“Denver’s Department of Housing Stability is seeking proposals from land owners and service providers interested in helping the city stand up temporary sanctioned camping sites for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 emergency. For nearly four months, roadblocks and community backlash have stunted city leaders’ efforts to establish city-sanctioned campsites, or “Safe Outdoor Spaces,” … [Read more…]
“The plaza next to the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, located along Welton Street in Five Points, is no longer being considered as a potential site for one of up to three possible sanctioned homeless encampments in Denver, Mayor Michael Hancock announced on his Facebook page Tuesday evening. “After further investigation into suitability, we … [Read more…]
“That proposal didn’t last long. A site along Welton Street in Five Points is no longer being considered for a city-sanctioned homeless campsite, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said on his Facebook page Tuesday evening. The post came just three days after Hancock announced, also on Facebook, that a strip of city-owned property between Sonny … [Read more…]
“At her cafe located just a few blocks from Sonny Lawson Park, Fathima Dickerson often serves meals to some of the people who live on the streets. “For me, living and working in Five Points, that library, that park, have always had a history of homelessness,” says Dickerson, general manager of the Welton Street … [Read more…]
“Three days after Denver Mayor Michael Hancock suggested the city might pursue its first managed camp for the homeless on a piece of city property in the Five Points neighborhood, he had to walk back the idea. “After further investigation of its suitability, we are taking the option off the table,” Hancock wrote in … [Read more…]
“The site hadn’t been on previous lists of potential sites for three temporary managed camps to address the need in a city with an urban camping ban that keeps the homeless from sleeping in other public spaces. The improvement district leaders said Monday they learned just last weekend in a Facebook post by Mayor … [Read more…]
“The Five Points Business Improvement District wants to know more about a proposed city-run homeless encampment at the Charles R. Cousins Plaza in the east Denver neighborhood. The site hadn’t been on previous lists of potential sites for three temporary managed camps to address the need in a city with an urban camping ban … [Read more…]
“When news broke in July that homeless service providers viewed the Denver Coliseum as the ideal location for the city’s first temporary safe camping site, some residents of the nearby Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods objected. For far too long, they argued, the city had used that part of town as a dumping ground for … [Read more…]
“Homeless camps have sprung up across Denver. The city is trying to address the problem by approving three sites for managed camps. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has identified a location near the Blair Caldwell library, in Five Points, as one of those potential sites. There is already a homeless camp there, but it is … [Read more…]
“Two months after publicly coming around to the idea of government-sanctioned campsites for people experiencing homelessness, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced Saturday that his administration is eyeing some city-owned land in Five Points for the experiment. In a Facebook announcement, Hancock framed the idea as a deal not yet done. He also emphasized that … [Read more…]