Budget cuts aimed at offsetting the city’s spending on shelter, food, bus tickets and other support for new-arriving migrants hit Denver’s 30 recreation centers this week in the form of…
Michael Wooten, an Independent Life Skills trainer, left, pushes his client Dennis Gonzales in his wheelchair to go workout at the Athmar Recreation Center Denver on Feb. 20, 2024. The Athmar Recreation Center joins all city rec centers in having its hours reduced starting Tuesday morning to save money to support services for migrants as Denver struggles to keep up with the needs of thousands of new arrivals, many of them Venezuelan refugees from the Southern border.
With their discounted neighborhood membership, it’s an affordable outlet for weekend fun and activity.She is not holding the reduced hours against migrants, many of whom are fleeing political and economic strife in Venezuela. Herrera’s parents immigrated from Mexico and were greeted with opportunities here in the U.S., she said.
Austrum Ferguson heads out of Denver’s Carla Madison Recreation Center after playing basketball in Denver on Feb. 20, 2024. The city estimates it has spent $42 million on the crisis so far, dating back to December 2022 when the first Those concerned leaders include Angie Rivera-Malpiede, a former Regional Transportation District director who now runs a nonprofit that operates the popular
DOTI spokeswoman Nancy Kuhn confirmed Tuesday that several contract renewals with transportation management associations have been paused while the department engages in “a broader discussion about budget savings for 2024,” though no decisions have been made.
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