“To me, an RNO is a micro element in the bigger picture of the city of Denver where we all want to have a great workplace and living place.”

The Denverite Desiree Mathurin Dec 3 2022

Leslie MacRossie has lived in the Washington Park neighborhood for about 14 years but only recently learned about the area’s registered neighborhood organization, the Wash Park East Neighborhood Association.

MacRossie is not the only Denverite just learning about RNOs.

For those who don’t know, RNOs are groups recognized by the city as representatives of their community’s wants and needs. They’re essentially a bridge between the city and residents. You can find the RNOs near your home here.

Denver passed the Registered Neighborhood Organization ordinance in 1979, creating guidelines on how the groups are formed, how they interact with the city and how the city interacts with them. RNOs are required to have set boundaries and public meetings. City departments, such as Community Planning and Development, are required to provide RNOs in advance with information about significant changes in their bounded areas.

There are close to 200 RNOs across Denver’s 78 neighborhoods and all of them are not even close to being the same nor do they do the same things for their respective areas.

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