“For many music fans, First Friday Jazz in the Park at Sonny Lawson Park in Denver was the first show they’ve seen in months. The Friday night concert was outdoors and socially distanced. “It gives me chills,” said organizer Norman Harris. “People are getting vaccinations, and I feel like we’re getting COVID behind us. … [Read more…]
“A little more than a year ago, the team behind Denver’s annual Juneteenth celebration announced it would begin hosting monthly live concerts in Five Points, the historic epicenter of “Jazz in the West.” But like so many other things, the First Friday Five Points Jazz Hop was put on ice after COVID-19 locked the … [Read more…]
“Three months ago, Mayor Michael Hancock announced that, despite his longstanding opposition to letting people live on the streets, he had agreed that Denver should have a city-sanctioned, temporary camp — a place where people experiencing homelessness could find shelter, bathrooms and connections to housing, health care and other services during the pandemic. Since … [Read more…]
“Throughout the year, a group of volunteers meet at Sonny Lawson Park (2301 Welton St.) each Wednesday morning at 10:30AM. Come join the Five Points community along with our Curtis Park neighbors to help tidy our local park! Sonny Lawson Park Weekly Clean Up (2301 Welton St.) Each Wednesday Morning 10:30AM” read the … [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…]
“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…]
UPDATE: September 16, 2020 5:23 PM source: Council member Candi CdeBaca email 16 September 2020 at 7:23 AM Zoom: bit.ly/SOSTownHall THE BELOW EVENTS WERE CANCELED DUE TO MAYORS ANNOUNCEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 2020. Wednesday September 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM Zoom Meeting ID 949 4650 2036 Password TSOS Thursday … [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…]