DENVER (KDVR) — Residents and business owners in parts of downtown Denver say certain blocks have become increasingly unsafe, with crowds gathering on sidewalks and in intersections — sometimes engaging in what appears to be open drug use.
FOX31 visited several of those areas, including sections of the Ballpark neighborhood and stretches of Colfax Avenue, where people were congregated in large groups.
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Mike Johnson, street team director with the Denver Dream Center, said what many are seeing is part of a long-standing cycle.
“We call them open-air drug markets because that’s where large gatherings populate,” Johnson said. “They take advantage of our service providers downtown, because we are where all the people that are using the drugs go to.”…