The Downtown Denver Partnership supports both sales tax rate increases appearing on Denver’s ballot Nov. 5.

If both are passed, the measures will raise the city sales tax rate by a combined 0.84 points.

The group, which represents more than 700 Denver businesses, prides itself on being the leading voice for the private sector in Denver. It also showed support for a $975 million Denver Public Schools bond question, a $570 million bond the city will use to revitalize downtown and a question that exempts the Regional Transportation District from TABOR limitations, according to a news release.

The group opposes both the slaughterhouse ban and the fur ban measures, which have been introduced by animal rights activists and may have an outsized impact on Denver’s economy. There is only one slaughterhouse in Denver, Superior Farms, and it provides lamb meat to retailers and restaurants nationwide. The fur ban will forbid the sale of newly made fur products — with an exception for tribal uses — and will likely negatively impact the National Western Stock Show.

Explaining its opposition to the fur ban, DDP highlighted the impact to the National Western Stock Show, an economic boon for Denver that draws 700,000 people and generates a roughly $200 million economic impact annually, the group said.

“The proposed fur ban stands to have a direct impact on downtown retailers, and it also poses a significant threat to Denver’s history and continued identity as a nationwide hub for agriculture and the outdoors,” according to the DDP. “As a steward for the business community and our city, and champions for our region’s economic competitiveness, the Downtown Denver Partnership does not believe in the sanctity of banning entire industries via a ballot measure and sees this measure as an undue threat to one of our city’s most important economic generators.”

Their opposition to the slaughterhouse ban is worded similarly. The group said the ban is targeting a single, employee-owned business that has operated in Denver for more than 70 years. The group who brought the ban forward, Pro-Animal Future, said they were “absolutely aware” of Superior Farms being the only slaughterhouse in Denver and that was one of the reasons they chose to seek a ban in Denver.

Other factors include the company’s spotty environmental record. Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency settled with Superior Farms for $119,000 for violating the Clean Air Act. But Superior Farms provides up to an $861 million economic boon to Denver and the region, according to a study from Colorado State University.

On other ballot issues, the group supports both sales tax measures. One will raise taxes by 0.34 points in an effort to find more money for Denver’s struggling safety net hospital system, Denver Health. The second was introduced by Mayor Mike Johnston and is a 0.5 point sales tax increase to raise money for affordable housing.

“We believe this measure seeks to make important strides in increasing affordable housing supply and programs that benefit renters, prospective and current homeowners, and individuals and families who represent hard working Denverites — teachers, nurses, nonprofit employees, hospitality workers, and first responders,” the group said.

The Denver City Council discussed the tax rate increase at length with some worrying about how many more tax rate increases Denver voters can stand. Johnston’s affordable housing measure, if approved, will cost Denver residents five cents on a $10 purchase and will sunset after 40 years.

Here is a list of the Partnership’s position on Denver’s ballot items. For more information, detailed explanations can be found on the Partnership’s website.

• Ballot Issue 2Q: Denver Health — SUPPORT

• Ballot Issue 2R: Affordable Housing — SUPPORT

• Initiated Ordinance 308: Fur Ban — OPPOSE

• Initiated Ordinance 309: Slaughterhouse Ban — OPPOSE

• Ballot Issue 4A: Denver Public Schools — SUPPORT

• Ballot Issue 6A: Denver Downtown Development Authority — SUPPORT

• Ballot Issue 7A: Regional Transportation District — SUPPORT