Tag: Urban Peak
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Denver nonprofit opens youth homeless shelter
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A long-awaited project to reduce youth homelessness came to fruition on Wednesday as Denver nonprofit Urban Peak opened its $38 million, 136-bed homeless shelter. The shelter, dubbed the “Mothership Campus,” serves homeless people ages 12 to 24. “I am so overwhelmed by this moment,” Urban Peak…
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Civic Center EATS brings weekly food trucks back to Denver this summer
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Denver’s food truck tradition, Civic Center EATS, kicked off its 2023 season Wednesday with mobile food options from burgers to Korean street food to frozen yogurt through mid-September. Civic Center EATS, presented by alternative weekly newspaper Westword and the nonprofit Civic Center Conservancy, brings food trucks to Civic Center Park in Denver every Wednesday and…
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Denver opens additional overnight shelters as temperatures drop, snow moves in
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is activating additional overnight shelters for homeless people as Tuesday night’s temperatures drop and pending snow Wednesday, according to a city news release. Denver’s Department of Housing Stability opened Rude Recreation Center, located at 2855 W. Holden Pl., to expand the city’s overnight shelter…
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Denver opens warming center at McNichols Building as cold rolls in
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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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Denver provides $16 million for youth homeless shelter
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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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Denver to buy hotel to house hundreds of homeless residents
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Denver is planning to purchase the Travelodge Hotel in the Central Park neighborhood to house up to 240 people experiencing homelessness in the metro area per year. Mayor Michael Hancock and U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced the endeavor Thursday as part…