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CHV City Council will have three open seats in November
Cherry Hills Village has six seats on its city council. Although each one represents a geographic graphical area consisting of one-sixth of the city’s 6.3 square miles and one-sixth of its total population of 6,442, all council members are elected at-large, just as is the mayor. Council members may serve up to two four-year terms. …
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Arapahoe Road bridge over Big Dry Creek to close 7 pm July 27 til 7 am July 28
Arapahoe Road will be closed in both directions just east of University Boulevard overnight Wednesday, July 27. This closure will be in place from 7 p.m. Wednesday until 7 a.m. Thursday, July 28, so crews can put girders in place for the new bridge over Big Dry Creek. During this closure, motorists should use an …
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Young GV resident presses her city council in a “Call to Action” for composting
At the start of every Greenwood Village city council meeting, citizens are permitted to address the council for three minutes on any subject that is not on the meeting agenda. On July 11, Julia Lace, 11, a rising sixth grader who lives in The Preserve neighborhood, appeared with her brother, Cormack Lace, 9. The first …
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After four decades, justice finally arrived for Sylvia Quayle
Nothing could assuage the horror of the day in early August 1981 when 34-year-old Sylvia Quayle’s lifeless body was discovered by her father in her home in the 3800 block of South Ogden Street in Cherry Hills Village (CHV). He had come to check on her after she didn’t show up for coffee with her …
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Greenwood Village ended 2021 with $62 million in the bank, up $11 million from 2020, as its population declined
According to the City of Greenwood Village Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2021, the city ended last year with a “combined fund balance of $61,882,679, representing an increase of $10,842,413 when compared to the prior year.” Approximately 63.4% of the fund balance, or $39,219,288 is available for spending at the …
Denver International Airport begins annual Peña Boulevard maintenance
Denver International Airport (DEN) has begun its annual Peña Boulevard concrete panel replacement project. This work will repair and replace aging and deteriorating concrete on Peña Boulevard from Tower Road to Jackson Gap. “Maintaining what we have is one of our key pillars of our strategic Vision 100 plan,” said DEN CEO Phil Washington. “This …
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It is final — GV will not allow any more gun stores in homes
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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50 Years and growing
Submitted by Kathy Turley It was dark on April 8, 1972, when 250 guests were sitting in Christ The King Catholic Church waiting for the bride and groom to light their candles and for the celebration to begin. Musicians were anticipating their next song and Father waited patiently for his part in the nuptials to …