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Week of November 10, 2022
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
EnglewoodHerald.net
VOLUME 102 | ISSUE 39
Council passes affordable housing mandate A first in south metro BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Following a marathon night of legislative negotiating, the Littleton City Council voted unanimously Nov.
1 to approve a new policy that both mandates and incentivizes affordable housing for new developments. The Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, or IHO, represents a major policy breakthrough for a council that has spent years studying and debating remedies to the soaring cost of housing. According to a 2017 housing
study, the city is estimated to need more than 1,000 more units at rents below $635 per month to keep up with demand and has an overall deficit of 6,5000 homes. Though Littleton joins a list of five other metro area cities with similar laws, for Littleton’s neighbors in the south metro region — including
Englewood and Centennial — it is a first. “We’re making history in Littleton,” said District 4 Councilmember Kelly Milliman. “Hopefully, we’re setting the stage for other communities to follow our footsteps.” SEE HOUSING, P4
Rogers Behavioral Health opens in Arapahoe County Treatment for OCD, anxiety, depression BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Englewood community sharing box is in the Southwest Greenbelt.
interesting to do something like that but with resources instead of just books,” said Andrew Forlines, the founder and leader of Belleview Park Neighbors. “People can put anything in that they want to share and take anything out,” he said, explaining materials can include canned goods,
Colorado residents looking for mental health treatments focused on anxiety, depression and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have a new option — Rogers Behavioral Health. The national not-for-profit mental health treatment provider launched its first Colorado location in Arapahoe County, opening a clinic located at 10333 East Dry Creek Road. “We are just so excited to bring Rogers to Denver and to meet the growing need for specialized, evidence-based treatment,” said Clinical Director Julia Carbonella during the clinic’s open house on Nov. 3. According to the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration, an estimated three in 10 Coloradans, or 1.5 million people, are in need
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Neighborhood group establishes community sharing box Box is located in Southwest Greenbelt BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Visitors to the Southwest Greenbelt in Englewood will find a new green metal box with enclosed
shelves and a basket ready to be filled with materials and food. The recent installation is a community sharing box established by the neighborhood group, the Belleview Park Neighbors. The box allows the public to both drop off and pick up items. “There’s quite a few of the free little libraries around the neighborhood, and I thought that it’d be
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