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New Love, Inc. affiliate seeks city partnerships, stresses Christian volunteer requirement

Arvada City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Greater Arvada Love, Inc., a faith-based nonprofit affiliate, briefed Arvada council on plans for a connection center, a master resource database and a part-time executive director; council members asked about multi-faith inclusion and local partnerships.

Karen Baer, chair of the Greater Arvada Love, Inc. working board, asked Arvada City Council on Nov. 18 to consider partnerships on services, funding and office space as her new nonprofit affiliate develops a local “connection center.”

Baer said Love, Inc. will operate as a hub that answers calls from neighbors in need, verifies cases and coordinates resources among partner churches and community organizations. “My name is Karen Baer,” she told council, and described a master resource database she said already lists roughly 71 subcategories and about 340 organizational entries. The group currently counts 10 partner churches and about 15–20 active volunteers, she said, and plans to hire a part-time…

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