Ask a VENDOR THIS COLUMN IS A PLACE FOR DENVER VOICE VENDORS TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM OUR READERS AND STAFF. Do you plan to get a COVID vaccine? If so, once you are vaccinated, will you feel safer vending the VOICE? Q A DAVID GORDON I plan to get the vaccine for COVID. I will feel safer however, what would ultimately make me feel even safer would be if vaccines distribution increases while the number of cases goes down. I will still protect myself and others until the numbers dictate so. I will feel safer... JOHN ALEXANDER Yes. I have been blessed with victory because I had the COVID virus. I was in the hospital for a little over two months. I was in the hospital for COVID blood clots, and a double stroke – all related to the virus. During the first two weeks, I was on my death bed, and my family was making funeral arrangements. I have learned firsthand that the diagnosis of COVID is not an automatic death sentence, but I do have familiarities with this disease, and I will feel very much safer vending the Denver VOICE once I do get my vaccinations. RAELENE JOHNSON Yes, I will feel safer! I have COPD, and this last year was very hard on me! I felt safer not working than to end up dead! I am thankful the end is in sight. I know the vendors will see more people out and about. Thank you, Everyone, who worked to make and distribute the vaccinations! JERRY ROSEN Yes, I plan to get a vaccine, as I was told it was very safe. Yes, I will feel safer, as I know it will be effective in many ways. Vendors interested in receiving the vaccination can speak to Program Coordinator Anthony Cornejo. What do YOU want to ask? If you have a question or issue you would like vendors to discuss, please email community@denvervoice.org. INSIDE THE RESTROOM. PHOTO COURTESY OF DENVER’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 4 DENVER VOICE April 2021 RESTROOM LOWERED INTO FOUNDATION. PHOTO COURTESY OF DENVER’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE RENDERING OF FINISHED AREA. PHOTO COURTESY OF DENVER’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE The new restrooms come five years after the City initially DENVER TO OPEN PUBLIC RESTROOMS DOWNTOWN BY ROBERT DAVIS DENVER’S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE (DOTI) announced Wednesday the City will open public restrooms downtown near Champa Street. and the 16th Street Mall. The freestanding unit includes one standard restroom and one American with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant room. DOTI said it anticipates the facilities opening in the spring after the utility connections and other site work details are complete. It measures approximately 18 feet by 7.5 feet and is installed in what was previously a parking lane along Champa St. “I’m proud to have worked with city agencies to launch the creative, mobile restroom program that expanded access to sanitation for those who are away from home or living without one in Central Denver,” At-large Councilwoman Robin Kniech said in a statement. “I look forward to building upon this success to ensure our infrastructure matches the vibrancy and needs of our city,” she added. piloted a public restroom program. In 2016, the city parked mobile restrooms on Clarkson Street in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and along East Colfax for 50 days to gather data about the need. Each unit was in operation for 12 hours per day. In 2018, the City released its final report about the pilot, which described the data it collected as “compelling” evidence to continue the program. It found that some locations would see as many as 200 users per day. One-third of the users were people experiencing homelessness. LOCAL NEWS
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