A second tiny home village is hopefully coming to Denver!
The planned village will consist of eight tiny homes and will be located on the downtown campus of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church at Glenarm Place and 20th Avenue. Planning is being led by the Colorado Village Collaborative (CVC), the same organization that spearheaded Denver's first tiny home village, the Beloved Community Village, which is currently thriving at 38th Street and Walnut Street.
According to CVC's website, the new village will be "A Women's Village," "for women by women," inclusive of transgender women. The website refers to the project as both St. Andrew's Village and The Women's Village.
Fundraising is already underway, with the $20,000 needed to build the first home already raised. Fundraising is proceeding through donately.com, a site similar to gofundme.
However, before construction can begin, the project faces some review from the city. Specifically, Denver's Landmark Preservation Committee will have to approve the project because the village's location is in a historic district. This review process will last several weeks, and will include public meetings and a comment period. The new village will also need the a six-month permit to occupy its site. This is the same permit that Beloved Community Village must renew every six months. According to Denverite, CVC is "working with the mayor's office and city planners to allow tiny villages to stay in place for longer periods of time."
CVC plans for the new village to have some improvements over Beloved Community Village. It may feature two incinerator toilets instead of Beloved Community's portable toilets. The central kitchen at the new village may feature running water, an improvement over the food preparation area at Beloved Community. The new village may include a pavilion and a bathhouse.
CVC has no plans for the Women's Village to be the last tiny homes project in Denver. Cole Chandler, an organizer with CVC, told Denverite that "All along, we've said that the Beloved Community Village was not a one-off project. Our goal was to launch a network of villages across the metro area." He hopes that the Women's Village is "the second of many" projects that will succeed in Denver. We at Get Loud hope so, too!
The planned village will consist of eight tiny homes and will be located on the downtown campus of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church at Glenarm Place and 20th Avenue. Planning is being led by the Colorado Village Collaborative (CVC), the same organization that spearheaded Denver's first tiny home village, the Beloved Community Village, which is currently thriving at 38th Street and Walnut Street.
According to CVC's website, the new village will be "A Women's Village," "for women by women," inclusive of transgender women. The website refers to the project as both St. Andrew's Village and The Women's Village.
Fundraising is already underway, with the $20,000 needed to build the first home already raised. Fundraising is proceeding through donately.com, a site similar to gofundme.
However, before construction can begin, the project faces some review from the city. Specifically, Denver's Landmark Preservation Committee will have to approve the project because the village's location is in a historic district. This review process will last several weeks, and will include public meetings and a comment period. The new village will also need the a six-month permit to occupy its site. This is the same permit that Beloved Community Village must renew every six months. According to Denverite, CVC is "working with the mayor's office and city planners to allow tiny villages to stay in place for longer periods of time."
CVC plans for the new village to have some improvements over Beloved Community Village. It may feature two incinerator toilets instead of Beloved Community's portable toilets. The central kitchen at the new village may feature running water, an improvement over the food preparation area at Beloved Community. The new village may include a pavilion and a bathhouse.
CVC has no plans for the Women's Village to be the last tiny homes project in Denver. Cole Chandler, an organizer with CVC, told Denverite that "All along, we've said that the Beloved Community Village was not a one-off project. Our goal was to launch a network of villages across the metro area." He hopes that the Women's Village is "the second of many" projects that will succeed in Denver. We at Get Loud hope so, too!
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