March 11, 2021
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An edition of the Littleton Independent A publication of
VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 13
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands Grocery and ag workers, people over 60 among those prioritized BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
From left, Matt Cobb, taproom manager, and Paige Schuster and Marcus Christianson, owners of Two22 Brew, stand March 8 at the brewery in east Centennial. At Two22 Brew, $2.22 of every $10 of profit goes directly to certain Colorado nonprofits. PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD
Charity-minded brewery a neighborhood staple East Centennial’s Two22 Brew has ‘appreciation for being able to interact again’ BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Paige Schuster and Marcus Christianson, married since 2009,
were teaching high school science by day and homebrewing in their free time. Looking for a different career path, the couple’s eyes were caught on the growth in small breweries and taprooms in Colorado. “It hadn’t hit the boom that it hit even in the last three or four years,” Schuster said. She added: “It felt pretty innovative, still, at the time.” They decided if they wanted to
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do anything else in their careers, they had found the right time to make the move. “The community aspect of a brewery and just how integrated the smaller breweries are into the general culture of the neighborhood” are aspects that pulled the couple in, Schuster said. But they also agreed on a goal closer to their hearts: “If we ever opened a business, we wanted it SEE BREWERY, P6
In another fragmentation of Colorado’s long priority list for receiving a coronavirus vaccine, the state officially moved Coloradans ages 60 to 64 closer to the front of the line and placed grocery and agricultural workers as the next group of “frontline” employees to receive shots. “I’m focused on ensuring that Coloradans who are at the most risk of COVID due to the environment they work in can receive the vaccine so we can save more lives and end this pandemic,” Gov. Jared Polis said in a Feb. 26 news release. Soon after, public health officials highlighted the arrival of federal authorization for a third vaccine, the shot made by Johnson & Johnson — also known as the Janssen vaccine. That’s in addition to the previously approved Pfizer and Moderna shots. “They were developed in record time,” John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department, said during a March 4 virtual town hall on vaccines in Colorado. He added: “There have been some SEE VACCINE, P12
CRAFTING THE PERFECT CUP Area roasters get creative, to the delight of coffee enthusiasts P16