DriveSafe Scholarship opens in April

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Applications for the DriveSafe Scholarship in Colorado are open to high school, undergrad and trade school students in Colorado through April 2, with winners announced on May 1.

e winner will be awarded a $1,500 scholarship. is year’s prompt is “How has learning to drive helped you in ways you didn’t expect?”

DriveSafe is accepting essay submissions of 250-500 words or video submissions uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo with the hashtag #DriveSafeScholarship.

DriveSafe is looking for submissions with originality, creativity, fresh points of view, emotional impact, “realness,” thoughtfulness and maturity.

DriveSafe is the largest driving school in Colorado according to its website, with locations all over the Denver metro.

To learn more about the scholarship and how to apply, check out the website at https://www.drivesafecolorado.com/scholarship.

Community involvement plan interviews for the Clear Creek Superfund Site

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and Clear Creek County, Colorado

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the EPA are updating the Clear Creek Superfund Site’s Community Involvement Plan. A community involvement plan is a site-specific strategy to determine the best way to facilitate two-way communication between the agencies and the community throughout the Superfund cleanup process.

We are inviting community members and stakeholders to take part in interviews in March 2023 to help guide the plan. You can sign up for an interview at bit.ly/40K0rC1 or by contacting Shannon Bauman at shannon.bauman@state.co.us or 303.692.3421. We are offering virtual and in-person interviews as well as Spanish interpretation upon request. Interview responses will be pooled and not attributed to individuals.

Site background:

The Clear Creek Superfund Site was listed on the National Priorities List in 1983, making it a Superfund site. The Study Area encompasses the approximately 400 square mile Clear Creek watershed. The area has been impacted by heavy metals from historic mining operations, including impacts to aquatic life and potentially human health. Cleanup to date has been focused primarily on addressing the impacts to surface water and includes: treatment of point-source discharges and contaminated water; waste pile stabilization, capping, off-site disposal and diversion of run-on water; development of a repository to consolidate and manage mine waste rock and tailings; andother activities. Cleanup activities and investigations at the site are ongoing.

Site information is available at: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/central-city-clear-creek.