Denver Goals Scorecard: 2025 Annual Results

In 2025, we focused on making Denver more vibrant, affordable and safe.

We fully reopened 16th Street and restored downtown foot traffic to pre-pandemic levels. We added or preserved more than 2,000 affordable homes and helped move 2,400 people off the streets, with 1,700 securing permanent housing -- and achieved the largest multi-year reduction in street homelessness of any U.S. city in history. Public safety improved citywide, with Denver recording its second-lowest homicide rate since 1990 and major declines in shootings and auto thefts. Voters approved the nearly $1 billion Vibrant Denver Bond to make key community investments in every neighborhood. We also secured long-term investments in Denver’s future, from keeping the Broncos in Denver to expanding parks, sports, arts and entertainment that will benefit the city for generations.

We are delivering real results for Denver today, while laying the foundation for a stronger, safer, more vibrant and more affordable city tomorrow.

Category Goal Status Result Progress
VIBRANT Drive strategic investments across all neighborhoods 5 of 5 Vibrant Denver Bond measures passed 100%
Revitalize downtown & fully reopen 16th Street 13 of 13 blocks open 100%
AFFORDABLE Create 3,000 affordable units 2,310 units 77%
SAFE Decrease shootings by 15% 37% decrease 246%
ALL IN
MILE HIGH
Bring 2,000 people experiencing homelessness indoors 2,584 people brought inside 129%
Connect 2,000 people to permanent housing 1,744 people housed 87%
CLIMATE
RESILIENT
Add 2,000 clean energy systems 2,001 systems 100%
Plant 4,500 trees 5,217 trees 116%
Cut municipal water usage by 20M gallons 21M gallons 105%
FAMILY
FRIENDLY
Connect 5,000 additional kids to out-of-school programming 6,348 kids 127%
Place 2,500 young adults in jobs 4,366 young adults 175%