“While we are limited in resources,” the city says, “we do ensure that all adult guests receive at least two meals a day as well as snacks, and that all children receive three meals daily.”
“There’s going to be someone tonight that we’re just not going to have eyes on and we’re not going to be able to survey.”
Denver’s cold-weather shelters closed on Saturday after fifteen frigid days; activists hope the city can do more for homeless residents next time.
Billy has landed the Denver Zoo on the list twice, and is described as one of “six sparring males with one job: pump out babies for profit.” But Billy isn’t part of the breeding program.
Mayor Mike Johnston and members of the Colorado delegation are asking Congress to take action to help communities overwhelmed by the flood of migrants.
“These are students I want to keep safe, I want to have them be happy, I want them on top of everything else feeling like this is their home.”
“If you want out of the cold this weekend, there will be a place for you.”
“The big uptick in activity and service is a result of the Venezuelan, Colombian newcomers. Our pantry has been exploding.”
The vote on a proposal to end sweeps when the weather is below freezing is set for January 16.
“We’re starting to make progress, I would say. But we’ve got a long way to go.”
“This is a ‘resolution’ of an encampment, or sometimes we call it a closure. Before, the sweep was a move to nowhere. This is a resolution to move folks into housing.”
The Glendale GameStop on Colorado Boulevard has grabbed the attention of video gamers across the globe for its seventeen-year-old Halo 3 window mural.
Solving Denver’s homelessness problem could take a village. The Colorado Village Collaborative, to be precise.
The city is racing to meet Mayor Mike Johnston’s House1000 goal of getting 1,000 individuals off the streets by December 31.
“As long as we have food, he seems to be in a pretty good mood about it.”
The city plans to once again rely on micro-communities, homeless sweeps and money to replicate Mayor Johnston’s House1000 plan in 2024.
Metropolitan State University of Denver removed its chair of Chicano Studies last week, citing “unprofessional behavior” she’d shown while defending her son.
Mayor Johnston nixed more than half of the micro-communities slated to open this year for his House1000 plan and pushed the rest to late December and 2024.
Denver City Council members feel left in the dark as Mayor Mike Johnston races to the finish line of his House1000 plan.
Neighborhoods where the city is putting micro-communities for homeless residents have seen a huge spike in civic engagement over the past few months.
The City of Denver got nearly 150 people off the streets and into housing after clearing out a homeless encampment in the Ballpark District.
They worked together on the Superfund cleanup decades ago, but worry about housing the homeless on the same site.
