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Arvada residents pushing back on homeless option for shuttered school purchased for $6.3M
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Arvada residents pushing back on homeless option for shuttered school purchased for $6.3M

By Deborah Grigsby | The Gazette The City of Arvada spent $6.3 million to purchase a former charter school after it closed earlier this year due to declining enrollment. Now residents are pushing back against one of the potential options for the former Early College Arvada campus — a navigation center for homeless people. Arvada, like other cities along Colorado's Front Range, is dealing with a homeless population, though nowhere as big as the problem in Denver, where the crisis keeps growing despite officials spending millions of dollars in the last several years. READ THE FUL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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In Arvada, some opposed to plan to convert charter school into homeless center
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In Arvada, some opposed to plan to convert charter school into homeless center

By Alan Gionet | CBS Colorado Dozens of people attended an Arvada City Council meeting Monday night to voice their opposition to the possibility of a Homeless Navigation Center in the 4900 block of West 60th Avenue. The city purchased a building that formerly housed the Early College of Arvada charter school in May for $6.3 million. In the months since city leaders have begun to look at using it for homeless services. Among the possibilities is a homeless navigation center for people looking to climb out of their circumstances. "I feel like things are being pushed down my throat on this one," said resident Steve Martinson outside his home on West 60th Avenue. He worried about the value of his home, which is directly across the street from the site. READ THE FULL STORY...
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Unclaimed $500k winning Powerball ticket sold in Arvada set to expire soon
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Unclaimed $500k winning Powerball ticket sold in Arvada set to expire soon

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News One lucky Powerball player won’t be so lucky in 10 days if they don’t claim their winning ticket worth half a million dollars. Earlier this year, someone bought a Powerball Double Play ticket at the King Soopers at 8031 Wadsworth Blvd. in Arvada for the drawing on March 23. The ticket was worth $500,000, but almost six months later, no one has claimed it. The winning numbers were 18-24-43-46-47, and the ticket matched all five, just missing the Powerball, according to the Colorado Lottery. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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