to our organization, and when the opportunity arose to facilitate her return to Colorado — where she can help establish professional women's soccer in her home state — we knew it was the right decision,' said Pride sporting director Haley Carter. 'The loan structure through 2025 allows us to retain her valuable contributions on the field as we pursue our championship goals, while also enabling her to be part of Denver's inaugural NWSL season." The Summit and the expansion Boston Legacy will bring the NWSL to 16 teams next year. ___
USA Today
10-08-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Today in Boston Celtics history: Clark, Doll born; Harangody, Davis sign; Smith, Cohen pass
Today in Boston Celtics history, Boston big alum Bob Doll was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Doll, both a center and power forward for Boston, played his NCAA ball at the University of Colorado, where he won the Most Valuable Player award for the 1940 National Invitational Tournament. Instead of making the leap directly to the NBA, Doll played multiple years in the Amateur Athletic Union after his time with Colorado before joining the (defunct) St. Louis Bombers in their (and the BAA's) first-ever season of existence, 1946, where he played two seasons. He signed with the Celtics as a free agent in 1948, playing another two seasons for the team. The 6-foot-5 Coloradan averaged 7.3 points and 2.4 assists per game with Boston (rebounds had yet to be tabulated). It is also the birthday of former Boston guard Carlos Clark, born this day in 1960 in Somerville, Tennessee. Clark played his NCAA ball at Ole Miss, from which he was drafted by the Celtics with the 91st pick of the 1983 NBA Draft (there were several more rounds to the draft in that era). Clark played two seasons in a deep reserve role with Boston between 1983 and 1985, winning a title with the team in 1984. He would average 2.4 points per game as a member of the Celtics before moving on to a successful overseas career. It is also the date in 2009 that the team re-signed big man Glen Davis to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. 'Glen has been a big part of our success for the past two years, and we are very excited to have him back,' said Danny Ainge via a release from the team. Davis spent 4 seasons with the Celtics, over which he averaged 7.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, winning a title with the team in 2008. One year later in 2010, the team waived veteran forward Rasheed Wallace on this date after agreeing to a buyout so the UNC product could retire. Wallace had played 79 games for the Celtics the previous season, logging 9 points, 4.1 boards, an assist, and a steal per contest with Boston. The same thing would happen to Zoran Dragic a half-decade later in 2015, with the lesser-known Dragic brother having recently been dealt to Boston earlier that week. Dragic never suited up for Boston, of course, with his entire Celtics tenure taking place in the offseason. Boston big man Luke Harangody signed on this day in 2010 after being selected 52nd overall by the Celtics in that year's NBA Draft. The Notre Dame product played just 28 games with Boston before being traded with Semih Erden to the Cleveland Cavaliers for draft assets, averaging 2.3 points and 2 rebounds per game. We lost Celtics shooting guard Derek Smith in 1996 at the very young age of 34, suffering a massive heart attack on a cruise just five years after retiring as a player. That last stop was with Boston, where he recorded 2.5 points and as many assists per game with the Celtics over just two contests — rest in peace. It is also the date we lost former Celtics owner Allan N. Cohen in 2004. Cohen purchased the team along with his ownership group partners Don Gaston and Paul Dupree in 1983 and remained part of that ownership group until 1993. Cohen also served as chairman of the NBA Board of Governors and was instrumental in the creation of the salary cap. Rest in peace.
Hamilton Spectator
28-07-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Kevin Gausman will take these Blue Jays over the 107-win Giants he pitched for in 2021
DETROIT—Kevin Gausman is no stranger to being on the best team in the major leagues. The Blue Jays right-hander, who outdueled Cy Young favourite Tarik Skubal in a 6-1 win Saturday , limiting the Detroit Tigers to one hit in six shutout innings, was an all-star in 2021 with the 107-win San Francisco Giants, leading the team with 14 wins and a 2.81 ERA. When asked to compare those Giants, who were knocked out of the post-season by the 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers, to the 63-43 Jays, Gausman said he likes this team better. Surprising Toronto Blue Jays will likely be buyers ahead of Thursday's trade deadline as they prepare for a post-season run. Toronto entered the weekend with the best record in Major League Baseball, exceeding expectations. (July 26, 2025) 'This has been a lot more fun, honestly,' he said after pitching Saturday. 'I'm more tied to this organization than I was that one. That might sound bad to say, but that's the reality.' Gausman went to the Giants before the 2020 season, having spent a couple of months in the Cincinnati Reds' bullpen trying to find his stuff after getting waived by the Atlanta Braves in August 2019. He did, and it earned him the five-year, $110-million (U.S.) deal with the Jays that expires after next season. All-star catcher suffered a concussion and is off for seven days while we finally get to the 'You can look at it as two years (in San Francisco), but really it was the COVID year and then the next year,' the 34-year-old Coloradan added Sunday. 'Really, it was two months and a year. I wasn't on a multi-year deal, so I just didn't feel as comfortable there as I do here.' But it wasn't just the contract. The 13-year veteran , who was in the visiting dugout at the Rogers Centre when Edwin Encarnacion walked off his Baltimore Orioles in the 2016 wild-card game , has enjoyed watching the younger Jays develop into legitimate big-leaguers. 'Guys who weren't even a thought when I first signed here are now staples in our lineup, which I think is really cool,' said Gausman, referring to players like Ernie Clement , Addison Barger and Nathan Lukes . 'It's been a lot more fun to watch more guys put their stamp on themselves and what kind of baseball players they can be. Whereas when I was with the Giants, there were a lot of guys who were already superstars.' With a few more years under his belt, and a five-year deal, Gausman's voice also carries more weight now. 'It's a very similar experience right now in the feeling in the clubhouse,' says Pete Walker, 'Not to say that the Giants didn't value my opinion, but they didn't know if I was going to be there, so it was like, 'Why are we going to ask this guy,'' Gausman said. 'Now I feel like, especially after what happened last season … the conversations (with the coaching staff) in the off-season, I have to give a lot of credit to them, the way they looked at themselves and our own players (and asked), 'How do we need to be better?' ' A last-place finish last season left a harsh impression on a lot of the players — 'We've been through hell and back together,' Chris Bassitt said from the locker next to Gausman's — and there's no question that has to do with how close a lot of the returning players feel. And that feeling has helped the Jays to the best record in baseball.
Business Journals
07-07-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
The Colorado-Israel Chamber of Commerce, a Binational Innovation Gateway
Bridging Innovation Between Dynamic Ecosystems: The Colorado-Israel Business Connection By Jordan Kastrinsky, Co-Founder & Israel Director, Colorado-Israel Chamber of Commerce On a sun-filled morning in a Tel Aviv cafe this past March, I sat across from the founder of an energy tech venture capital firm who was raising a fund to help bring innovative technologies to market. His goal was simple: to support and develop some of the most forward-thinking energy solutions available. He asked me directly, 'Where should we go for partnerships and growth opportunities?' My answer came quickly: Colorado. Not because I was born in Colorado or because I represent the Colorado-Israel Chamber of Commerce. But because I've come to believe that something extraordinary is happening between Colorado and Israel, and it is only beginning to take shape. Together with Jeremiah Baronberg, a fellow Coloradan from Denver, I co-founded the new Colorado-Israel Chamber of Commerce (CO-IL) in February 2024 as a binational platform to bring two thriving, yet under-connected innovation ecosystems closer together. Israel is known globally for its startup ingenuity as The Startup Nation, where its tech firms punch above their weight for such a relatively small country when it comes to investments raised, IPOs, and degree of innovation. Israel is also home to hundreds of international firms' R&D centers. Likewise, Colorado is a U.S. leader in agriculture, energy, aerospace, bioscience, and quantum technologies and home to 33 federally funded national laboratories, making it one of the U.S.'s leading hubs for scientific research and innovation and contributing significantly to the state's economy. Together, Colorado and Israel are well-positioned to turn high-tech breakthroughs into real-world resilience. In building CO-IL, we have stayed true to our business-oriented focus by working in close partnership with both government and industry to help founders identify and engage partners, public agencies find pilot programs, and investors find deals. We've seen how powerful this work can be. At Denver Startup Week, we hosted Colorado-Israeli biotech founders and investors to engage directly with Colorado's entrepreneurial community while discussing lessons learned from Israel's innovation economy. At the Colorado State Capitol, we convened legislators with the CO-IL community around a shared mission: to deepen economic collaboration rooted in innovation and shared goals. Across dozens of meetings, introductions, and follow-ups, we've helped Israeli startups secure meaningful business opportunities and connect with active Colorado investors, universities, municipalities, and major corporations. It is also important to emphasize that the interest comes in both directions—Colorado stakeholders are increasingly looking to Israel not only for advanced solutions but also for resilient partners. In the aftermath of October 7, the Israeli innovation ecosystem has been building under extraordinary pressure. Founders have not stopped even as they rush to the frontlines. If anything, they have accelerated their entrepreneurial ambitions with an acute sense of mission and urgency to forge sustainable partnerships. As Israel faces the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, its resilience—rooted in unity and innovation—is being tested and strengthened in profound ways. That is where Colorado comes in. This year, CO-IL is working to launch two binational flagship initiatives. First, a water-tech accelerator designed to connect Israeli startups with utilities across Colorado for real-world pilot program deployment. Second, a Colorado-Israel cybersecurity business center to provide Israeli cyber-tech companies with a launchpad into the U.S. market and offer Colorado stakeholders early access to tested technologies. These programs point to a new kind of collaborative, business bridge between Colorado and Israel centered around addressing critical, timely challenges through innovation. As we look ahead, CO-IL is working to organize delegations of Colorado and Israeli industry leaders for visits to both regions to meet their Israeli counterparts, tour laboratory and pilot sites, and shape the future of these collaborations. Our vision is to grow Colorado's value as an anchor for Israeli innovation and to champion Israel as a trusted launchpad for Colorado-based technologies. We know the work is only beginning. But we are proud of what's already been built and excited about what's ahead. We believe we are building more than a chamber and something that can become a shared platform for resilience, innovation, and trust. So when an Israeli founder asks where to go next, I don't hesitate. Come to Colorado. We are ready to build with you.
