Mayor Mike Coffman and nonprofit and state brass gathered Thursday morning to cut the ribbon on the latest Colorado-grown attempt at creating a “national model” for addressing homelessness.
The project, dubbed the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, is a 600-bed shelter at the former Crowne Plaza Hotel, a former convention center at Chambers Road and 40th Avenue. Beds will be open starting Nov. 17.
Aurora’s solution to homelessness is very different from Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s, one that is inspired by the federal government’s longtime commitment to “housing first”…