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Tina Griego

Edith Gonzalez takes a break from yard work at the home she shares with her husband, Isidro, on West 13th Avenue in Sun Valley. The couple would like to sell their home; the house next door is vacant and for sale. Edith says, "That poor house goes into foreclosure constantly." The Gonzalezes have lived in their home for eight years. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Public policy made Sun Valley “a place to warehouse people”

May 5, 2016 at 9:21 a.m.

Public policy made Sun Valley "a place to warehouse people"

A 2nd-grade class races past the iconic mural on the building shared by the Sun Valley Youth Center and Tha Myx International church in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver, CO. The class was returning to Fairview Elementary School after attending a swimming class at the Rude Recreation Center. Sun Valley is the poorest neighborhood in Colorado. It is made up of roughly 1,500 people, almost all of them live in public housing. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Isolated Denver neighborhood is blocked out, blocked in

May 5, 2016 at 7:10 a.m.

Isolated Denver neighborhood is blocked out, blocked in

Somali refugees (fromt left) Kheiro Huseien, Malaika Lugendi, and Butula Hussien and Rugia Hamza of Sudan, watch the students pass through the hallway at Fairview Elementary School where they attend the Families Learning Together class in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver, CO. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

May 5, 2016 at 6:20 a.m.

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

Game Plan. A trackhoe digs beneath Federal Boulevard where Lakewood Gulch is being widened for the West Corridor light-rail project.The planned 2013 opening of a rail station has planners envisioning a transformation for Sun Valley, including an entertainment district. Butresidents fear that when, and if, the development comes, their wishes will end up the same way their neighborhood often has: overlooked. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

May 5, 2016 at 6:23 a.m.

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

Mohamed Hussein, 10, left, and his cousin Abdi Osman Siid, 8, play along 11th Ave, between the Xcel Energy property and the Denver Housing Authority's Sun Valley Homes in Denver, CO. The pair were easily entertained themselves, sword fighting with wooden stakes, playing with brick, a hubcap and climbing trees. <strong> <a href="http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2010/11/sun-valley/" target="_blank">Videos and Photos</a></strong>

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

May 5, 2016 at 6:26 a.m.

Part One: Blocked in, blocked out

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Griego: A needed lifeline a world away

October 27, 2010 at 4:12 p.m.

Griego: A needed lifeline a world away

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Griego: Job seekers welcome fair sense of optimism

October 22, 2010 at 3:11 p.m.

Griego: Job seekers welcome fair sense of optimism

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Griego: Youths’ hopes hang on DREAM Act

September 24, 2010 at 4:14 p.m.

Griego: Youths' hopes hang on DREAM Act

DENVER, CO--SEPTEMBER 15TH 2010--Victims Advocate, Joe Cannata, from his office in southeast Denver, holds a picture of his daughter, Lynn, who was stabbed to death in 1987. Andy Cross, The Denver Post

Griego: Losing a daughter, he finds a calling

May 5, 2016 at 7:57 a.m.

Griego: Losing a daughter, he finds a calling

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Griego: Kids succeed when adults believe

September 8, 2010 at 2:34 p.m.

Griego: Kids succeed when adults believe