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November 26, 2020

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

A publication of

EnglewoodHerald.net

VOLUME 100 | ISSUE 40

New rules prohibit indoor dining Denver metro counties move to level red on COVID-19 dial BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Giving Heart, which provides services to unhoused people in Englewood, is looking for volunteers and donations as winter approaches, said director Donna Zimmerman. PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

Giving Heart seeks donations, volunteers Center works to help those experiencing homelessness BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As a difficult winter approaches, one of Englewood’s biggest homeless outreach groups is seeking help. Giving Heart, at 4358 South Broadway, is looking for donations of cash and winter gear like coats and sleeping bags to help those without homes endure the cold. “The weather has been really nice, so our guests are mostly holding

their own, but what happens when it gets bad?” said Donna Zimmerman, the center’s director. “Where will they go?” The Severe Weather Shelter Network, which in most years opens church basements for unhoused people on cold and stormy nights, is switching to motel vouchers this winter because COVID-19 restrictions preclude their normal arrangements. “There are only so many vouchers to go around,” said Angie Harpster, who does administrative work at Giving Heart. “They’re prioritized for families and people with disabilities, so a lot of folks are out of luck on cold nights.”

‘The weather has been really nice, so our guests are mostly holding their own, but what happens when it gets bad? Where will they go?’ Donna Zimmerman, director of Giving Heart

SEE DONATIONS, P6

As Denver metro counties continue to inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirus-related restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in effect since September, is the set of different levels of restrictions that each county is required to follow based on the severity of a county’s local virus spread. The dial grew out of the state’s safer-at-home order, the policy that came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen. The state recently switched to color identifiers — levels blue, yellow and orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second most restrictive level. The purple level, deemed “extreme risk,” amounts to a stay-at-home order. The new level red, announced by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Nov. 17, SEE NEW RULES, P8

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | CALENDAR: PAGE 9 | SPORTS: PAGE 14

GRAZED AND CONFUSED

In an area of Arapahoe County known for business parks, something stands out P4


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