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During the Greenwood Village city council forum on September 27, incumbent Anne Ingebretsen, who represents GV district two, said that 46% of all housing in GV is multifamily, adding, “That is more per capita multi-family housing in Greenwood Village than exists in Denver.” Dave Kerber, the other district two incumbent, said, “Glendale is the most …

GV housing is 46% multi-family, but how? Read More »

BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER At a privately funded event hosted by Jim Kennedy on September 15 to garner support for the approval of Arapahoe County, Colorado Ballot Issue 1A to permanently retain the 0.0025 percent Open Spaces Sales Tax, Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe, joined by Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Chair Nancy Jackson and …

Arapahoe County Open Spaces Sales Tax is good for everyone Read More »

BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER After 33 years as the city’s recreation manager, a title that belies the enormous difference she made in the lives of its residents, Cathy Delap (formerly Cathy Pate) retired from the City of Greenwood Village on September 9. When Delap started with GV on April 5, 1989 as recreation coordinator, she …

Cathy Delap brought community and fun to Greenwood Village Read More »

BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER The City of Littleton has been struggling and failing to meet its infrastructure needs with its available revenue. After considering other alternatives, including closing facilities and raising other taxes, the city council concluded it could not raise the amount of money needed to solve its problems with anything other than a …

Littleton is asking voters to approve a $9.8 million sales tax increase Read More »

BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER The first Greenwood Village City Council forum in six years, sponsored by The South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, and The Villager Newspaper, included 14 out of 15 people running for office and drew over 100 people live and by Zoom. …

Candidates speak – Good, Bad, Indifferent and even an “F Bomb” Read More »

BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER Before a bill becomes a law in Greenwood Village, it must be approved by a majority of the city council at two separate meetings. The GV City Charter requires that a proposed new law be published in the next issue of the city’s legal newspaper after it receives a yes vote …

GV wants voters to let it stop publishing its laws in a newspaper Read More »

BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER Last January, a GV couple complained to City Councilmember Dave Bullock about the appearance of a neighbor’s large ground-mounted solar array that was installed with a proper city-issued permit that did not require it to be screened from neighbors’ views. At Bullock’s request, the GV council began discussing and debating what …

Solar Panels PaRt 3 – GV delays decision again Read More »