Denver Public Library and many city agencies have teamed up to put a resource center in the Valdez-Perry Branch Library.
It will provide residents and business owners in North Denver neighborhoods easy access to resources including housing support, financial coaching, resources for citizenship and small business assistance.
“There are a lot of challenges and barriers in communities across the Denver metro area, so we want to be able to provide opportunities to remove some of those barriers for access and transparency and bring resources,” said William Chan, the Director of Economic Mobility for North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative.
The resources are not new, but now they’ll be easily accessible for North Denver residents who need them.
“We’ve heard what they’ve said, how they want to have resources in their backyard, in their community,” Chan said.
According to Chan, the resource center will be open the same hours as the library. Each day will be a specialized focus, but the city representative can answer anyone’s questions and point people in the right directions.
“It was really important for us to work alongside residents and to acknowledge that we’re listening, and to connect the best we can to whatever their needs are,” Chan said.
People can call the library or go to the website to find out which services are available each day, and Chan said community members will be helped on a first-come, first-served basis.
