FREDERICK, Colo. — With rent and home prices skyrocketing in metro Denver, many families are making the choice to live outside the city.

One community seeing a lot of growth is Frederick, about 30 miles north of downtown Denver. On Tuesday, the first-ever affordable housing project in the town opened.

Brigit's Village had its grand opening, attended by many community leaders.

"We have a beautiful mountain view, we have a historic downtown, we have great opportunities," said Frederick Mayor Tracie Crites.

What the town hasn't had, until now, was much-needed housing that is accessible to those who make the town so special.

"It's the young school teachers, the young policemen, the firemen, the electricians, the plumbers," said Jon Peterson, one of the developers involved in the building

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