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CHV Police Chief Michele Tovrea announces her retirement
On November 3, Cherry Hills Village announced that Police Chief Michelle Tovrea had submitted notice of her retirement at the end of October. She will stay on and assist with the selection of a new chief, which is expected to occur in February 2022. On November 1, the city issued a request for proposal for …
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Arapahoe County Sheriff steps up to help Aurora with School Resource Officers
School Resource Officers (SROs), law enforcement officers who are specially trained to work in our schools with students, are assigned by the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which schools are located, regardless of the school district to which the school belongs. For instance, an SRO assigned to Belleview Elementary School in Greenwood …
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‘Tis the Season for Visits with St. Nick!
SUBMITTED BY PARK MEADOWS WHAT: Jolly Old St. Nick is parking his sleigh at Park Meadows to make this holiday shopping season the most magical and memorable ever! His helpers have been working hard to deck the halls of Colorado’s Only Retail Resort, where they’ve set up Santa’s Winter Wonderland in the Dillard’s Court. The …
What the Census Bureau says about housing and people in Greenwood Village, Centennial and Littleton
Housing In the October 14 issue of The Villager, we wrote about how Greenwood Village categorized its housing inventory that has led to city officials describing their city as having “more multi-family housing than Denver.” An official from another branch of government suggested we look at the U.S. Census Bureau’s data. According to the Census …
Multimodal is key to transportation in Denver South
Earlier this month, Denver South Transportation Chair and Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet welcomed Denver South partners live and virtually to the Lone Tree Arts Center for their October 2021 regular meeting which was all about transportation. Mayor Millet began by pointing out that, “What makes this Denver South corridor so successful… is the private-public …
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Focusing on the fine print of Colorado Proposition 119
Most descriptions of statewide Proposition 119 say that it is a sales tax increase on retail marijuana sales to pay for tutors to help low-income Colorado children. That is true but it really only tells part of the story. To find out more, The Villager started out with the 2021 State Ballot Information Booklet that …
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Arapahoe County 2040 Transportation Master Plan is nearly complete
On October 19, Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe held a telephone town hall to share some of the key findings and recommendations of the county’s 2040 Transportation Master Plan (TMP) including a focus on district two that Sharpe represents. Bryan Weimer, the county’s public works director and previous transportation division manager, shared that by 2025, …
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Politics, power and money
The Villager reviewed all 17 campaign donation and expenditure reports covering the period ended October 14 filed with the Greenwood Village City Clerk for the GV city council race on November 2. There were 15 reports from active candidates, one from a former candidate and one from a political committee. Among the active candidates, the …