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Montbello FreshLo HUB has been awarded the 2025 Housing Colorado Eagle Award

Source: Alliance Construction Services   Sponsored by Housing Colorado , the Eagle Awards are presented annually and represent the best of what the affordable housing industry has to offer. With three categories of awards, the Eagle Awards recognize a diverse cross-section of the people, programs, and projects […]

Colorado’s 25 Top Projects: Montbello FreshLo Hub

ColoradoBiz celebrates its first-ever Top Projects winners Source: ColoradoBiz ColoradoBiz honored 25 construction projects during its first-ever Top Projects awards and networking event on May 22 at Social Capitol in Arvada. The event was an opportunity to honor those in the built industry whose projects exceeded expectations this […]

WDC In Denver- Women Building on Dana Crawford’s Downtown Legacy

Featuring women who are building on Dana Crawford's legacy to preserve and enrich downtown Denver's historic fabric. By Libby Seifel/Women's Development Collaborative Date and time   Sunday, May 11 · 2:30 - 7:15pm MDT Location   VMWP, 1738 Wynkoop St #203 Denver, CO 80202 Agenda 2:30 PM - 4:45 PM Registration, Light Refreshments, Presentations and Conversations VMWP 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Tour […]

Modular Construction Enables Efficient and Affordable Housing

NREL Teams Up With iUnit To Advance Lower-Cost Modular Housing Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); Author: Tara McMurtry NREL researcher Shanti Pless (center) introduces visitors to the NREL Research Block, which currently hosts iUnit Communities’ modular apartment prototype, shown on the right. Photo by Joe DelNero, NREL Recently, […]

SAP Feature: VMWP Sustainability Action Plan 3.0

In preparation for today, Earth Day 2025, VMWP has been reflecting on its sustainability goals and successes these past three decades, including our progress since signing on to AIA's 2030 Commitment. From that, our team has updated our Sustainability Action Plan and are sharing it […]

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 […]

Denver new construction offers a lesson in affordable housing financing

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Author: Ariel Cisneros Blending multiple streams of funding can bring an affordable housing project to fruition. In Denver, Mercy Housing built The Rose on Colfax, with 82 affordable housing units, a commercial childcare facility and wraparound services...during a pandemic […]

Say Boo to the Flu: Governor Polis Encourages All Coloradans to Get Vaccinated

Source: Colorado Governor Jared Polis DENVER - Today, Governor Polis visited Rose on Colfax Early Learning Center in Denver to receive his latest COVID-19 and flu vaccines from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment’s Mobile Public Health Clinic, and encouraged all Coloradans to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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