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From every block. To City Hall.

Meet Alfredo Reyes

Westside born. Denver built. Running so that when Denver builds, it builds for the people who make it home.

Alfredo Reyes outside the Denver City & County Building

Westside Born. Denver Built.

I am the son of Mexican immigrants who taught me that you build a good life the way you build anything that lasts: with patience, with your hands, and with the people beside you.

I’m a Denver Public Schools graduate (Go South!), and a Gates Millennium Scholar and studied at Colorado College (Go Tigers!) and CU Boulder (Sko Buffs!). In 2019, I traded a California PhD program for home. I missed my parents and after years of studying how communities change, I wanted to come home and actually build one in concrete and steel.

I reconnected with the work I had previously started and the community I was raised in. We lead a coalition that inspired the Latino Cultural Arts Center, turning a grassroots vision into a nearly $8 million cultural home. It will serve as a launchpad for families and the next generation of mental health, environmental, and creative leaders.

Today, I’m a proud Harvey Park homeowner, and I’m running for City Council At Large because Denver should work for the people. When this city builds, it should build for Denver. I’m fighting for the family that wants to stay, the small business ready to grow, the kid who deserves a future here and I’d be honored to have you walk alongside me.

How I’m running

I’m running the way I intend to serve: no corporate money, powered by neighbors, answering only to you. This campaign gets built in person, block by block. If you believe a city should work for the people who keep it running, there’s a place for you in it.

Demonstrated, not promised

I’m not asking you to take my word for it when I say “I build.” I’ve already built, in this city, on the scale this position demands.

  • A step forward in transparency and accountability

    On the Denver Citizens Oversight Board, I helped pass a new ordinance that subjects police misconduct settlements to public scrutiny. This is a permanent change in how the city is accountable to the people it serves and how it manages taxpayer money.

  • A framework adopted for the river

    I co-authored the “River Sisters” framework, officially adopted in the West Denver Area Plan in 2023, which includes community-driven planning to improve parks, flood resilience, and local economic opportunities in the South Platte River corridor, as well as the basis for the proposed “Turquoise Necklace” riverfront promenade.

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