On July 11, the Greenwood Village City Council passed on second and final reading an amendment to its zoning code to prohibit any new retail firearms stores in residential homes in the city. The vote was 5-3, exactly as it was on the first reading on June 6, with City Council Members Anne Ingebretsen, Donna …
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On June 29, the new Arapahoe County Foundational Board of Health (BOH), chaired by Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) member Nancy Sharpe, unanimously appointed Jennifer Ludwig as the first executive director of the new Arapahoe County Public Health Department. She had been announced as the sole finalist for the position after the BOH interviewed her …
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On June 29, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) of Arapahoe County held a State of the County breakfast event at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds located at 25690 E. Quincy Avenue in Aurora. BOCC Chair Nancy Jackson opened the gathering by sharing that Arapahoe County is presently the third largest county in the state of …
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On June 28, representatives from the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming and the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) signed a historic memorandum of agreement (MOA) formalizing the relationship between the Tribe and the County. The signing ceremony was followed by a flag-raising prayer and ceremony outside the County Administration Building in Littleton. The County …
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On May 18, Denver South, the City of Greenwood Village, Arapahoe County, South Metro Denver Chamber, RTD, and numerous other local sponsors held a Return-to-Work celebration at the Arapahoe at Village Center Light Rail Station at 6380 and 6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle in Greenwood Village. There was free food from local restaurants, including Burnt …
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With bicycling season in full swing, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Bicycle Colorado are teaming up to remind motorists to give bicyclists their fair share of the roadway when traveling the state’s highways. Signs reminding drivers of Colorado’s “Three-Foot” law, requiring motorists to give bicyclists at least three feet of space between the widest …
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On June 14, the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners announced the members of its Foundational Board of Health (BOH) who will be responsible for governance when the county’s new health department takes over all public health responsibilities from Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) on January 1, 2023. Those responsibilities will include hiring all employees for …
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When the U.S. Air Force announced on January 13, 2021 that the Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, Alabama had been selected as the permanent home of U.S. Space Command (USSC), rather than Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, as most expected, Colorado Members of Congress unanimously cried foul. Two different government agencies, the Office of …
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On May 17, Cherry Hills Village Finance Director Jessica Sager, who also served as editor of the city’s monthly newsletter, The Villager Crier, said goodbye to the city council and staff. She is moving to Rock Island, Illinois, where she has already been hired as the city’s finance director. Jessica began her career at CHV …
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On May 12, the 16th Annual State of the City of Centennial was held at Wings over the Rockies Exploration of flight at Centennial Airport. The event, which drew 350 people, was hosted by the Rotary Club of Centennial. The theme of the event was Launching Forward, chosen because it “acknowledges that the challenges and …
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