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Luxe O road specializes in custom SUV work and soil science
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Whether it’s modifying sports utility vehicles to drive on the dirt, hiring someone to dig in the dirt or someone to test it, a new Fort Lupton business said it’s ready to do it all.
Luxe Offroad custom vehicle shop has landed in Fort Lupton, bringing an umbrella of services to the 15,000-square foot warehouse at 2369 So. Rollie Ave. The company specializes in custom-built jeeps and trucks, vehicle wrapping, excavation services and applied sciences relating to soil testing.
“We discovered this building and we got extremely lucky, there was a company who had previously leased this building with the intent to move their operations from Minnesota down here. But for some reason, they could not fi nd a workforce,” said Larry L. Willis, Luxe OffRoad, VP, Business Operations.
The building has offi ces in the center with lots of space surrounding it. One of the buildings will house the off-road end of the operation with plenty of room to modify those vehicles.
Luxe Offroad had its soft opening on August 1 but will have a grand opening on Labor Day with a soiree and a band.
Dr. William Lindsey IV founded Luxe Offroad, Luxe Colour, and the applied sciences division and also developed the company’s agriculture and soil amendment technology.
“He has enormous contacts all over the country so it enables us to almost get what we want, as in terms of supplies and machinery,” Willis said.
“He’s a genius with amazing ideas such as the applications, carbon fi ber, agriculture and soil amendments. He put everything together so we can reinvent the market,” Willis said.
Three businesses under one umbrella
By the end of this year, Luxe Offroad hopes to have hired at least 16 people. They have three businesses under one umbrella.
The fi rst is the parent’s organization, Luxe Applied Sciences which specializes in wildfi re and soil reclamation, erosion control, and soil amendments – materials used to improve soil quality. The company does excavation, grading and foundation improvements.
Another service is Luxe Colour, which prints everything from vehicle wraps to graphics, banners, window screens and wall hangings.
“If you ever see restaurants with advertising that changes each month or quarter, that is simply a wall wrap that they install, and can remove and replace within an hour, “ Willis said.
When Luxe Offroad customizes a high-end Jeep or four-by-four truck, they can also wrap the truck with their in-house wrapping units.
“We take all of our heavy machinery from the applied sciences side, and we will wrap those ourselves so that it stands out when it’s on a job site. We currently have two heavy machinery units, a skid steer and an excavator wrapped in digital camo,” Willis said.
Luxe Offroad uses carbon fi ber technology to outfi t the trucks they customize rather than fi berglass. Willis said fi berglass is very solid and sturdy but weighs a ton. It can also crack in the cold or when it’s bumped into. Carbon fi ber is virtually indestructible and can repel almost any blunt force that it takes.
“We incorporate some of the carbon fi ber into the trailers we don’t build. But if people come in, we can build cabinets, upper and lower cabinets, and door drawers incorporating carbon fi ber into anything you can think of that is not metal,” Willis said.
Sometimes they can replace the metal with carbon fi ber while retaining its tensile strength. It weighs about one-tenth of fi berglass or aluminum and is sturdier.
“We have a proprietary blend, where we also mix it with Kevlar. It’s even stronger for the designs of trailers that are car haulers,” Willis said.
Willis said when they build cabinets, especially countertops, they blend magnetic powder.
“Let’s say you’ve been working in your trailer, you’re putting things away, you forget that wrench or whatever tool that’s metallic, it will magnetize to the countertop. So, when you’re driving around, it’s going to stay there,” Willis said.
The applications for carbon fi ber are endless when it comes to customizing accessories on cars, trailers or vehicle parts.
One popular application is for truckbed toolboxes. Willis said the toolbox prototypes weigh much less than the standard metal boxes but stand up to daily use better. The standard metal tools boxes absorb the heat from a sunny day and can get boiling hot inside while carbon fi ber acts differently.
“We tested a bag of ice in a carbon fi ber toolbox in the bed of his truck. We closed the lid, and after about an hour, we came back, and all there was a slight puddle of water underneath it,” Willis said. “The inside of the box was 50 to 70 degrees; it was cooled down by the ice instead of being heated by the sun. It repels the heat inside.”
Fort Lupton fortunate
Willis said the company was fortunate to fi nd Fort Lupton. Willis said he took over the original lease from a company that never set foot in the building.
“Honestly, it is the perfect site for us. Trying to fi nd something large enough that could house what we wanted to do, and how we wanted to do it, was the fun part. This building literally fell into our laps. We were also impressed with Fort Lupton and loved the city, “ Willis said.
Willis said he was impressed with the investments in commercial infrastructure that the city and other developers had made. He noted that his neighbors include Halliburton, the fi re department, and oil and gas companies.
“They have invested to build themselves up as a city. And we were very impressed with that commitment before anybody had signed on the dotted line,” Willis said.
New housing construction in Fort Lupton and other established companies were also part of the lure. There’s also room for expansion for growth for a lot of other companies, he said.
“The commercial market, real estate, or commercial real estate market here in Colorado, is fragile. Because we have lots of companies moving to Colorado, we have lots of companies in Colorado that are expanding or moving locations, Willis said.
Finding roots
Luxe Offroad has its footprint in Denver with plans to establish in northern Colorado. Within a year, his goal is to be statewide and then go nationwide– if not global.
“The reason we’re happy with Fort Lupton is that we can absolutely bring all of the customers from Denver. We are not that far away from Denver and can bring our customers from northern Colorado as well,” Willis said.
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BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Kidchella Kids day at the Adams County Fair on August 5 was a fun day for kids to enjoy rides, games, activities and a petting zoo. The fair hosted the day aimed at kids with family-friendly activities at the Adams County Fair Grounds at Riverdale Regional Park and special prices for tickets.
Daniel Trostel tried his skill riding the mechanical bull.
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Enforcement Agencies from 2009-17 and as the group’s president in 2015.
Myers also spent two years (2017-2019) as executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and is currently an executive fellow for the National Policing Institute.
“Chief Myers brings a wealth of experience and recognition in the public safety fi eld to our organization,” said City Manager Roger Tinklenberg in a written statement. “He is a proven leader with a history of positive results both as a permanent and interim chief, in Colorado and across the country.”
Myers said he hopes Commerce City residents will communicate with him about what they need.
“While I have some familiarity with the agency, I would like to hear the community’s needs and expectations for the department, as well as hearing from the people who do the hard work every day on how I can help them continue to improve public safety services in Commerce City,” Myers said.
Former chief Nichols left the position amidst some controversy after he was stopped for traffi c violations in Utah while traveling between Commerce City and his family’s home in Las Vegas in 2020.
Tinklenberg said he’s confi dent that Myers will help the department.
“I am confi dent in his ability to bolster communication within the department, evaluate organizational needs and move the department forward until a permanent chief is in place,” Tinklenberg said.
A nationwide search for CCPD’s next permanent chief of police will begin immediately, starting with a solicitation for a professional recruiting fi rm to conduct the process.
Old-Fashioned Summer Picnic
SATURDAY, AUG. 13 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adams County Museum 9601 Henderson Road Brighton, CO 80601
Featuring the Vintage Motorcycle Club (dozens of bikes from the early 1900s to 1990s), a stilt walker, free ice cream (while supplies last), black smith demonstrations and games! Entry into the museum buildings for free!
G olf
The Curt Holland Memorial Golf Tournament is set for 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Buffalo Run Golf Course, 15700 E. 112th Ave. Sponsorships are available. Call 303-289-3600.
CASA’s Old Hollywood evening
The Court Appointed Special Advocates program in Adams County is hosting an evening in old Hollywood from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Balistreri Vineyards, 1946 E. 66th Ave.
Aside from red carpets, cinema, and music, there will be food and wine from the vineyards and an auction. Proceeds help CASA move closer toward providing a volulnteer for every child in need.
Visit https://cbo.io/tickets/ casa17/indulge for ticket information.
Hope Floats Water Lantern Festival
The Richard Lambert Foundation’s Hope Floats Water Lantern Festival runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Picadilly Road, Brighton.
The event includes live music from West Highway 7, a local band that plays songs from country-Western singers Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings. The Magic Food Bus and Revned BBQ Food Truck are going to handle the food. There will be local vendors and a chance to decorate lanterns with messages before they are released. Call 720-408-8417.
Gummball 5K
The fi fth annual Gummball Rally will be Saturday, Oct. 1 at Adams County Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton. The 5K walk/ run is in honor of former Adams County sheriff’s deputy Heath Gumm, who died in the line of duty in 2018.
The cost is $30 for racers 13 and older and $10 for 12 and younger. Those 12 and younger get in free. Each includes a shirt/swag bag guaranteed with entry by Sept. 14.
Packets will be available for pickup at 4201 E. 72nd Ave. from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Proceeds benefi t a nonprofi t that supports law enforcement and fi rst responders.
Questions? Email tracykilgore71@ gmail.com.
ONGOING
Vaccination clinic
Adams County and the Tri-County Health Department are offering free vaccination clinics from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Anythink Commerce City, 7185 Monaco St.
Walk with a doc
Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute.
This is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. After a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from the doctor, spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and fun conversation. It’s a great way to get out, get active and enjoy all the benefi ts that come from walking.
Boards/commissions’ openings
Commerce City has openings for several of its boards and commissions, including the city’s cultural council, the housing authority and the Derby review board. Visit https://www.c3gov.com/Home/ Components/Form/Form/70316b054 22c448492c51da0f0e0fd86/ to sign up.
Legal self-help clinic
The Access to Justice Committee hosts a free, legal self-help clinic from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the fi rst Tuesday of every month.
The program is for those who don’t have legal representation and need help navigating through legal issues.
Volunteer attorneys are available to discuss such topics as family law, civil litigation, property and probate law. Call 303-405-3298 and ask for the Legal Self-Help Clinic at least 24 hours in advance.
Help for vets
Qualifi ed Listeners, a veteran and family resource hub serving northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, has a number of power chairs, power scooters and electric wheelchairs available.
To fi nd the closest facility to you visit www.va.gov/fi nd-locations.
Qualifi ed Listeners also need volunteers to drive veterans to and from appointments, run errands for veterans who cannot get out, handyman services, help administer veteran and family resource guide inventory in local libraries and veterans to be trained to become qualifi ed listeners. Call 720-600-0860.
COVID-19 testing
Here’s where you can receive a test for COVID-19:
Brighton Advanced Urgent Care, 2801 Purcell St. Call 303-659-9700 or visit https://advurgent.com/locations/brighton/
Brighton Salud, 1860 Egbert St. Testing is available on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Visit https:// www.saludclinic.org/covid-testing
Fort Lupton Salud, 1115 Second St. Testing is available on Tuesday and Thursday. Call 303-697-2583 or visit https://www.saludclinic.org/covidtesting online.
Mental health
Community Reach Center offers in-person intake assessments from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at the Brighton Learning and Resource Campus, 1850 E. Egbert St. in Brighton. Call Community Reach Center at 303-853-3500.
For walk-in intake, bring an ID and insurance information. For those who would prefer to complete the intake forms and schedule an appointment, the intake forms are available online at www.communityreachcenter.org. There will be a short screening for fl u-like symptoms before the entrance to the center to ensure safety and wellness for everyone.
Anyone feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255, text 38255, or visit the Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) Center at 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster.
Warm Line up and running
Community Reach Center is offering a Warm Line (303-280-6602) for those who want to talk to mentalhealth professionals about anxiety, lack of sleep and strained relationships, among other topics. The professionals can facilitate referrals to other programs for assistance.
A press statement said the line is not for crisis intervention.
Those feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services (1-844-493-8255) or text 38255 or visit the Behavioral Urgent Care Center, 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster.
Also, the center’s COVID-19 Heroes Program is set up to assist healthcare workers during the pandemic. Those who live or work in Adams County can receive up to six free counseling sessions. Use the Warm Line for support and free counseling.
Brighton’s community intake location is at 1850 E. Egbert St., on the second fl oor. It’s open from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays.
Rents continue to rise along Front Range
Westminster, Broomfi eld areas have highest costs for one-bedroom units
BY KYLE HARRIS DENVERITE
Westminster was once seen as an affordable-ish landing spot for young people who could no longer pay Denver and Boulder rents. Those days may be over.
Now, the Denver suburb, which has seen a mural festival, a revitalized downtown, an Alamo Drafthouse, a new Tattered Cover, and plenty of wacky events programming (ballerina dodgeball, anybody?), has the highest one-bedroom rents in the metro area. The price: $1,860, according to data pulled from active listings on the online rental site Zumper.
Coming in second place: Broomfi eld at $1,850.
Both of those cities are near Boulder County and the site of the late 2021 Marshall fi res, which destroyed more than 1,100 homes and commercial properties and left many families renting as construction lagged.
Centennial and Denver tied for third priciest median rent at $1,760.
If you’re looking for a deal, Greeley is still signifi cantly lower than Denver at $1,070 and Fort Collins comes in at $1,200. (But yikes, that’s still expensive. Throw in commutes to the Mile High City, and renters will be suffering.)
But when it comes to two-bedroom rents, Denver’s still the priciest city, with a median rent of $2,340, followed by Broomfi eld, at $2,240, and Westminster, at $2,170.
Plenty of other suburbs that have long been considered affordable have seen massive hikes in median rent.
Take Englewood-area zip codes, where median one-bedroom rent now runs $1,290, according to Zumper’s data. That’s a 33% jump from this time last year.
Nearby, the Littleton area has seen a 24.5% rise to $1,370.
Longmont, near the Marshall Fire site, saw a 23.3% increase, year over year.
Statewide, median one-bedroom
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The Biden administration declared a national health emergency for the rising cases of Monkeypox on Aug. 4. Pair that with one New Yorker contracting Polio and a new COVID-19 variant and a question remains: should Coloradans be concerned?
According to experts, it depends on the situation and vaccination stands as the common denominator for defense strategies.
Monkeypox
As of Aug. 4, there have been 6,617 confirmed Monkeypox cases across the U.S. and 79 in Colorado, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Colorado Department of Public Health.
Dr. John Douglas, executive director at Tri-County Health Department, said even though cases are low, they are doubling every eight days in the U.S.
According to Jefferson County Emergency Preparedness and Infectious Disease Director Christine Billings, Monkeypox is a rare disease in the same family of viruses as the variola virus, which causes smallpox.
Monkeypox is rarely fatal and milder than smallpox, she said. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion, respiratory symptoms and a rash located on or near the genitals. A painful rash or lesion usually will show up at that site where someone comes in contact with the virus.
Symptoms usually start within three weeks of exposure to the virus.
Douglas said Monkeypox can spread to anyone through close personal contact. That can look like close physical contact, sharing towels, shared bed linens or sexual activity.
Right now, cases have been rising for men who are having sex with other men. Douglas said the outbreaks are related to parties and gatherings where there was likely very close personal contact, but no one exactly knows.
“It might have been sexual contact, it might have been hugging, might have been sharing towels, things like that where we know we can see transmission,” he said.
Men who have sex with men account for the vast majority of cases — between 95% and 99% — and Douglas said the effort is getting those at risk vaccinated.
“If you use somebody else’s towel and you dried your back off, you can get it on your back. If you’ve got it on your arm and then you touched your face, you can sometimes transmit it from one place on your body to another. If it’s contact involving your areas of intimate exposure during sex, your genital area or your anal area, you can see lesions show up there,” Douglas said.
There is treatment available and if someone gets a rash, a sore or a blister in an area where they had close contact with others, they should see a doctor.
“We’re most worried about it right now because it’s pretty uncomfortable to have it even though it’s not nearly as bad as COVID and certainly not as bad as Smallpox,” Douglas said.
To avoid the virus, Douglas recommends men having sex with men to reduce their sexual partners or abstain from having sex. As well, get the vaccine when possible. Douglas said the health emergency declared
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Martin’s weather programs director, said in the release. “We’ve continued to advance this technology, which will help provide more timely forecasts and snapshots of our environment to enable decisionmaking that makes our world a better place for upcoming generations.”
For Ball, the 20-month studies “will be based on Ball Operational Weather Instrument Evolution (BOWIE), a series of innovative environmental sensing systems to meet next generation space-based observation needs identified by customers,” according to the release.
“These studies are just the first steps in NOAA’s efforts to improve the nation’s ability to monitor, forecast and understand the conditions impacting weather, climate and health; from air and water quality to coastline health,” Makenzie Lystrup, vice president and general manager of Civil Space for Ball Aerospace, said in the release. “As weather events become increasingly unpredictable and extreme, we need to keep building better monitoring and forecasting tools. The instruments we are helping to define and design will be critical in NOAA’s commitment to building a weather-ready nation.”
This story is from The Denver Gazette, which publishes a daily electronic edition. Used by permission. For more information, visit denvergazette.com.
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by Biden may send more resources for education, testing and vaccines. COVID-19 While average COVID-19 cases are on the decline in Colorado, Douglas notes that a large number are left out of the count. “Some estimates are that as many
“It might have been sexual contact, as only one in seven of people infected are actually being picked up have been sharing towels, things like through the surveillance,” he said. - However, another measure officials use is wastewater surveillance since the virus is secreted through stool and that presence has been declining for the past four weeks. The reason for the most recent uptick in cases is due to a new variant called BA.5. Douglas said it’s more contagious and somewhat immune evasive. your arm and then you touched your “If you’ve been previously vaccinated, frankly, even up-to-date vaccination, or if you’ve had a previous another. If it’s contact involving your infection — those two ways of getting immune protection — don’t seem to work as well against BA,5 as some of the earlier variants,” he said. Vaccination still leads to a much lower chance of becoming reinfected with the BA.5 variant, Billings said. “Unvaccinated individuals are close contact with others, they should more than twice as likely to be reinfected than people who have received the third booster,” Billings said, “Reinfection, as the definition, is having a positive test for COVID-19 and then testing positive again, after your symptoms have resolved within a 90-day timeframe,” she said.
Despite rising cases, hospitalizations and deaths remained low and the BA.5 variant doesn’t appear to be more serious.
With each new variant, the severity of the disease has continually decreased and whether that will continue with the next variants is hard to predict. Billings noted scientists look at two characteristics to determine the level of severity.
“How easy does it create an infection and how easily does it spread? And we look at its severity and severity has an immune escape component to it. So does it evade the immunity that a body has already established either through vaccination or natural infection?” she said.
That’s why both Billings and Douglas do not think COVID-19 is over. Each new variant can behave very differently.
“We are so much more knowledgeable in how to protect and move with the curve that the virus throws at us,” Billings said.
Herd immunity
Douglas explained that determining whether the public reached herd immunity for COVID-19 is difficult
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rent is $1,450.
Data from the online Apartment List, which uses a different methodology than Zumper that leads to a different set of numbers, shows similar trends in rent-price growth in the region.
National median rent has grown 12% over the past year, according to data from the online rental site Apartment List.
With inflation higher than it has been in the past 40 years, higher mortgage rates and still sky-high housing prices for buyers, many people are ditching their hopes of home ownership and continuing to rent. That creates more competition for already too few rental units.
On a national level, the Denver area rental market has the 71st fastest rising prices in the country’s 100 largest cities, from this time last year.
Cold comfort: The trend of rising prices is hardly a local phenomenon, and nationwide, landlords are also charging more than many renters can afford.
This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.
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He said that if immunity levels, mostly through vaccination, are at 92% or greater, then transmission of the virus is very unlikely. However, since COVID-19 varies frequently, it’s very difficult to measure immunity.
Billings said that if the virus stops producing variants, then it could warrant herd immunity.
She said the fact that a summer spike occurred, which for respiratory illnesses usually occurs in the winter, is a sign herd immunity hasn’t been reached.
Situational masking
With the upcoming fall and winter seasons, mask mandates from Jefferson County Health Department and Tri-County Health Department don’t seem likely.
Douglas said unless a new variant that was more severe and very immune evasive than past variants, a mandate isn’t in the future. But both Billings and Douglas said the departments will always recommend masking based on situations.
“If I am unvaccinated and we’re at a high (case) level and I’m going to an indoor concert, I probably want to put a mask on,” Billings said. “If we’re in CDC level low or medium and I’m at an outdoor event, I probably would think about my individual risk: am I at risk for severe complications? (if so,) then I’d probably wear a mask. But if you’re fully vaccinated and we’re in CDC level low, mask-wearing is recommended, but it’s not necessarily something that would be the first tool that I would pull out of my COVID toolbox for mitigation of COVID.”
Blast from the past
Billings said the department is aware of one case of Polio in New York.
She said the Center for Disease Control is working to understand how and where the individual was infected.
There is no cure for Polio, but it is preventable through safe and effective vaccination.
For Coloradoans, there is no immediate risk. The most effective defense against the disease is vaccination.
“There is no immediate risk to residents in Jefferson County, however individuals who are unvaccinated, including those who are pregnant, those who have not completed their polio vaccine series previously, or community members who are concerned they might have been exposed, should get vaccinated,” Billings said.
Douglas notes few remember the initial outbreak in 1948.
“Very few people remember what it was like with Polio, it was a horror show,” he said.
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