Overview

• Mayor Jacki Marsh let about 15 people stay inside City Hall during cold rain after spending nights with the Camp Hope encampment outside the building.
• City code assigns after-hours building control to the city manager, the city attorney is reviewing potential trespass issues, and police say they are awaiting direction on any criminal inquiry.
• City Manager Jim Thompson reactivated the Loveland Resource Center for overnight use with priority for women and people with disabilities and an estimated capacity of about 20, with longer-term options set for discussion at a virtual council meeting.
• Tensions at the Camp Hope protest have increased, including a reported violent altercation that prompted an ambulance response.
• The crisis followed the closure of the South Railroad Facility after funding lapsed and a permit extension failed, and a Greeley outreach group reports dozens of new faces who say they came from Loveland, though officials have not verified claims of busing.