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From Detective to Real Estate Broker Ribbon cutting ceremony for a new real estate broker BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Zahra Al-Arahawi celebrated her new Real Estate business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Dec. 14. “I understand that kind of lifestyle on how your home should be a sanctuary,” said Al-Arahawi. “It’s the ultimate: When you know you have made it -when you buy your first home.” Al-Arahawi and her family were Iraqi refugees that moved to a Saudi Arabia refugee camp and it’s where she was born. Then 1995 they immigrated to Minnesota. After living for years in Minnesota Al-Arahawi moved to Colorado in 2014 and purchased her first home in Lochbuie and also became a police officer. “My Dad built our first house out of the cinderblock in Saudi Arabia then we moved to Minnesota. When
we moved here my family did not own a home and homeownership is big deal for myself and my family,” said Al-Arahawi. After moving to Colorado Al-Arahawi became a police officer with the Wheat Ridge Police Department and then moved up to a detective with the automotive Task Force working all of the metro areas from to Monument and Weld County. She also worked for the state. “When I entered the police force, I wanted to become a detective and work in government,” said Al-Arahawi. After several years of working as a detective, Al-Arahawi decided to re-invent herself and became a Real Estate Broker with Price & Company Real Estate. “When I bought my house I got into real estate as investments and also personal investments for family future generations. So, my last few years in law enforcement my heart wasn’t into it anymore,” said AlArahawi. Al-Arahawi had been thinking about what to do for a year and because she had an interest in real
Zahra Al-Arahawi cutting the ribbon in celebration for her new real estate business with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Greg Mills and chamber members. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD
estate, it was the natural choice for her. Al-Arahawi said, “I wanted to feel that same passion that I felt when I first got into law enforcement. I regret not doing it sooner because I’m enjoying myself. “ Al-Arahawi networked and mentored Price & Company Real Estate
about the processes of becoming a broker. “I decided this is what I want to do. It’s been great ever since I work primarily with veterans and with law enforcement,” said Al-Arahawi. I can also help some immigrants that are first-time homeowners. Immigrants are close to my heart.”
Meals on Wheels hunting for volunteers Holidays, travel deplete post-COVID roster of delivery drivers BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A shortage of volunteer drivers, needed to take meals to Adams County seniors, has The Senior Hub putting out the call for help. “I feel that right now, we’ve had people out sick, and we’ve had a lot of people out of town for the holidays,” said Amanda Velasquez, program director of The Senior
Hub’s Meals on Wheels in Adams County. “There have been a number of reasons why people have not been here. We had one couple that scheduled some surgeries they had been holding out for. So it’s been a little bit of this, a little bit of that.” Velasquez said the program has routes open on Mondays and Fridays. “Usually it’s okay if we have one or two routes open, but we have so many open now it’s more than we can fill,” she said. “We got quite a few volunteers in during the pandemic but lately, maybe people are going back to work. We’re just not getting the number of volunteers we’ve had.”
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The program delivers food to seniors in much of Adams County, from Westminster to Commerce City. “It goes from Sheridan Boulevard, as far north as 168th and down to 56th on the southern border,” she said. “And then we run to the edge of Commerce City.” They operate 20 routes in the area per day, with drivers bringing food to between 15 and 20 people per route, and each route can take 90 minutes to two hours to to finish. “They can stop and visit for a few minutes,” Velasquez said. “I have people that just want to talk when I go to deliver and I usually spend a few minutes with them before I
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have to move on. The drivers are volunteers and they have a little more time than I would but have a four-hour window to get the food out. So that leaves a little bit of time to visit.” Drivers pick up the food they are going to deliver at The Senior Hub office in Northglenn, at 10190 Bannock St. They need to pack up the food for their route and then deliver them. Masks are required and drivers must be 18-years-old or older, have a valid driver’s license and pass a background check. “They can’t have any problems with identity theft or abuse in their past that might put our seniors at risk,” she said.
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