DENVER — Joe McDaniel has stayed at The Salvation Army Crossroads Resource Center for around six years. It was long before the shelter was surrounded by brand new apartment buildings.

"They're going to be mad," McDaniel remembers thinking of his new neighbors, "They're mad, but they shouldn't have moved in next to a shelter. I mean, that's not my fault."

He said he knows how his neighbors feel about seeing him and other men staying at the shelter every day.

"They don't like us," he said. "The new neighbors are not going to like the old neighbors."

Along with the new neighbors, there's new community amenities: art installations, a climbing wall, a new playground and more on the way. Construction of the new Denargo Market is ongoing.

"This has been nice to get this park area done," sa

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