'Excited for this to be a sacred space': Paris Elementary in Aurora finds new life as community hub

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'Excited for this to be a sacred space': Paris Elementary in Aurora finds new life as community hub
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Wanya Reese joined the Denver 7 team as a Weekend Morning Anchor and Reporter in July of 2023.

AURORA, Colo. — The once-shut down Paris Elementary School in Aurora is now open again but this time with a new purpose. Last year, the school district went through a process of talking to community members to try and figure out what the school will be next. Denver7 got a first look and spoke with a group of community leaders who are responsible for opening the doors of the once-closed school once again.

With keys officially in hand, it allows people like Daniel Samson of Driven By Our Ambitions Awesome to start cultivating spaces to help the youth.'Mental health and wellness, the big emphasis here, have spaces and cultivating spaces that allow them to be their authentic selves. So we have a space set up for them to be around a music studio, a fashion studio, to embrace those outlets, to open and be willing to express themselves,' Samson said.

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