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Denver mayor hopeful about new housing goals despite funding loss

Source: Axios Denver Written by Esteban L. Hernandez Photo illustration: Axios Visuals; Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images   Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's 2025 affordable housing goal isn't public yet, but he's cautioning that any new benchmark will be "tougher" to meet this year than last year. The big picture: Denver needs roughly 45,000 […]

AVi at Olde Town wins NAHRO 2024 Agency Awards

Source: NAHRO   AVi at Olde Town is a 100-unit, transit-oriented, service-enriched, urban infill project serving households earning 30-70% AMI with 30 units reserved for emancipated foster youth and 10 units reserved for unhoused veterans. Nominated for Excellence in Affordable Housing - AVi at Olde Town The youth and […]

Pennrose & Longmont Celebrate Ascent at Hover Crossing

Source: Longmont Leader; Author: Andrea Ano Pennrose and the Longmont Housing Authority (LHA) have broken ground on Ascent at Hover Crossing, a $39 million affordable housing development in Longmont, Colorado. The project, which will open in winter 2025, seeks to provide high-quality houses for families of various […]

Pennrose & Longmont Housing Authority Celebrate Groundbreaking of Ascent at Hover Crossing

Source: Yield Pro The $39 million development is expected to begin welcoming residents in winter 2025. Pennrose, Longmont Housing Authority (LHA), and project partners celebrated the groundbreaking of Ascent at Hover Crossing, a brand-new 75-unit affordable housing community in Longmont, Colorado. The $39 million development is expected […]

Montbello FreshLo Hub featured in The Denver Post

Montbello’s status as a food desert to end next year with $97M project that includes grocery store, housing and more. FreshLo Hub will also bring a new arts and cultural center to northeast Denver neighborhood.   [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="769"] Jauwan Chapman, who grew up in the […]

Mall Conversions, a Once in a Generation Opportunity

By Andrew Faulkner, Associate, Architect, and Senior Urban Designer Over the past 20 years VMWP has worked with communities around the United States to reimagine regional malls and large format retail centers, transforming them into vibrant connected communities, resilient anchors for local economies, and revitalized centers […]

VMWP at Housing Colorado 2024

Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]

Save the date: Rick Williams to speak at Mpact 2024

Urban Designer, Rick Williams, will be presenting "It's Not Just a Dream: The Joys and Struggles of Realizing a Transit-Oriented Vision" at Mpact Transit + Community Conference 2024   The Mpact Transit + Community Conference (formerly Rail~Volution) focuses on the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and […]

New, 75-unit apartment complex in Longmont will feature childhood center

Source: Colorado Hometown Weekly; Author: Matthew Bennett The future site of the 75-unit rental housing project Ascent at Hover Crossing at 1764/1780 Hover Street. (Matthew Bennett/Times-Call) Workers are expected to start building the 75-unit Ascent at Hover Crossing at 1764/1780 Hover St. in August – a new […]

Montbello FreshLo – Cover Story in Colorado Real Estate Journal

By the People. Less magic than hard work, FreshLo demonstrates community development done right. SOURCE: Colorado Real Estate Journal WORDS: Sean Vincent O’Keefe   Donna Garnett cares about her community and, like all good developers, she’s looking for a return on investment. As the CEO of the Montbello Organizing […]

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