Auto auction center gets City Council nod

Wholesale facility to recondition used cars from across state

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton will get a pre-auction re-conditioning and maintenance center for used cars, bringing in 240 new jobs, City Councilors agreed.

e CarMax o cials received approval from council members at their July 5 meeting to set up a 70,646 square foot vehicle service facility, one 4,864 square foot auction facility, and one 936 square foot nonpublic carwash, private fuel tank, and staging area.

e property planned unit development is located 19 miles south of County Road 18 with the Northland planned unit development. It will not be open to the general public, but will sell used cars at wholesale rates to dealers around the Denver Metro area.

CarMax is a national retailer of used cars with 244 locations across the country and six locations in Colorado. During the public hearing, Steve Hudak, CarMax Auto Superstores real estate representative, said the company is looking forward to being part of the Fort Lupton Community.

“Carmax is very involved in the communities with the CarMax foundation so, our employees are very involved in the communities where they work by matching donations to 501c3 companies matching dollar for dollar. We organize

“We’re farmers, we don’t want to be activists. But we also want our neighbors and our communities to be safe and we are concerned that not enough attention has been paid to our situation to correct it from happening to someone else,” Julie said in a recent interview.

Conor Farley, an administrative law judge at the PUC, heard recently from the public on a proposal to implement a 2021 law requiring the state to strengthen safety rules and adopt regulations to comply with federal requirements.

Several times during the three-hour-plus hearing, speakers referred to the “Nygren rules.” e couple recommended changes to the draft rules based on events that required the digging of a pit on their land that was more than 20 feet deep and 3 acres wide to muck out the pollution.

“ e story of Mark and Julie Nygren serves as a poignant reminder of what is at stake in this rule-making. All Colorado residents, in urban and rural areas, deserve to feel safe in their homes and be protected from avoidable pipeline accidents,” said Rep. Tammy

GOCO grant to help Weld County anglers

A $23,000 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado will be used to help 300 Weld County residents get shing licenses and shing gear over the next three years.

e Great Outdoors Colorado board awarded the grant to Colorado Parks and Wildlife and United Way of Weld County through the United Way’s Housing Navigation Center.

e grant is part of the Director’s Innovation Fund, a partnership between Great Outdoors Colorado and Colorado Parks and Wildlife to create a funding source for one-time projects that would not otherwise receive funding from either organization. e Housing Navigation Center helps its unhoused people get back into and keep housing.

e current grant will cover the cost of annual shing licenses and shing gear as well as programming through CPW’s Angler Education Program for 300 Weld County residents over the next three years. It’s designed to help the unhoused or county residents that are at-risk and do not have su cient nancial means to pay for shing licenses and gear.

Platte Valley Medical Center earns recognition for breastfeeding program

Platte Valley Medical Center is one of 45 hospitals recognized by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for e orts to promote breastfeeding and o er healthier food and beverage options through the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact and Colorado BabyFriendly Hospital Collaborative. e initiatives are part of the state’s work to promote healthy eating and active living to reduce rates of death and disease from chronic illness among Coloradans.

Platte Valley was recognized at the Gold Level for the Healthy Hospital Compact.

Learn more about the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact and the Colorado Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative at cdphe.colorado.gov/ colorado-healthy-hospital-compact and at BreastfeedColorado.com.

Farm to Market tickets on sale e Foundation’s biennial fundraising campaign will bene t women’s health services to help women connect with the care they need throughout their adult years and to support area women who do not always prioritize their own health needs. e foundation hopes to raise $500,000 in the campaign cycle. ey conduct multiple fundraising e orts annually with Farm to Table as the largest event. e event garners so much support that it often sells out long before the date. is year, Muñoz reserved a block of tickets that are available to the public for $75 each. ey are available at https://ftt2023.cbo.io.

Tickets for Farm to Table, a fundraising event for the Platte Valley Medical Foundation scheduled for Aug. 17 are on sale now.

Farm to Table will be at 6 p.m. Aug.

17 on the hospital campus. Platte Valley Medical Center’s Chef Mike Anderson uses produce donated by area farmers to create a gourmet meal for about 450 guests.

State youth council needs members e Colorado legislature’s nonpartisan Colorado Youth Advisory Council has openings for new members across the state for the 2023-25 term. e Youth Advisory Council is a statewide organization dedicated to youth-led civic service learning. Youth members lead policy committees that analyze issues and policies that impact youth across Colorado. Policy work can include making recommendations about current policies or advocating for new ones. Council members conduct research, write problem/solution statements, meet with subject matter experts, build relationships with legislators, and seek feedback from their peers and communities. e Colorado Legislature created the youth advisory council in 2008 to give Colorado’s youth ages 14-19 a voice in lawmaking. Youth council members work each summer to propose policy ideas to a committee of legislators. Each summer, students present policy proposals to legislators. During the last two years, several policies the youth council identi ed became law, including increased crisis services, higher education programs for fostered youth, educational standards and e orts to prevent eating disorders.

Applications are due June 19. State organizers plan to host an informational session for applicants at 6 p.m. June 14. Find info at www.coyac.org/ apply.

Donation time e Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank is asking for donations of canned fruits and nuts, varieties of dry pasta and pasta dinners, peanut butter and canned meat such as tuna (including the pouches).

Other potential donations could include chicken, Vienna sausages, spam and salmon. e bank also needs personal items, such as toiletries and baby needs.

Drop o donations at the food and clothing bank’s back door, 421 Denver Ave., on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Call 303-857-1096.

Walk with a doc

Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr.