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Denver to sweep homeless encampment near governor’s mansion, offer residents long-term hotel rooms

Cleanup at Eighth and Logan is first to include housing offer promised by Mayor Mike Johnston

An orange bag is full of trash outside of a tent next to a parking lot at a homeless encampment at the intersections of East Eighth Avenue and North Logan Street just across from the Colorado governor’s mansion in Denver on Aug. 1, 2023.
An orange bag is full of trash outside of a tent next to a parking lot at a homeless encampment at the intersections of East Eighth Avenue and North Logan Street just across from the Colorado governor’s mansion in Denver on Aug. 1, 2023. The camp was one of the first to get trash services under Mayor Mike Johnston. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Denver officials say the sweep at East Eight Avenue and Logan Street will be the first public step toward meeting Mayor Mike Johnston's goal of moving 1,000 people living on the city's streets into temporary or permanent accommodations before the end of the year.
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