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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless breaks ground on nine-story project
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A new development is underway in Arapahoe Square.
The nonprofit Colorado Coalition for the Homeless held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony on Friday to mark the start of construction on its Stout Street Recuperative Care Facility and Renaissance Legacy Lofts.
The nine-story project is going up on 0.43 acres at 2175 California St., previously a parking lot. The site backs up to the coalition’s Stout Street Health Center, which was completed in 2014.
The second and third floor of the new structure which is expected to be completed in May 2022 will be a “recuperative care” facility, with 75 beds. The fourth through ninth floors will have 98 income-restricted apartments.
I think the week really helped me understand the complexity of this issue, says Coffman, a Republican who previously represented Aurora and surrounding communities as the U.S. Representative for Colorado s 6th Congressional District. He told just one person that he d be spending the week on the streets: Shaun Boyd of CBS4, who interviewed him before and after his homeless stint. CBS4 also sent out a cameraman to film Coffman at various points during the week, for a piece that aired January 5 on Homeless Mike.
Coffman stayed in Denver and Aurora shelters on four nights; he slept outside on three, two of them in an encampment just off Speer by Sixth Avenue. I probably was not as well-equipped as I should have been, admits Coffman, who d packed a sleeping bag, a tarp and a backpack but no money or food.
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