Tag: Homelessness
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Denver opens warming center at McNichols Building as cold rolls in
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With the freezing temperatures forecast for days ahead, the City of Denver is opening its warming shelters. Denver is opening the McNichols Civic Center Building, at 144 W. Colfax Ave. as a 24/7 warming shelter until Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, according to a City and…
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Habitat for Humanity among 20 organizations endorsing Park Hill Golf Course redevelopment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A ballot measure encouraging Denver voters to allow the city to relinquish a perpetual conservation easement on the Park Hill Golf Course to allow for redevelopment picked up a number of endorsements in the days since Denver City Council members voted to put it on…
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Denver provides $16 million for youth homeless shelter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at Denver Urban Peak’s homeless youth shelter, it was so quiet attendees could hear a pin drop. The ceremony began with a moment of silence for a young member of the Urban Peak and Denver community who recently passed away.…
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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless names new CEO
Britta Fisher will step down as Denver’s chief housing officer and become the CEO of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, according to a news release. Her last day with Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration is Feb. 1. Fisher joined the City and County of Denver in 2018 and was selected as the first executive director of…
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Denver buys another hotel to serve as transitional housing for homeless
The Denver City Council Tuesday approved a $9 million purchase of a hotel property in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood that will serve as a homeless shelter. The building will begin to house residents by late 2023. The hotel, a former La Quinta Inn, has 96 bedrooms. Ninety-five of those will be converted for use as…
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Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston pledges to end homelessness in first term
In an ambitious promise, Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston pledged to end homelessness by the end of his first term. Accomplishing that goal, he said, is contingent on a coordinated attack on overlapping challenges that are fueling homelessness. Homelessness has spiraled out of control in Colorado in the last several years. Today, almost 7,000 people are…
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Denver Clarion Hotel to become transitional housing for homeless residents
The horseshoe-shaped Clarion Hotel near the Denver Coliseum in Globeville haunted John Parvensky every time he drove by. It was the perfect place to build the next safe space for Denver’s homeless. “I’d been going up and down I-25 and I-70 and dreaming,” he said. “Wouldn’t it be a nice place to be able to…
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Denver’s homelessness prevention efforts improved, but panelists agree plenty of work remains
Despite Denver’s recent multi-year effort to ramp up services to prevent homelessness, Denver’s Office of Housing Stability officials got an earful of criticism — and suggestions for improvement — Friday from area homeless advocates and homeless people themselves. The housing stability office empaneled a group of subject matter experts for a discussion on the city’s burgeoning…
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Aurora mayor condemns transportation of the homeless to other cities
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman is calling on the state legislature to change Colorado law so that local governments cannot ship homeless individuals to another jurisdiction without that community’s permission. The request comes amid frustration with Douglas County after it was learned the county has provided transportation for the homeless to other locations. The mayor also…
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Denver set to expand transportation access to area homeless shelters
Denver’s Department of Housing Stability will expand transportation access to area shelters for homeless people in 2023, according to a news release. Department officials will finalize a $450,000 contract with Colorado Student Transportation to provide daytime transportation to and from overnight shelters soon, according to the release. Currently, another operator provides early morning, late afternoon…