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Loveland Activates Temporary Overnight Site as City Reviews Mayor’s City Hall Decision

Council members met in executive session to consider shelter options after the South Railroad Facility closed.

LOVELAND, CO – OCTOBER 6, 2025: Trying to stay warm wrapped in a quilt, Julie Desroches sweeps leaves off the ground near tents Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, outside of city hall in downtown Loveland. Some of the unhoused have been sleeping in tents there since the overnight shelter closed. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
LOVELAND, CO – OCTOBER 7, 2025: Standing outside the Loveland Resource center, Edmon Lessley, right talks Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, about how losing reliable overnight shelter could set back the progress he has made to get back on his feet. Jeffrey “Red” Ernstedt, left, hangs out with him outside the day shelter which opened Monday night when some of the city’s unhoused were told to move from an emcampment that was set up outside city hall after the city’s only overnight shelter closed. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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Overview

  • The city issued a 30-day permit to use the Loveland Resource Center as a short-term overnight site with limited indoor capacity prioritized for women and people with disabilities.
  • Following a virtual public meeting, the City Council moved into executive session to discuss potential short- and long-term shelter plans.
  • Police cleared the City Hall encampment known as Camp Hope and directed people to the Resource Center or elsewhere, and one person was arrested after an altercation.
  • Mayor Jacki Marsh allowed about 15 people to sleep inside City Hall during cold rain, a move she defends as humanitarian and colleagues say exceeded her authority.
  • The city attorney and police are reviewing the City Hall incident for potential trespass as service providers in Greeley report an influx they attribute to Loveland’s closure, which local police say they cannot confirm.