The City of Lakewood has opened an Extreme Weather Overflow Shelter at 8000 W. Colfax Avenue from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. January 10 through January 15. No reservation is required.
For more information, visit Lakewood.org/shelter.
Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.
The building (shelter) at 8000 W Colfax looks interesting. I couldn’t find out anything about it through a cursory search. What was it when built (1959) and renovated (2004)?
What’s the point if youre kicked out first thing in the morning without food or water in sub zero temps? The answer is 25 hr day shelter rooms for people especially kids living with their mother in a car. Why dont you people ca