Denver’s Animal Care & Control, Parks and Recreation, and Denver Police are teaming up to help ensure the safety of people and pets in city parks this summer.  As part of this effort, the city will increase park patrols and enforcement of dog off-leash violations beginning June 1.

DENVER — There’s at least one booming industry in Colorado right now, desperately looking for workers:  the construction industry.  After a decade of doldrums, Colorado construction is hot again. 

Between February 2011 and February 2012, the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield area added 6,300 construction jobs, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.  That’s more than anywhere else in the United States. 

Right now, about 137,000 Coloradans are working in construction.  Times are good.

“The first quarter of 2012, we will equal the construction volume and revenue that we had in all of 2011,” said David Sinkey, managing director for Boulder Creek Builders.  His company is hard at work developing the Steel Ranch neighborhood in Louisville.  But there’s a problem.  He can’t find enough construction workers.

The University of Denver’s (DU) Native Student Alliance will host its second annual spring pow wow from 2 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19.  This event will showcase Native American drummers and dancers of all ages, representing tribes from across North America. The pow wow is free and open to the public.

“This is a traditional event to bring various native communities together to practice their native dances and wear their traditional regalia,’’ says Johanna Leyba, DU assistant provost for inclusive excellence.  “This is a great opportunity for the DU community to learn about Native American communities today as well as their surviving histories and cultures and traditions.’’

Native nations from throughout the United States and Canada will be represented at the pow wow. More than 15 Native American vendors from Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico will sell handcrafted art and jewelry, and Denver’s Tocabe American Indian Eatery will provide food.