The Denver voicea monthly newspaper focused on serving the city’s homeless population has rallied donors to fund its operations through 2024 after announcing in September that the paper would temporarily close.
“We truly hoped that our closure would be short-lived, and today we are pleased to announce that we are not closing permanently,” Robert Davis, chairman of the nonprofit newspaper’s board of directors, said in a news release. “The support we have received from our community has been overwhelming.”
The newspaper used to be posted on Facebook that it would suspend operations for at least a month because it was unable to pay staff, cover costs or provide support its supplier program, which provides free and discounted copies of the newspaper to homeless Denver residents and those at risk of losing their homes to sell.
According to the press release, after the newspaper disclosed its financial troubles, individual donors, along with the Denver Foundation and the Cranaleith Foundation, stepped up and contributed $50,000 to support operations through the end of the year.
“Our priority was to ensure the continuation of our monthly newspaper so that those who sell it would not lose their primary source of income. We have also been able to pay our staff and catch up on overdue bills,” said volunteer and Denver Voice journalist Giles Clasen in the press release.
The newspaper’s office at 989 Sante Fe Drive will be open one day a week once publication resumes. Editor-in-chief Elisabeth Monaghan also wrote in an email to The Post that the organization is working on a strategic plan “to ensure we do not find ourselves in this situation again.”
The Denver Voice began as a grassroots operation founded by the homeless, and has been in print since 1996 and continuously since 2007. according to the newspaper’s website.
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