Press Release: DSP Member Mile High Connects recognized for providing PPE to RTD, mobilizing local artists to produce more

DENVER – On Wednesday, the Denver Streets Partnership (DSP), a coalition of organizations that advocate for people-friendly streets, recognized one of their members, Mile High Connects, for their outstanding role in responding to the COVID19 pandemic. In the last week, Mile High Connects has been able to get 2,000 masks and 240 face shields transferred from Golden-based bicycle manufacturer Yeti Cycles to Denver’s transit agency, RTD, to be used by frontline workers. Mile High Connects also created a rapid response grant fund and has provided Redline Contemporary Art Center with a grant to kickstart a mask making business that employs their resident artists, and will produce hundreds of masks for the transit agency.  

“We’re excited to recognize one of the Denver Streets Partnership’s core members, Mile High Connects, for their outstanding work in getting protective gear to the bus drivers and RTD employees who are providing an important service during this pandemic and for enabling local artists to produce protective gear that is in desperate need across Colorado,” said Danny Katz, Chair of the Denver Streets Partnership and director CoPIRG, a DSP member.