“I feel like we’re genuinely contributing to society by being a hotel that steps up…I just want them to allow us to continue to do the good that we’re doing.”

Colorado Village Collaborative is upgrading three sites overall, and closing a supervised tent encampment in the Montbello neighborhood.

“We want to focus on climate, we want to focus on childcare, we want to focus on transit.”

During a town hall about affordability, Johnston promised Harvey Park residents that his proposed sales tax wouldn’t affect grocery or gas prices.

“What is the need for this?” asks Tom Mauser. “We have at least 1,600 gun shops in the state.”

A few months after a $2 million wage theft decision went against Urban Peak, the organization was able to secure funding and open its 136-bed shelter on schedule.

“If we want to keep the mom and the grandma and the college graduate in Denver, we can, but we have to choose it and we have to fight for it.”

As Denver’s mayor delivers his State of the City address, we look back over his first twelve months.

“The truth is you can only live in San Francisco if you’re rich. We do not want Denver to be a city where only the rich live.”

“It was a huge labor of love. We’ve been moving folks for the last two months or so out of that facility.”

Mayor Mike Johnston has assured “nothing changes” after a Supreme Court ruling in favor of camping bans, but advocates are on edge.

Staff at La Paz micro-community in Denver’s Overland neighborhood say they’re seeing homeless residents improve, but some neighbors are concerned.