Arvada Homeless Center Debate Reflects Denver Metro’s New Approaches To Tackling Homelessness

Barchart · 10/18 18:02
The future of a shuttered Arvada charter school is in doubt just months after the city purchased it for $6.3M to address its homelessness problems. The city hasn't yet finalized its plans for the site, but one option is to make it a “navigation center” for homeless people, and residents are pushing back, The Denver Gazette reports. The 44K SF East College Arvada school at 4905 W. 60th Ave. that served students in sixth through 12th grade closed at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, primarily due to declining enrollment, according to a memo issued by the Colorado Charter School Institute. The building went on...