Breaking: a group of Park Hill residents are suing the City of Denver, the Colorado Village Collaborative, and the Park Hill United Methodist Church and its lead pastor in an effort to stop the planned establishment of a safe camping site on the church's parking lot.

Complaint: the proposed [safe camping site]...pose[s] a real danger to minors and school-aged children, does not address the impact it will have on the neighborhood..."

"...and displaces people from an area with available resources to an area not equipped to handle the purpose of the [safe camping site]."

"I am very disheartened by that," Tracey MacDermott, board chair of the Greater Park Hill Community, says about the lawsuit.

MacDermott adds, "I had no idea this was coming and I’m extremely disappointed that some of our neighbors are spending money on a legal lawsuit vs. putting that money into trying to figure out how to solve the homelessness crisis."

Cole Chandler of the Colorado Village Collaborative, the organization behind the safe camping site, says, "For us, all that this lawsuit does is instill our deep commitment to this project & we know that this small vocal minority does not speak for the rest of the neighborhood."

And from Theresa Marchetta, a mayoral spokesperson speaking on behalf of the City Attorney's Office:

Here's a piece about the lawsuit over the planned safe camping site for the Park Hill United Methodist Church: https://www.westword.com/news/park-hill-residents-file-lawsuit-to-block-safe-camping-site-11964532