“In August and September, Denver police data shows more city residents were issued permits to carry concealed guns than any month since January 2016. Last week, we reported on a new Black-owned gun range in Five Points. Almost everyone we spoke to there told us the world just feels more volatile right now. More … [Read more…]
“Twenty people gave Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca’s campaign more than the $1,000 limit during her run against incumbent Albus Brooks last year, according to campaign finance records. The violation, first reported by Colorado Politics, came after someone named Allan Kroll submitted a complaint to the Denver Office of the Clerk and Recorder over Labor Day … [Read more…]
“Denver officials opened emergency shelters and canceled a street cleanup as wintry weather hit the city Tuesday. Britta Fisher, who heads Denver’s housing department, said icy rain that was expected to turn to snow presented “a first test to see how our capacities run.” Since the pandemic arrived in March, shelters have had to … [Read more…]
“Three new stretches of road will close to cars for the most part and open to people looking to stretch out without having to get too close to others. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure announced Friday that it will close these segments early next week: 30th Street from Welton Street to Larimer Street in … [Read more…]
“When Eddie Woolfolk started employing men around her Five Points neighborhood to renovate housing, she saw it as part of the services her Agape Christian Church was offering the community. Woolfolk is executive director of Community Outreach Service Center, a nonprofit she and her husband, Robert Woolfolk, who is Agape’s pastor, formed in … [Read more…]
“City workers loaded tents into bins Thursday morning at the start of a cleanup of encampments scattered throughout Five Points. Nancy Kuhn, a spokeswoman for the city, said the cleanup was prompted by concern that the public right of way was being blocked and that health and safety was being undermined as the area … [Read more…]
“Shelter providers have asked Denver city officials to consider creating one large facility open 24 hours a day, seven days a week where people experiencing homelessness can safely wait out the new coronavirus outbreak. Providers say the idea is still at the discussion stage, with no specifics on when a consolidated shelter might open … [Read more…]
“On Friday, Helikon Gallery & Studios in Five Points closed its doors for good, facing what the owner says is a tripling of its property taxes. According to Cayse Goldberg, the gallery owner, the property has been in his family for more than 100 years and its evolution perfectly mimics the development of the … [Read more…]
“More lights were strung this year than last at Sonny Lawson Park. And bigger is not better in this case. Each of the 3,943 lights arranged in a flag-like pattern on the baseball field backstop in the park at 24th Avenue and Welton Street represents a person who was experiencing homelessness during an annual … [Read more…]
“When Mary Putman began deploying employment as a tool to end homelessness in metro Denver, helping someone get and keep a job usually led to housing. That was almost a decade ago. In more recent years, a place to live has remained out of reach for people experiencing homelessness who have undergone training and … [Read more…]