During a meeting with residents on Thursday, September 25, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston shared his strategy to close city-funded homeless shelters in the Central Park neighborhood and impose stricter guidelines for current shelter operators. But that’s just part of his plan for the large chunk of northeast Denver.
The mayor also revealed ideas to improve Quebec Street, the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare, including a community ambassador program as well as efforts to reduce retail theft and replace three bridges on the street. However, all of these plans still face a looming $200 million deficit in the city budget.
Johnston, who lives in Central Park, is now more than two years into his promise to solve homelessness in Denver, which he’s tried to do by largely renting and buying hotels to temporarily house hundreds of homeless residents while they look for jobs and permanent housing. The effort, dubbed “All In Mile High,” has solved about half of Denver’s homeless problems, according to his administration…