Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

Why the Denver Cruisers put the brakes on a homeless-themed ride

Culinary events: Monthly BOGO deal at Pizza Fusion

Pizza Fusion, 571 East Colfax Avenue, is promoting "Social Justice Day" by offering a buy-one-get-one deal today.

Beaujolais and Beyond, beer pairings and more on the calendar this week

The Rocky Mountain French American Chamber of Commerce will host the 14th annual Beaujolais and Beyond Food & Wine Festival at Infinity Park Event Center this Thursday, November 15. The fundraiser features more than twenty local restaurants, and participating chefs will take part in a culinary chall ... More >>

Dine out for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless today

Dining Out for the Homeless takes place today at various restaurants throughout Denver. Participating establishments will donate a portion of the day's proceeds to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Wine, beer, bison and benefits on this week's calendar

The 8th Annual Denver International Wine Festival will uncork at the Grand Hyatt Denver this Wednesday, and will pouring into Saturday, November 10. The event will overflow with educational seminars, culinary pairings and a selection of more than 400 wines; check the website for a full schedule of e ... More >>

It's Gandhi's birthday, but you get the present today at Pizza Fusion

Pizza Fusion, the pizza joint that opened last year at 571 East Colfax Avenue, now offers a monthly buy-one-get-one deal to raise awareness for social justice. On select dates throughout the year, customers can purchase any size pizza and get a second one of equal or lesser value for free. And toda ... More >>

West End Flats and Health Center bring 101 low-income units, clinic

In the past week, Denver has welcomed the creation of almost 200 units of low-income housing for families and former members of the city's homeless community. Today, seven days after Bluff Lake Apartments launched 92 units, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless marked the grand opening of the $17 ... More >>

Urban camping: Occupy Denver protests precede council vote on ban

It's crunch time. As the Denver City Council prepares for a final vote tonight on the proposed urban camping ban, opponents and proponents spent the weekend discussing the issue in meetings and on the streets. At the Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation, regional representatives hosted a panel to debate ... More >>

Urban camping: A timeline of how the ban began -- and where it's headed

Although there have been rumblings about it for months, Denver's proposed urban camping ordinance has only been circulated in draft form for the past few weeks. In this week's feature, "For the homeless, 'urban camping' is no picnic," Jef Otte took a look at its direct implications by spending a nig ... More >>

Occupy Denver, ACLU and Coalition For the Homeless team to oppose urban camping ban

Although Denver's proposed urban camping ordinance is not scheduled for final consideration until May 7, the sides for and against it are already preparing for battle. Last week, the ACLU of Colorado organized an online petition against the ban, with Occupy Denver taking a stance this weekend. In a ... More >>

Urban camping ban: Denver's Road Home outlines a violations response plan

Packed with opposition in orange "Homes Not Handfuffs" buttons, yesterday's City Council committee meeting initiated the first public discussion of Denver's proposed, hotly debated urban camping ban. With the proposal come as many accusations as questions, many of them involving concerns it could cr ... More >>

Urban camping ban heats up packed city council committee meeting

"Everyone take a deep breath." So began today's first public meeting about the proposed urban camping ban, organized by City Council's Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee in front of a group so large it breached fire code. While organizers stressed its purpose as an informational mee ... More >>

Stressed? Here are five places to unwind with yoga this Thanksgiving

Corepower Yoga​With many of us surrounded by family and a huge, high-pressure meal to cook, Thanksgiving can be stressful. Lucky, a number of yoga studios around town had the same thought: people might need a way to relax. We've put together a guide to places to practice the stress-relieving, ... More >>

Home for the Holidays Dine Out across the metro area

A Flickr photo.Everyone should have some kind of home for the holiday season.​The holiday season can be stressful enough, but when you're homeless, stress levels go through the nonexistent roof. Today, participating restaurants in Home for the Holidays Dine Out will donate a portion of their p ... More >>

Avocado Takedown, Chefs Food & Wine Pairing Competition and more on this week's culinary calendar

​Between sake tastings, chili and avocado competitions, and the Chefs Food & Wine Pairing Competition, Denver's dining scene has a lot on its plate this week. Here's a sampling of what's on the menu:

Teresa Porter's gang of identity thieves had secret formula: Jewelry shops Pawn shops = $

Identity theft is great for collecting stuff. But what's the best way to convert it to cash? Teresa Porter and her four helpers, who needed to cover daily living expenses and a meth habit, figured out an efficient formula involving jewelry stores and pawn shops.

Denver Children's Advocacy Center, others win federal grant to educate families about Medicaid

​ The Denver Children's Advocacy Center has won a $50,000 federal grant to educate parents and pregnant women about Medicaid and other health insurance for low-income families. The grant is the second such award for the center, which serves children who have been sexually abused, neglected or ... More >>

The KIND truck is giving out free snacks and a way to absolve your yuppie guilt

​The KIND truck will make its first non-East Coast stops in the Denver-Boulder area starting tomorrow and running through August 6, passing out samples of the all-natural KIND fruit and nut bars that retail for $1.99. The stops on Tuesday, August 2, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Union Station an ... More >>

Pizza Fusion slices up another vegan-friendly pie

​You can find pizza anywhere in the city -- but finding vegan-friendly pizza is a slice more difficult. Pizza Fusion made the hunt much easier when it opened a few months ago; its vegan pie is topped with casein-free soy cheese (Follow Your Heart mozzarella -- which, as you can see in the phot ... More >>

New park, community garden to grow -- with neighbors' input -- in vacant lot in East Colfax

​ It started with a vacant lot. But where others saw a scrubby, rectangular piece of land strewn with rocks and broken glass, the refugees living in the adjacent apartments saw a soccer field and a gathering place and spot to grow vegetables. On Monday, the city Parks and Recreation Department ... More >>

Pizza Fusion alleviates liquor license worries and looks to hold its grand opening in June

Lori Midson​The first Colorado outpost of Florida-based Pizza Fusion officially opened to the public two weeks ago, offering healthy options that include pizzas, salads and desserts made from organic ingredients. Since then, the spot has been working out the kinks in anticipation of a grand op ... More >>

Pizza Fusion hands out free pizzas today, while it waits for its liquor license hearing

Lori Midson​Pizza Fusion, which opens today at 571 East Colfax, in conjunction with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, is pursuing a beer and wine liquor license that will add a roundup of liquid libations to go with its organically inclined, oval-shaped pies. The hearing is set for 1:30 ... More >>

BINDERY's Last Dance: Patrick Mueller on the future of Control Group

No definitive word on whether there will be mud-wrestling.​For over a decade, BINDERY | space has been home to some of Denver's best and weirdest experimental theater under the direction of the LIDA Project, which has been its driving force for most of that time, in addition to providing a pla ... More >>

Pizza Fusion will open in Denver this May as part of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless's vocational program

​Hot off the heels of the announcement made by Naked Pizza that it'll bust into the Mile High market comes word from another green pizza chain that Denver's its next stop: Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Pizza Fusion will open its first restaurant in Denver in May, in conjunction with Colorado ... More >>

Parrish Wright, who sold crack to homeless addicts, is a Shmuck

Parrish Wright​There's low, and then there's really, really slimy-low. And selling crack to homeless addicts who are going through drug rehabilitation is about as low as it gets. Parrish L. Wright, a longtime security guard for a Colorado Coalition for the Homeless clinic, was arrested recent ... More >>

Security guard for Colorado Coalition for the Homeless busted for selling crack to rehab patients

Denver Police Department​It's your Monday edition of Denver Blogs, with a trio of interesting blog posts from around town. First up, a crack-dealer selling to the people he was hired to protect: Jared Jacang Maher of Face the State (and formerly Westword) brings us this story of Lee Wright, a ... More >>

Tonight: Dine out to raise funds for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

​At least one of your favorite restaurants is likely participating in today's Home for the Holidays: Dine Out program. Thirty local eateries will donate 10 percent of today's net profits to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, which is marking its 25th anniversary this week. For a full lit ... More >>

Today: Wine up your week with four vino events

​How would you prefer to kick off your weekend -- at a wine dinner, a wine-tasting benefit or a full-blown, three-day wine experience? You're spoiled for choice tonight with four different wine-centric events: Black Pearl, 1529 South Pearl Street, hosts a Pink Wine Dinner -- which is also the ... More >>

Pig out at OiNKs BBQ beginning next week

​"We're dedicated to the pursuit of the American dream: BBQ, good times and sustainable entrepreneurship," says Bobbi Capps who, along with her husband Mason, will open OiNKS BBQ next week at 6110 East Colfax Avenue. "This is going to be American-style barbecue" says Bobbi. "We cherry picked ... More >>

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless's mobile medical clinic about to run out of gas

John Parvensky doesn't like killing the mobile-clinic any more than his clients do.​Reegan Mair knows how much good has been done by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless's mobile medical clinic, aka the Stout Street van. She's a volunteer for Denver's Harm Reduction Action Center, which edu ... More >>

A Hospital Without Walls

Denver’s Court to Community program is showing promise.

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Utah is not to be trusted.

The Back-Alley Way

The Madwoman celebrates rags over riches.

Off Limits

Age before duty

Pitching Tents

A camp for the homeless works in Portland. Can it work here, too?

Warm Fuzzies

Knit for the Homeless shows true glove

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The Beatdown

Damn right, Brendan's has got the blues.

Walk This Way

Doing time on the 16th Street Mall.

No Reservation Needed

Homeless women and families have a new place in Denver to lay their heads.

Best New Lofts

Renaissance Off Broadway Lofts

Sweat Equity

Longtime members of the downtown YMCA are angry about losing their favorite hangout.

Prize Patrol

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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

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Follow That Story

There goes the neighborhood

How to Build a Ghetto

Everyone said they wanted homeless people to be invisible at Lowry. So why aren't they?

Off Limits

Mission unprofitable...

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