Denver decides where it will spend 15% of American Rescue Plan money

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Denver Parks horticulturalists Aaric Starks, right, and Deborah Gallegos, left, plant petunias mixed in with other flowers in Burns Garden in City Park in Denver on May 26, 2021.
By Conrad Swanson | cswanson@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 19, 2021 at 6:21 p.m. | UPDATED: July 19, 2021 at 6:25 p.m.

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Conrad Swanson | Denver City Hall Reporter

Conrad Swanson covers Denver politics on The Denver Post’s political team. An Iowa native, he joined the paper in November 2019 after stints at the Colorado Springs Gazette, Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas) and Sioux City Journal (Iowa). He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a focus in economics. He is a member of the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization and was awarded a 2019 fellowship for the National Press Foundation’s Spotlight on Statehouse and Local Reporting Program. He also won awards for sustained coverage in Colorado and political and investigative coverage in Kansas.