Neighbors next to the 1350 Newton Street home are fed up with the property and its owner, saying he's ignoring crime and taking advantage of city services.
Share this:West Colfax neighborhoodThat month, cops recommended boarding up the home after responding to a break-in. The developer had told neighbors he planned to renovate or demolish the property, but neither ever happened. A year later, in November 2022, people began squatting at the rundown residence to stay warm during the winter.
After the fire, Moore was concerned for the responding firefighters and officers, as well as the people who had been squatting in the home. But he was also upset because he and his partner, Evie Burr, had been trying to get the property owner, Eric Ely, to properly board up the home for months over their safety concerns.records show that the property is owned by RPAC Capital Growth, for which Ely is listed as an agent.
“I told him that I wasn't stoked that there were people squatting there and it made us feel unsafe, but I said I was really mostly upset with the owner for creating this neglect that allowed for the situation to happen,” Moore says.Issues had been coming up at the house since the spring of 2021, according to Moore and Burr, who bought their home in March, about the same time as Ely bought the neighboring property.
“The smoke detector was always chirping, mail was piling up,” Moore continues. “There's trash everywhere. The weeds are bad. The owners were notified about people who were using the chimney to set fires to stay warm.” “There's this weird power struggle where no matter what, we're kind of tied together,” Moore says. “If he stays and develops it, he's always gonna be there. If he doesn't develop it but it's demolished and it stands vacant for years, he can do that. … It's just this really weird thing where we tried our best to make it friendly and helpful and cooperative at the beginning, but it just hasn't turned into that.”from the city.
“While we have identified eighteen priority neighborhoods that our NEST team utilizes for their work, it is important to note the index doesn't exclude neighborhoods, and we examined all 78,” says Shelby Morse, director of marketing and communications for Denver Economic Development & Opportunity. “West Colfax is still included in the analysis, but not identified in the eighteen most susceptible to change based on the indicators being used.
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