Carbon monoxide is produced whenever fuels such as gas, oil, kerosene, wood, or charcoal are burned. Incomplete oxidation during the combustion process in gas ranges and unvented gas or kerosene heater may cause high concentrations of CO in indoor air. Execute caution and take preventative measures when combustion of any sort is occurring within the home, make sure systems are properly ventilated and areas of the home are adequately covered by carbon monoxide detectors.

Estimated Cost Savings:
The cost of taking proper preventative measures throughout a home far outweighs the possible health risks associated with carbon monoxide poisoning, including death. Reference the below section to see steps to reduce exposure of CO. Beyond reducing exposure, the other way you can help keep your home CO safe is by installing proper measurement technologies, such as carbon monoxide detectors. Use of CO detectors can help to alert members of the household when levels of CO have reached a level that is dangerous and that they should get outside and into the fresh air as quickly as possible and call 911 and state the situation.

Proper placement of carbon monoxide detectors is important. If planning to install only one in the household, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends it be located near the sleeping area, where it can wake you if you are asleep. Additional detectors on every floor and in every bedroom of a home provide extra protection against CO poisoning. Depending on the model and manufacturer of your CO detector, technologies should be updated regularly (reference the manual) as detectors are constantly improving and becoming more efficient.

Steps to Reduce Exposure:
It is most important to make sure that combustion equipment is maintained and working properly. Vehicular use near buildings and homes should be carefully managed and monitored. Creating additional ventilation can be used as a temporary relief when high levels of CO are expected for short periods of time. The EPA has the following suggestions to help prevent and reduce exposure to carbon monoxide:

• Keep gas appliances properly adjusted.
• Consider purchasing a vented space heater when replacing an unvented one.
• Use proper fuel in kerosene space heaters.
• Install and use an exhaust fan vented to outdoors over gas stoves.
• Open flues when fireplaces are in use.
• Choose properly sized wood stoves that are certified to meet EPA emission standards. Make certain that the doors on all wood stoves fit tightly.
• Have a trained professional inspect, clean, and tune-up central heating system (furnaces, flues, and chimneys) annually. Repair any leaks promptly.
• Do not idle the car inside garage.
• Never use a generator inside homes, garages, crawlspaces, sheds, or similar areas.

Issues:
Err on the side of caution when it comes to carbon monoxide prevention. Take the extra steps to ensure your home is properly set up to vent all household combustion based appliances and systems. Set up the house with adequate CO detectors which will indicate if an issue is arising and test these systems regularly. Many of these CO detectors are battery powered. Follow the manufacturer’s guidelines on battery replacement. If guidelines provided here, and throughout the more information links found at the bottom of this page are followed to best of the homeowners abilities issues and risks should be minimized to a level that is safe and manageable.

Installation (Getting It Done):

Contact a local HVAC or home heating expert to have your home annually checked for proper ventilation of heating and other combustion based systems. Installing carbon monoxide detectors is a do-it-yourself project and detectors can be found in most hardware and some general stores. Make sure to test your detectors regularly and to have your home tested for proper ventilation regularly.

More Information on This Topic:

EPA – An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality: Carbon Monoxide

EPA – Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission – Carbon Monoxide Questions & Answers

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

U.S. Fire Administration – Carbon Monoxide

HomeSafe.com – Placement of Carbon Monoxide Detectors Important

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June 6 – Jon Romero y Amanecer

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June 20 (Father’s Day) Hazel Miller

June 27 – Manuel Lopez Trio

July 11 – Chris Daniels and the Kings

July 18 – Rekha Odal

July 2 – Cocktail Revolution

August 1 – La Candela

August 8 – Tuxedo Junction

Tony’s motto…‛Treat every customer as if he or she is your best friend.’ (Yes They Do)

Tony’s attention to detail and tradition of abbondànza (abundance) continues with this New Market & Bistro in Downtown Denver.

Over the last 30 years, Tony’s Market has expanded from a small butcher shop to a specialty foods retailer offering local produce, a large deli that prepares food daily, a European-style bakery and of course, a huge selection of meats and seafood most of which is prepared in-house including freshly ground beef, homemade sausages, BBQ brisket and seafood flown in daily.

“Tony’s has always supported our local farmers and producers and is proud to offer its customers hand-made foods of extraordinary quality,” said CEO Daniel Rosacci.

On Fridays Night at Tony’s Bistro They Have Live Music and Everyday the Best Happy Hour in Town, with $2.00 Glasses of House Wine

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February 18                         William Havu Gallery

March 18                             The Living Room

April 15                               The Collection

May 20                                Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub

June 17                               Tony’s Market

July 15                                Golden Triangle Wine & Spirits Rooftop Party

August 19                            Museum Residences Rooftop Potluck

September 16                      Harvest Feast at Urban Roots

October 21                          Roach Photos

November 18                       Curious Theatre Company

December 16                       Walker Fine Arts

Framed by Colorado Boulevard and University Avenue on the north and south respectively, and 6th Avenue and Exposition on the east and west. Cherry Creek has a walk score of 90.

Denver’s premier shopping enclave for several decades, Cherry Creek is the place to live, work, shop, and play.

This neighborhood, once known as Harmon, for George Harmon who owned the 320-acre farm that originally occupied the site, offers the ultimate urban lifestyle in a lovely central location where quiet, tree-shaded streets, pocket parks, and trails beckon you to walk, jog, or bike, and nearby thoroughfares whisk you to all points of the metro area in mere minutes.

Among the neighborhood’s attractions are the renowned Cherry Creek Mall, one of Denver’s leading tourist attractions; is the best, most well kept shopping center and has the highest saturation of top-notch stores: Hermes, Saks Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. among others. Along with bistros, gourmet restaurants, coffee houses, boutiques, spas, salons, bookstores and gallery’s.

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Capitol Hill’s borders are Colfax to Seventh and Broadway to Downing.

It was Henry C. Brown who donated land to Colorado for a State Capitol. Henry ownded substantial adjacent land and wanted to develop it. Brown built the Brown Palace Hotel. He had no relation to Margaret Tobin Brown (Molly, the unsinkable). 

It was Brown who named Broadway, referencing the Broadway of New York City. Broadway Street was the original eastern border of Denver where the diagonal streets of Downtown Denver ended.

Pre-eminent among Capitol Hill’s numerous historical residences are the 1899 William Lang designed Molly Brown House and the 1906 Crawford hill mansion at Sherman and 10th. This French Renaissance Revival extravaganza became home to the “Sacred 36″ an elite group of Denver Socialites. Today it’s executive offices.

Among Capitol Hill’s numerous Historical Multi-Unit Residences are the 1896 Spanish Colonial Revival Style Sterns Mansion at 1030 Logan, the 1891 Queen Ann Style Pennborough at 1265 Pennsylvania and the 1890 Richardson Romanesque Style Charline Place at 1419 – 1441 Pennsylvania.

Noted for it’s density and diversity, it’s bohemians, gays, punks, politicos, artists, urban homesteaders and professionals, Capitol Hill has a total current population of 15,000 with 11,700 housing units. Home ownership on the Hill is at 18%, while in Denver it’s over 52%. More than 50% of 25 and Over Hill Residents have College Degrees, compared to less than 40% for Denver.

 

Lower Highlands, also called LoHi is located adjacent to Riverfront Park on the West side of I-25. It is close enought to Downtown and Lodo with only a short jaunt across the walking bridge on 16th street and Commons Park. LoHi is full of life, you can lose a Sunday afternoon at LoLa’s sipping Cocktails listening to Jazz and eating Tacos overlooking the skyline.

The Neighborhood overlooks the new Commons Park, the Central Platte Valley and the Downtown Denver Skyline. The street have some of the oldest real estate in the city going back to the mid-1800′s along with moden infill townhomes w/rooftop patios that overlook the skyline

• Commons Park is a 30-acre park with wetlands and trails along the South Platte River.
• The 16th Street Mall Shuttle will connect the 16th Street Mall to the Central Platte Valley and the Highlands.
   
• The Light Rail Spur connects riders between Central and Southwest Light Rail Lines to Denver Union Terminal and 16th Street Mall and many of the Central Platte Valley’s attractions including Coors Field, Invesco Field, Auraria Campus, and The Pepsi Center.

Attractions you love are so close.  Many restaurants, brew pubs, espresso bars and night spots are all nearby. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts brings Broadway to your doorstep and four major league sports teams are in the downtown area. LoHi is definitely on the rise, buy now because LoHi is Denver’s most happening Neighborhood