“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…]
“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…]
“As a child, Candi CdeBaca worried relentlessly about winding up in a tent city under the Interstate 70 bridge near her home in northeast Denver. Maybe that explains why she fights with such unrelenting passion. The chill of poverty feeds a blazing fire. Growing up poor and as a person of color, challenges loomed … [Read more…]
” Elyria-Swansea is a short bike ride from the epicenter of Denver’s brewery-hopping and co-working scene, but it feels farther away. Here modest mid-century bungalows and Victorian houses boxed in by chain-link fences press up against train tracks, Interstate 70, marijuana grow houses and a pet food factory that pumps musty smells into the … [Read more…]
“Immediately after I parked my car in the Swansea neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado this June, a woman in a white SUV drove by, rolled down her window and yelled: “Not for sale!” Residents of Swansea, Elyria, and Globeville, the neighbourhoods that make up north-east Denver, are receiving stacks of postcards on their porches with … [Read more…]