The Denver Police Department will soon rebuild and expand its 51-year-old station on Colfax Avenue. However, the plan is missing one obvious addition, according to neighborhood leader Frank Locantore.

Like most other police stations, it doesn’t have any affordable housing. Locantore, the head of the Colfax Avenue Business Improvement District, says the city is missing a major opportunity by sticking to the status quo.

Instead, he says, Denver should redraw the plan to make room for much-needed housing on city-owned land. Locantore, who has been trying to get answers about the project for years, is “baffled” by the design and the city’s lack of communication with the neighborhood.

The project is currently in the design phase and is unlikely to change in scope. Construction will likely be

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