Denver area residents first reached out to CBS Colorado to share their concern about the possibility of a general improvement district at the beginning of August. Since then, the community rallied together to remove their neighborhood from the conversation.

"This could be the most devastating program ever to hit Cherry Creek North if it had occurred," said Wayne New. He served as president of the Cherry Creek North Neighborhood Association for 8 years and also represented the area as a Denver city councilman.

"The more we learned about the advisory board and the appointment of these members, the more we realized the voice of Cherry Creek North would be gone," New explained.

He helped lead the opposition to the proposed Cherry Creek GID, which also included the Cherry Creek Shopp

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