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Douglas County poised for more growth

Douglas County bookstore looks to support educators Q&A includes staff’s top reads from 2021, most anticipated books of 2022

25% expansion in 10 years outpaces metro area

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Local bookstore Books Are Awesome of Parker aims to support area educators and schools while also fostering an appreciation for literature among young readers.

Co-owner Wendy Withers spoke to Colorado Community Media about programs to help teachers, the staff’s favorite reads of 2021 and their most anticipated of 2022.

BY MOLLY ARMBRISTER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The City of Lone Tree said through its Twitter account on Dec. 26 that the state’s drive-through site on Sky Ridge Medical Center’s campus was seeing heavy traffic and up to two-hour wait times. The city urged people to consider testing at other nearby locations.

On Dec. 27, Sky Ridge Medical Center requested that the state close its testing site on the campus

After a decade of growth that far outstrips the Denver metro area as a whole, Douglas County shows few signs of slowing down, driven by high levels of demand and new development in expanding towns like Castle Rock, Lone Tree and Parker.

There’s no doubt the entire metro area has grown at an unprecedented rate in the last decade. But Douglas County, home to smaller towns, scattered development and plentiful open space for years, was especially ripe for growth in 2010.

From 2010 to 2020, Douglas County’s population grew by 25% to just over 360,000 people, according to the most recent data available from the Colorado State Demography Office, compared with just under 16% growth for the entire metro area.

And while the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 slowed migration, and growth, across the board, Douglas County still grew more than twice as fast as metro Denver over the course of the year.

Douglas County’s population grew 2.5% from 2019 to 2020, while the metro area expanded by less than 1%, according to the demography office’s data.

Since Douglas County’s population was much smaller to begin with, it makes sense that its rate of growth

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About us We (Danean Wisely and Wendy Withers) opened Books Are Awesome in December 2019, exactly two years ago. We have lived here in Parker for more than 18 years, and felt it was vital to have a local, independent bookstore in town. We love the book business, and sell only new books, plus puzzles, SEE BOOKSTORE, P22

Wendy Withers, left, and Danean Wisely, right.

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Demand for COVID-19 testing jumps Traffic plagued one Douglas County testing site, forcing early closure

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

High turnout at a COVID-19 testing site in Douglas County created “unsafe traffic conditions” recently

as Colorado sees “a significant increase in demand for testing.”

Spokesman Brian Spencer with the Colorado Joint Information Center said by email that rising case counts across Colorado are being fueled by the omicron variant, and that paired with the typically high demand for COVID-19 testing near the holiday season is causing traffic at some testing sites.

“We still have (testing) capacity across the state,” Spencer said.

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Interested in running for office in 2022?

Here are steps to take to get on a ballot

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BY SANDRA FISH COLORADO SUN

The 2022 election is 10 months away, and a wave of candidates are filing paperwork to run in Colorado’s newly reconfigured congressional and legislative districts.

But jumping into a race doesn’t guarantee someone a spot on the ballot for the June 28 primary, let alone the Nov. 8 general election.

Candidates have to spend big money to qualify for the contest, or they can try to pick up enough support from members of their political party through what’s called the caucus and assembly process.

The mad dash to make the ballot starts this month, with the primary ballot set by April 29.

Here’s how the process works for Democratic and Republican candidates: Candidates must meet certain qualifications The federal and state governments set qualifications for candidates to run for elected office.

First off, candidates must be affiliated with a political party on Jan. 1, 2022, to seek the Democratic or Republican nomination.

To run for U.S. Senate, candidates must also be at least 30 years old, be a U.S. citizen for at least nine years,

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John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff on the 2020 U.S. Senate primary ballot.

and be a resident of the state at the time of the election.

To run for the U.S. House, candidates must be at least 25 years old, be a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and live in the state they represent, though not necessarily in the congressional district where they’re running.

Anyone running for office in Colorado must be a U.S. citizen. But that’s not the only requirement.

To run for governor or lieutenant governor, candidates must: be at

least 30 years old and be a Colorado resident for at least two years.

To run for treasurer, secretary of state or attorney general, candidates must be at least 25 years old and be a Colorado resident for at least two years.

To run for state Senate or House, candidates must be at least 25 years old and live in Colorado and the district they are seeking to represent for at least one year.

To run for University of Colorado regent, state Board of Education or district attorney, candidates must be at least 18 years old, be a Colorado resident and live in the district they’re running in, unless they’re running for a statewide at-large seat The caucus and assembly process The caucus and assembly process is considered the traditional, grassroots method of getting on the ballot. It’s also the least predictable route to being elected.

Candidates must cultivate support among party members who show up to precinct caucuses, where a handful of people — sometimes only two or three — gather to throw their support behind someone and elect delegates. Those delegates move on to county, district and state assemblies where they help form party platforms and nominate candidates

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Only voters registered as Repub- S licans or Democrats by Feb. 7 may attend precinct caucuses, which r must be held between March 1 1 and 5. Typically, the caucuses and i subsequent assemblies draw mostly s s party activists. That’s because it takes dedication — and a good deal t t of time — to participate. s To make the ballot through the r caucus and assembly, candidates B must get at least 30% of the delegate vote at each step. This limits c the number of candidates who may i emerge from an assembly to three, t e though it’s typically fewer.

For example, in the 2018 guberna- t torial caucus and assembly process, d a Democrats nominated Cary Kennedy and then U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, m while Republicans nominated then state Treasurer Walker Stapleton and former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez.

But those four people were far from the only candidates seeking to be on the primary ballot that year.

The caucus and assembly process can be somewhat unpredictable because delegates may switch their support from one candidate to another at the last minute. The 2016 Republican primary for U.S. Senate SEE BALLOT, P3

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is a prime example, where then El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn surprised many political observers by wooing party activists at the last minute and making the ballot. In the process, he denied others a chance at winning the GOP nomination.

The petition process Candidates may also petition to get on the ballot by gathering signatures from voters registered to their party. Those signatures are then reviewed and confirmed by the Secretary of State’s Office.

Jan. 18 is the first day that Democratic or Republican candidates may begin gathering those signatures. Signatures must be submitted

by March 15.

The signature-gathering rules are somewhat complicated, and going the petition route can be expensive — as in tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars expensive — especially for statewide candidates who typically hire private firms to do the work.

Signature-gathering requirements U.S. Senate candidates and those running for governor must collect 1,500 valid signatures from voters in each of Colorado’s eight congressional districts. That’s at least 12,000 signatures, though candidates typically gather far more signatures than they need just in case some signatures are rejected during the review process. U.S. House, state Board of Education and CU regent candidates must collect whichever is lesser: 1,500 signatures or 10% of the votes cast in the last primary election (or general election if there was no primary) held in the district Secretary of state, treasurer and attorney general candidates must collect 1,000 signatures from

each of the state’s eight congressional districts. That’s at least 8,000 signatures. State House and Senate candidates must collect whichever is lesser: 1,000 signatures or 30% of the votes cast in the last primary election (or general election if there was no primary) held in the district Candidates running for at-large University of Colorado regent seats must collect 500 signatures from each of the state’s eight congressional districts for a total of 4,000 signatures There’s often a race to submit signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office because once a voter has been counted on one candidate’s petition, they can’t be counted for another one running for the same office.

Problems can arise In 2018, Stapleton paid a firm about $235,000 to gather signatures so he could get on the ballot. But he withdrew the signatures he submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office at the last minute when he learned that the company he hired didn’t follow state laws.

Stapleton later won a lawsuit against Kennedy Enterprises, the signature-gathering firm, which was ordered to return the money.

Campaign finance records don’t indicate how much 2018 Republican gubernatorial nominees Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson or Democrats Donna Lynne and Mike Johnston paid to make the ballot.

But Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser spent nearly $175,000 to make the ballot in 2018, and Republican candidate for treasurer Polly Lawrence spent $128,000.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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Strive to Thrive offers hot meal and assistance The Strive to Thrive Resource Fair will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 25 from 4-6 p.m. at the Calvary Chapel, 1100 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Enjoy a free hot meal and access valuable resources from more than 20 different organizations. Individuals and families are welcome to attend.

For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Strive to Thrive.

Christmas tree recycling For drop-off locations, times and dates, as well as instructions on how to prepare a tree for recycling, visit douglas.co.us and search for Christmas tree recycling.

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Interested in becoming a foster parent or adopting a child?

Information nights are open to anyone interested in learning about foster care and adoption. Join the next free sessions via Zoom from 6-7:30 p., on Jan. 10 and 24.

Visit collaborativefostercare.com and select Information Night or call 303-636-1KID for details.

Are you a Douglas County property owner?

Look for your property tax statement or postcard notification in your mailbox the week of Jan. 17. Visit douglascotax.com to pay your taxes online or douglas. co.us/treasurer for more information.

What’s happening with your County government?

Our commitment to open and transparent government includes online posting of information about public meetings at which the business of government is conducted. To view various public meeting agendas and to participate in-person or remotely visit douglas.co.us and search for Meetings and Agendas.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day office closure Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

Many services are available at DoItOnlineDouglas.com

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Colo. children not yet impacted by omicron Local cases of more transmissible variant are starting to emerge

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Doctors nationwide say that while children have been the least impacted in contracting COVID-19, it does not mean they are immune, and with a third variant hitting the streets of Colorado cases will continue to go up.

Samuel Dominguez, a pediatric disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said statewide case numbers are holding steady with young patients. However, Dominguez said while national media outlets are reporting continued increases in young patients contracting the new omicron variant with hospital stays increasing, Colorado is still lagging behind.

Dominguez said CHC facilities along the Front Range had started seeing a decrease in young patients just before the Thanksgiving holiday. That decrease has continued as more cases of omicron are starting to be reported at all age levels.

Because Colorado cases are further behind the jump in COVID rates in states like Florida and New York, Dominguez said infectious disease doctors are relying

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on data from those states as they prepare to handle the anticipated increase.

“Really, in terms of what we are seeing here right now, it’s just not quite where the rest of the country is,” Dominguez said. “At the state level, we have no real good data for comparisons (between the delta and omicron variants) at this time.”

Even as Colorado is playing catch-up with the rest of the country, Dominguez said the newest variant it is here, and the biggest concern is how transmissible it is.

Like Colorado doctors, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to work on a world scale to get a grasp on what kind of impact the new variant will have on the U.S. As cases spread, the CDC reported that omicron spreads more easily than the original COVID strain and more studies are needed to see how it compares to the Delta variant.

According to the CDC timeline, Omicron was first reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Nov. 24. By Nov. 26, WHO classified Omicron as a “variant of concern.” The U.S. followed suit with the same labeling by Nov. 30. By Dec. 1, the U.S. had its first confirmed case of the new variant that is now competing with the Delta variant, which has been the dominant strain since summer.

On the website, the CDC stressed that “anyone with Omicron infection can spread the virus to others, even if they are vaccinated or don’t have symptoms.”

The CDC said more data is needed to know if Omicron infections, including breakthrough infections for vaccinated citizens, cause more sever illness or death than infection with other COVID variants.

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y current vaccines on the market, d including Pizer and Moderna, c are expected to protect people from “severe” illness, hospitaliza- a tions and deaths. However, the a CDC warned that it expects an d increase in breakthrough cases g among people who are fully vaccinated. d U.S. health officials continue to C encourage residents to not only f get the first round of vaccinac tions, but also get the booster shotD c for added protection. a In children, Dominguez said, vaccinations are an important t preventive step for ages 5 and older to be protected as much as possible.

As omicron becomes the most prevalent variant spreading COVID, Dominguez said winter break from schools is both good and bad to help prevent the spread among children and youths.

“The time off means decreases in spreading (COVID) in the schools,” he said. “But the bad side is there are a lot more holiday gatherings this time of year where it can also spread. Traveling also tends to increase this time of year.”

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sity reported the highest total cases of COVID since pandemic tracking officially began on Jan. 21, 2020. Breaking the record on Dec. 29, data showed the U.S. had 377,014 confirmed cases.

In Colorado, the state had just over 4,700 confirmed cases on Dec. 29, up about 67% from 2,824 confirmed cases the week before.

As cases increase, the need for testing centers has also increased. According to the Douglas County website, testing at Sky Ridge Medial Center resumes this month. In Arapahoe County, testing sites can be seen with increasing lines at the UCHealth Campus along Arapahoe Road and the Arapahoe Crossing Shopping Center.

Still, Dominguez said, the “silver lining” for children and young adults is that it is the demographic least impacted in contracting COVID. “Overall, children have done a lot better handling this than adults,” he said. “But to say children are not impacted or cannot get this at all is just wrong.”

Dominguez stressed that children can still get COVID, spread COVID and some can get sick from it. Another area of concern for the younger population, Dominguez said, is that children can contract a condition known as MIS-C. MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome, is a serious condi-

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Beekeeping chef has residents buzzing ‘It’s been an adventure, I’ll tell you’

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

When Greg Strickland realized four years ago that the lackluster gardens at the Vi at Highlands Ranch senior-living community might need more pollinators, he jumped into beekeeping with both feet.

The executive chef, who’s been with Vi since it opened in 2008, started with one and now maintains six rooftop hives at the upscale community off of South University Boulevard.

“It’s been an adventure, I’ll tell you,” said Strickland, who incorporates the honey into Vi’s menu items. The sweet liquid is also put into jars and sold at Vi’s annual farmers market.

Strickland, who’s been cooking for over 30 years, said he’s always striving to improve Vi’s culinary program. When he can, he offers specials that utilize the community’s produce such as pesto from the kitchen garden’s abundance of basil or salads that use their homegrown cherry tomatoes. But his efforts go beyond enticing the palate.

“Chefs should all strive to be more connected to their food and more connected to their residents and their guests,” Strickland said.

His bees fit into Vi’s “living well” approach to life, which focuses on the minds, bodies and spirits of residents, said Angela Owens, lifestyle director at Vi. In addition to helping people eat healthily, residents have enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the bees.

Strickland gives lectures about the winged insects’ role and their struggles in our modern environment. Sensitive to certain chemicals and subject to colony collapse syndrome, they are canaries in the coal mine, he says, and he is happy to talk about them with residents.

“There’s always a buzz around the bees,” Owens said. “Residents are really excited about the bees, and it adds value to our community.”

In addition to Strickland’s culinary garden, some residents care for their own garden plots at Vi. Others peruse the facility’s communal memory garden. All the gardens — and the residents who enjoy them — have benefited from the bees, Owens said.

Strickland not only creates breakfast, lunch and dinner options for Vi’s 300 residents, he also provides fun food events outside of mealtime. The activities offered by the chef are some of Vi’s best attended programs, Owens said.

Over 75 residents, for example, recently attended a wine and food pairing event he hosted.

The chef’s newest plan involves opening a nanobrewery at Vi next year that uses the community’s honey and possibly their own hops. Over a dozen residents, many of them former homebrewers, have expressed an interest in working on the project with him.

“Our residents bring a lot to the table,” Strickland said. “They were very creative people before they came here and, of course, that didn’t end there. They’re very creative, and they like to get involved with what we’re doing.”

When it comes to bees, involvement can go beyond Vi as far as Strickland’s concerned. He’d love to see everybody who has the opportunity to give beekeeping a try.

While bees are more work than a cat, they’re less work than a dog, he said, and they don’t take a lot of space. During the peak season, Strickland spends about three hours a week on the six hives at Vi. He also keeps a hive in his own backyard in Highlands Ranch.

“These little creatures are very much responsible for a lot of the lifestyle that we have, the availability of food that we have,” Strickland said. “... They’re facing a lot more challenges than they were even 10 to 20 years ago. It’s definitely something to pay attention to.”

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Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert courts suspend jury trials

Trials in Douglas, Arapahoe and Elbert counties have been suspended due to an increase in COVID cases.

Chief judge takes precaution amid omicron variant surge

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An order by the chief judge in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties has suspended all jury trials through Jan. 28, citing data regarding the coronavirus surge driven by the omicron variant.

The suspension applies across the 18th Judicial District, which encompasses the four counties,

and took effect Jan. 3.

Michelle Amico, the chief judge, was advised by the Tri-County Health Department that the oneweek “cumulative incidence rate” — the rate of new COVID-19 cases — over the previous week had increased at the highest rate compared to any previous COVID-19 surges for both Arapahoe and Douglas counties, according to the order, which was dated Dec. 30.

“Arapahoe County experienced a 163% increase, and Douglas County experienced a 180% increase,” the order said. “In addition, on December 29, 2021, both Arapahoe and Douglas Counties broke their record for the highest one-day case count since the pandemic started.”

Authorities seek victims of suspect in child sex assaults Following arrest, the sheriff’s office searching for anyone harmed

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe County sheriff’s investigators are asking for the public’s help in trying to find more alleged victims of suspect Allan Richard Long, 51, the sheriff’s office announced in December.

Long is suspected of 41 felony counts relating to sexual abuse of children, according to the news release. Investigators say there are at least seven victims ranging in age from 4 to 16, but there could be many more, the Dec. 16 news release said.

Long was arrested by sheriff’s deputies in September. He has ties in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and Montana, according to the release.

Investigators believe he may have committed multiple sex-assault crimes in those states and possibly

others, due to his access to families through his work, according to the release.

His occupations included volunteer firefighter, tow truck driver, truck dispatcher and over-the-road truck driver, according to the news release and Deputy John Bartmann, spokesperson for the sheriff’s office.

He allegedly committed some of the crimes within Arapahoe Long County, according to Bartmann.

Investigators say their child sex assault cases with Long date back to 2001, but they believe his alleged crimes may have started before that, the release said. If you believe you may have been a victim of Long, know someone who may have been or have any information about him, the sheriff’s office asks you to contact Investigator Andrew Fehringer at 720-874-4065 or afehringer@arapahoegov.com.

Long was in the Arapahoe County jail being held in lieu of $1 million bond as of press time.

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Data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows that the omicron variant has become the dominant variant in Colorado and now accounts for 91% of Colorado COVID-19 cases, with the delta variant accounting for the remainder, the order said.

“The CDC reports that anyone with Omicron infection can spread the virus to others, even if they are vaccinated or don’t have symptoms and that the surges in Omicron are likely to further aggravate the state’s healthcare system,” the order said.

The chief judge “has determined that public health and safety dictate avoiding the gathering of large groups of prospective jurors and that a temporary suspension of jury trials is necessary,” the order said.

The chief judge “will continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 data for all four counties and reserves the right to rescind, modify, or extend this (order) at any time based upon then-existing data, health related considerations, input from members of the bench and stakeholders, and all other relevant factors impacting jury trials,” the order continued.

The 18th Judicial District is the largest judicial district in Colorado, serving more than 1 million people, Amico noted in another order from 2021.

That order, dated Aug. 2, said “all persons must wear face coverings in the public and non-public areas of the courthouses and probation offices in the Eighteenth Judicial District until further notice.” That order cited CDC guidelines and recommendations from local public health officials.

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Littleton nonprofit gives grants to documented immigrants

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Immigrant Pathways Colorado, a nonprofit based in Littleton, said it has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to immigrants in the Denvermetro area, a milestone for the organization after it began offering grants in 2010.

“It feels pretty amazing,” said Susan Thornton, a former Littleton mayor who founded the organization in 2009. The nonprofit is completely community funded and receives no federal or state assistance, said Thornton.

“I was really amazed that a volunteer board of directors can do so much,” she said.

While the program focuses on immigrants living in the Denver area, Immigrant Pathways has awarded money across Colorado to lower-income, documented immigrants for a variety of initiatives such as English lessons, citizenship applications and driver’s licenses.

The nonprofit also awards scholarships to immigrants attending classes at Arapahoe Community College (ACC). As of 2021, the organization has awarded more than $20,000 in scholarships, according to Marie Perrin-McGraw, assistant director of operations and stewardship at ACC. About $1,000 goes to each student.

“Our partnerships with our community are crucial with our mission of removing barriers to education and creating those community partnerships,” Perrin-McGraw said.

Since Immigrant Pathways began working with ACC in 2017, McGraw said the program has been crucial for opening more doors to students.

“It opens a whole new way of looking at their educational path and giving them confidence to apply for funding and knowing that there’s external groups, like (Immigrant Pathways), actively wanting them to move forward,” she said.

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Along with ACC students, Immigration Pathways works with several immigrant service organizations to identify applicants who may be eligible for a grant. This includes the Littleton Immigration Resources Center and the Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning in Denver.

While Immigration Pathways receives larger donations of around $1,000 every year from organizations like the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Colorado chapter, it mainly relies on smaller donations from individuals across the metro area.

“It’s a non-stop effort to educate the

community about what we’re doing,” Thornton said. “Most of what we raise comes from people in the community who believe in our work.”

Thornton said she’s proud of the progress and growth the nonprofit has made. As it celebrates its $100,000 grant landmark, its members are preparing to bring help to incoming refugees from Afghanistan throughout Colorado, with around 2,000 anticipated for the Denver metro area.

Thornton said the organization is anticipating an influx of grant requests, but she remains hopeful that the community that has supported Immigrant Pathways will continue.

“America has always been a land of immigrants,” she said. “And people look to us for humanitarian leadership.”

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Heading into the new year, we get to choose what it is we want to start doing. For many of us, we thought about what it is that we want to stop doing instead of what we want to start doing. When we think of what we are trying to stop, it means we see that as something that is negative, maybe it’s a bad habit that we know

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The best way to stop or break a bad habit is to start a new, good, healthy and productive habit. What I have noticed in life is that people who get stuck, knowing they want to stop doing something that could be destructive or disruptive to their life, but don’t stop, is because they didn’t come up with a better alternative.

We may argue that this should be common sense, but keep in mind that common sense is not always common practice. Many of us miss our own “aha” moments because we are so close to a problem or situation that we can’t visualize our way out of it. We need someone else to come alongside of us and point out what might be obvious.

As I thought about the column that I would write to begin the year, I knew that I wanted to begin the year with a one-word theme. I outlined several drafts of what the column could be about and had plenty of positive, motivating and encourag-

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would be higher. But there’s no doubt that the county has seen an outsized share of development in recent years, and in 2021 it took significant steps toward continuing the trend heading into the new year.

In Lone Tree, for example, a longanticipated expansion of RidgeGate Parkway paved the way — literally — to easier access and smoother traffic flows through the area, a crucial piece of the plan to implement phase two of the RidgeGate masterplanned development. Additionally in 2021, Shea Homes made its first of five land purchases that will allow it to build homes on 185 acres at RidgeGate.

Castle Rock has also made big moves that are poised to pay dividends as the retail-heavy town persists on its path to greater diversity of industry, more primary employment and good jobs closer to home for its growing number of residents.

With projects like The Meadows residential development underway and large mixed-use developments like Dawson Trails moving through the planning stages, Castle Rock is ready to keep its growth spurt going, although keeping the expansion going at a measured, reasonable pace is the goal for the economic development team there.

“Healthy is the key word,” said Frank Gray, CEO of the Castle Rock Economic Development Council.

“You want to see nice, healthy growth. Growth is going to happen in Castle Rock either way. The entitlements are there. So, you want to create an environment where you can get to the highest and best use, and create jobs for Castle Rock residents and places where people want to live and work.”

Retail and dining, two industries that have historically been Castle Rock’s bread and butter, were hard hit by the pandemic, but the area’s draw has kept business running, Gray said.

“Castle Rock has been on fire, even through the pandemic,” he said.

Like Lone Tree, new infrastructure projects will similarly help Castle Rock continue to pursue its goals going forward.

“Without key infrastructure, nothing really moves forward,” Gray said.

Even the unincorporated parts of Douglas County are contributing to the surge in population.

Sterling Ranch, which began new home construction in 2016 after two years of planning and

Housing in Lone Tree continues to increase along with the population.

infrastructure work, plus about a decade of legal contention, in July 2021 announced the opening of its third distinct neighborhood, called Prospect Village, within the behemoth site in the northwest corner of the county.

Sterling Ranch is a long-term development play, with full buildout expected to take at least two decades. But it and many other residential developments have their work cut out for them trying to keep pace with the hunger for homes in Douglas County.

The number of households in the county jumped by 27% to just under 131,000 in the 10 years leading up to 2020, according to the demographer’s data, compared with a 15% increase across the metro area, and local residential real estate brokers say that demand for homes in the county has only increased over the course of 2021.

Development in the county can only go so far, thanks to protections placed on the county’s ample open space, but with cities, towns and unincorporated developments all moving full-steam ahead with their growth plans, there is plenty of runway for the county’s continued expansion, even beyond what it’s seen so far.

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Often, they teach customers about more than food

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ometimes when customers enter Cafe Jordano, a longstanding Italian restaurant in Lakewood, they inquire about the lack of romantic music and quiet ambiance.

Owner Elisa Heitman, who was born and raised in Naples, Italy, takes a moment to explain: that is simply the American impression of her homeland.

“In Italy, the restaurants do not have dim lights and they have lots of people that talk,” Heitman said, “And they’re definitely not quiet.”

That’s just one of the parts of her country that Heitman seeks to share with customers through her restaurant, which has been in the community since 1991.

Heitman and dozens of other restaurateurs across the Denver Metro Area bring the food and culture of their homelands to local communities. Often, they’re correcting stereotypes and connecting Coloradans to novel ideas about far away places.

For Farah-Jane Jean Pierre, owner of Fritay Haitian Cuisine food truck, she’s teaching many that not all Haitian food is spicy and that her home country is more than what is seen on the news. For Grant and Yoona Conrad, owners of Hangry Ohana, they’re spreading Aloha and introducing locals to the sometimes-unexpected flavors of Hawaiian barbecue.

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When Jean Pierre moved to Denver three years ago, the only Haitian restaurant she knew of was closing down, she said. Previously, she had been in New York, where the food of her home country was abundant and easy to find.

With degrees in culinary arts and hospitality and a group of friends encouraging her to start her own restaurant, Jean Pierre soon decided to take a course in opening a food truck. Now,

the recently-opened Fritay Haitian Cuisine food truck sits at 8615 East Colfax Avenue in Denver.

During the time she was preparing to open her food truck, Jean Pierre worked with her mother and aunt, both of whom still live in Haiti, to develop her recipes, she said.

“And then I put my own touch on them,” she said.

The truck serves common Haitian street food like plantains, rice and black beans, poul fri (fried chicken) and griyo (fried pork). Much of the food is prepared in a traditional haitian marinade called epis, which is a blend of herbs, garlic, peppers, vinegar and oil.

With many customers having never tried Haitian food, Jean Pierre often provides samples and explains a bit about her cooking process.

“There’s a misconception that Caribbean people eat a lot of spicy food,” Jean Pierre said.

“But that doesn’t mean all our food is spicy.”

Jean Pierre, who moved to the United States a month after the deadly 2010 earthquake in Haiti, hopes to address other misconceptions about her country as well.

“With everything happening in Haiti right now, there’s bad news all the time,” she said, “But to me, there’s more to Haiti, more than the news.”

She said she hopes those curious about the country will try her food to learn a bit about it.

“You get a taste of Haiti,” she said. “Even though you’ve never been to Haiti.”

Spread the Aloha Grant and Yoona Conrad met in college on the Hawaiian island of Oahu where they both participated in a local ROTC program. Grant started working in the restaurant industry while there and fell in love with the island’s food, he said.

The couple eventually moved to Colorado, where Grant was raised. Grant was working as a district manager for Wendy’s at the time but in 2016, he decided to open Hangry Ohana, a Hawaiian barbeque food truck. Two years later, they opened their first storefront location in Parker and later opened restaurants in Fountain and Monument.

Now, Yoona, who grew up in Hawaii, gets to enjoy the food she grew up with, which isn’t

very common in the Denver Metro Area.

“I get homesick like most people,” she said.

“Grant’s cooking skills and business skills help me not miss home as much.”

The couple used a mix of taste memory, Yoona’s family recipes, and their own flavors to develop the dishes now served in the fast-casual restaurant. Some of the main items include chicken katsu, kalua pork, macaroni salad and bacon fried rice.

It’s not just the food from Hawaii that the couple is providing, it’s also the culture. One thing Yoona likes to do is “spread the Aloha” with their customers, she said.

“Aloha is like a term for love and caring and saying hi,” she said. “It’s a good, warm comfort type of word and we want to instill that in our restaurant culture so our customers feel at home and get a little bit of the island experience.”

Cafe Jordano When Heitman moved to Colorado in 1979, she quickly fell in with the restaurant industry.

She met her then-husband and about a decade later, the couple opened Cafe Jordano – named for their son.

“Everybody said ‘you’re crazy, you’re never going to make it,” she said in an interview with Colorado Community Media.

Now, it’s 31 years later and Heitman says it was reasonable prices and word of mouth exchanges that maintained and grew the restaurant.

Many of the restaurant’s dishes are a blend of traditional recipes combined with their own unique twist, Heitman said.

While visitors sometimes only think of spaghetti or lasagna when they first glance at the menu, Heitman’s offerings include many other dishes like Pollo Elegante, a chicken marsala dish with mushrooms and a splash of cognac, and Cod Alla Pomodoro Fresco, made up of cod, olive oil, tomatoes garlic and basil over linguini.

Heitman’s personal favorite is the linguini with fresh clams.

“It’s what I grew up on,” Heitman said.

The restaurant makes all of its sauces and meatballs in house and buys some ingredients, including their bread, straight from Italy.

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isruption: Works From the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection” will open Jan. SONYA’S 16 on the third floor SAMPLER of the Hamilton Building, Denver Art Museum, and run through 2022.

This new Sonya Ellingboe exhibit is curated

by Laura F. Almeida, Curatorial Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art at the museum. The exhibit will feature about 50 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and mixed media works, the majority of which have not been exhibited before at the museum. Most are drawn from the museum’s Vicki and Kent Logan collection, supplemented with a handful of works from the donors’ private collection.

Included is Cree artist Kent Monkman’s humorous “Artist and Model,” which has appeared previously at the DAM. San Luis Valley The Tesoro Historic Lecture Series continues at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 at Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Dr. Charles Nicholas Saenz will talk about the San Luis Valley, recognized as “the place where Colorado began” because of its history of conflict and collaboration along the borderlands of the Rio Grande. (Free, but a reservation is required: 303-347-5999 or the South Suburban Parks and Recreation website, ssprd.org.)

On Jan. 9, the lecture will be repeated at the Tattered Cover Bookstore, 2526 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 2

“Artist and Model” by Kent Monkman of the Fisher River Band Cree is part of the “Disruption” exhibition that will open Jan. 16 at the Denver COURTESY OF DENVER ART MUSEUM Art Museum.

house theatre at Aspen Grove has reopened and has new reclining seats as it resumes its cinema-eatery combination of film presentations. See drafthouse.com/ theater/littleton.

p.m. and again at the Fort Restaurant, 19192 Highway 8, Morrison, at 6 p.m., followed by a dinner. Reservations required: 303-839-1671, tesoroculturalcenter.org.

Bemis Library “Beginner Genealogy” will be a workshop at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 10. It will introduce Bemis’ strong collection of related books and methods of research. Fee: $35, individual, $45, family. Registration required: 303-795-3961, bemis.marmot.org.

Collaboration Stories on Stage and Buntport Theater stage an annual collaboration, which will be “High School Confidential” at 2 p.m. on Jan. 16 at Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, and a Virtual Premiere at 7 p.m. on Jan. 21 (which can be watched later if you have purchased a ticket). Tickets cost $22. storiesonstage.org or 303494-0523. Buntport’s Brian

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Newman Center Dance Theatre of Harlem will perform at the Newman Center at the University of Denver on at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 and 15. Tickets at the Box Office, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver, 303-871-7720, newmancenterpresents.com. Also coming to Newman Center on Feb. 19, 20: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

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Arts organizations look to a new year Outlets for creativity gain ground as restrictions continue

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As a person who learned to love the arts — visual and performing — as a young child, I have been so saddened by the limitations COVID has placed on our world, near and far. And I’m sure my sadness can’t compare to that of a performer, whose energy comes from sharing his/her talents with an audience, or a skilled visual artist, whose fingertips tingle as a new painting takes shape, meant to speak to another sort of audience out there ... Creativity needs to be shared ...

We see new partnerships developing throughout the area, which is a welcome and healthy sign.

As notices of performances and exhibits arrive in my inbox now, I am excited to sally forth to live performances again, although apprehensive about health issues, of course. It will require a wardrobe of masks and a proof of vaccination in my wallet to feed my soul!

In many venues, seating will be spaced out, and perhaps therefore pricier. Masks are required in all the performance spaces I’m hearing about, starting with our local Town SEE ARTS, P17

Town Hall Arts Center in Littleton has resumed offering programs for children along with stage shows.

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Students building ‘tiny homes’ for homeless

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For the second time, students at Cherry Creek’s career and technical education campus are building what are known as “tiny homes” as part of an effort to help people out of unshel-

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Hall Arts Center in Downtown Littleton, which will open “Little Shop of Horrors,” directed by Robert Wells, Jan. 28 to March 6. Meek Seymour, a budding botanist who works in a struggling flower shop, discovers a new plant. It demands to be fed blood and uses foul language. (This one is not for the small set.)

Town Hall has made it through with a devoted, small staff and hard-working board. Its popular education programs for kids have resumed and will hopefully offer summer happy times for budding theatricals and those who want to learn the technical parts of entertainment as well. “Once on This Island” and “The Wedding Singer” will wrap up the spring and run into summer. Watch also for an announcement of “Town Hall Sessions: an intimate concert series.”

Stanton Gallery will next host an exhibit called “Contrast,” opening Jan. 28.

Lone Tree Arts Center and Parker’s PACE Center are offering programming as well, which will no doubt increase.

Watch for concert announcements by local symphonic organizations: Littleton Symphony, Arapahoe Philharmonic, Lone Tree Symphony, Parker Symphony,

tered homelessness in Denver.

“This project is not only teaching our students valuable life skills and preparing them for post-secondary careers — it’s also showing them how to use their skills for the benefit of the community,” Mike Degitis, project coordinator and a math teacher at the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, said in a news release.

“Compared to other practice builds in class, students take pride in this project because it will actually become SEE HOUSES, P23

Englewood Arts Presents, and for news of these organizations as they work with children ...

I’d love to see more interchange among these organizations as we start a new year, with new rules ... all could benefit.

Area colleges and universities add strength to the arts scene as well, and I hope more area folks will discover the really lovely Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College, and I hope, some music programming open again to the community, eventually ...

Littleton’s newly-formed Arts and Culture Commission has completed a strategic plan and connected with arts organizations. Lone Tree has an Arts Commission. Englewood Arts Presents connects with education projects in the schools especially well. Each community follows a different path. We hope to gain better understanding of other south area organizations with parallel functions and wonder about possibilities for exchange of ideas and services ...

We are so fortunate to have the number of arts venues available in the area and hope readers access and enjoy them for visual and performing arts and educational opportunities.

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.

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games, journals, candles, tote bags, reading glasses, and more! We currently host six book clubs in our store (Middle Readers, Young Adult, Mystery, Classics, New Releases and Romance), and you can find out more about them on our website (booksareawesome.org). We are thrilled to support Douglas County Schools in the Battle of the Books and other literacy programs. We have author events many Saturdays showcasing mostly local authors.

What were your favorite books you read in 2021?

SciFi: “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir and “Under the Whispering Door” by TJ Klune Young Adult: “Act Cool” by Tobly McSmith Historical Fiction: “The Prophets” by Robert Jones, Jr. and “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah Romance: “One Last Stop” by Casey McQuiston Mystery: “How to Book a Murder” by Cynthia Kuhn — local author Middle Reader: “Alone” by Megan Freeman — local author Kid’s Picture Book: “Sheepish

January 6, 2022 (Wolf Under Cover)” by Helen Yoon — author and illustrator What are some books you are most looking forward to reading in 2022?

I mostly read books for the book clubs (currently there are six per month held in-store), so that keeps me busy! We have an amazing local author/avid reader we work with who is able to do a lot of our advance reading — getting books before they are published in exchange for giving honest reviews. Her name is Meagan Dallner, and her Top 10 most-anticipated books for 2022 are: 1. “Like a Sister” by Kellye Garrett (March 8) 2. “Book Lovers” by Emily Henry (May 3) 3. “The Book of Cold Cases” by Simone St. James (March 15) 4. “This Woven Kingdom” by Tahereh Mafi (Feb. 1) 5. “The Violin Conspiracy” by Brendan Slocumb (Feb. 1) 6. “The Book of Night” by Holly Black (May 3) 7. “Gallant” by V.E. Schwab (March 1) 8. “Upgrade” by Blake Crouch (July 19) 9. “I Must Betray You” by Ruta Sepetys (Feb. 1) 10. “The Ones We Burn” by Rebecca Mix (Nov. 1)

Do you have any reading recommendations for young learners in the new year?

There are so many great books for young readers! We can usually find a book that your child will love, and want to read — many for our younger readers are told from the viewpoint of an animal (like “Pax” or “Wings of Fire”), or are narrated by someone with a very different background (like “Look Both Ways” or “The Benefits of Being an Octopus”), or come in graphic-novel format (“Drama” or “Click” or “The Owl Diaries”). Come in and tell us what you like, and we will try to match you with a fabulous book!

Can you provide an overview of how the store supports and works with area educators?

We always offer an immediate 10% discount for educators and work closely with librarians and teachers to ensure that we have the required and recommended books that are assigned to students. We have held events in-store with PTOs and English departments to raise money for the PTO or department (they get a portion of sales during a specific time period) as well as to purchase books from the wish-lists of teachers and staff members.

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What were some of your most memorable partnerships or events held with Douglas County educators or schools in 2021?

In August 2021 we had a week-long f fundraiser for the Legend High f School English Department that S was phenomenal! We also held a PTO fundraiser in December 2021 for Mountain View and Northeast a Elementary Schools’ PTO, donated a t portion of the sales and purchased w over 30 wish-list books for teachers e w and staff! e What partnerships or events with schools and educators are you looking A r forward to in 2022?

We are thrilled to be a part of the a Battle of the Books put on by Doug- t las County School District — finals T t take place in February 2022. We have all of the books for the third/ P fourth and fifth/sixth graders, and g all of the books for the high school level. We would love to work with the other local Parker high schools (Ponderosa, Lutheran and Chaparral) to hold events (fundraisers, poetry slams, game nights, readings).

Just contact the store! s Anything else you would add?

We always love to hear what booksd a people are reading and loving — come see us and tell us which books w v you think are AWESOME! c a n

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for the afternoon as traffic interfered with access to the facility, Spencer said.

“In partnership, we mapped a safe and suitable traffic flow to ensure those who seek testing have access while guaranteeing access to the emergency room for any Coloradan who may need emergency services,” Spencer said.

City of Lone Tree spokesman Austin Good deferred to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment when asked about traffic management on the site.

The City of Lone Tree is helping to handle overflow onto RidgeGate Parkway and clear access for emergency vehicles coming and going

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someone’s home.”

The tiny homes are small residences complete with plumbing and electricity capability that will house people at a tiny-home village in Denver once they’re completed in April, according to a Cherry Creek School District news release.

“Tiny home villages provide a safe, dignified and alternative sheltering model for people coming from unsheltered homelessness in Denver,” Colorado Village Collaborative, the organization partnering with the school district on the project, said in a news release. “These villages bridge the gap between the streets and stable housing.”

In 2017, the City of Denver’s first legal community of tiny homes opened along 38th Street, giving a small number of people a lift in their struggle to exit homelessness. The Colorado Village Collaborative launched the community, called Beloved Community Village, which later moved to the city’s Globeville

from the hospital, he said.

Sky Ridge spokeswoman Linda Watson in a statement thanked the Lone Tree Police Department for helping manage traffic at the testing site, which sits on the south lot of Sky Ridge’s campus. She said signage will “ensure that our patients and EMS partners can easily access our Emergency Department.”

Daily totals provided by the Joint Information Center generally show a steady increase in the number of tests provided at the state’s two drive-through locations in Douglas County — the one at Sky Ridge and a second at the Douglas County Justice Center in Castle Rock — leading up to New Year’s Eve. At Sky Ridge, the testing site logged 398 tests on Dec. 19. On Dec. 26, the site conducted 836 tests, 998 on Dec. 27, 1,117 on Dec. 28 and

1,042 on Dec. 29. The justice center’s numbers peaked on Dec. 29 at 734 tests, up from 107 on Dec. 19.

The drive-through locations at Sky Ridge and the Douglas County Justice Center do not require preregistration, although it is strongly encouraged.

Spencer said a third testing site at EchoPark Stadium in Parker completed 552 tests the week ending Dec. 15 and 1,550 in the week ending on Dec. 22. The EchoPark Stadium testing site requires pre-registration.

Testing is critical to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and the state is “encouraged to see so many people getting tested as a way to keep themselves, loved ones, and communities safe” from the virus, he said.

He urged anyone with symptoms to get tested, regardless of their vaccination status. Instructions are

available on the state website for how to report at-home COVID-19 test results.

A representative of MAKO Medical, which operates the drivethrough locations at Sky Ridge and the justice center, said pre-registration makes a significant difference in wait times and traffic clogs at testing facilities.

“The longer it takes us to register the parties on site, the longer it’s going to take folks to get through the site,” MAKO representative Scott Ross said.

Ross said staff at the MAKO facilities have high spirits and are braced to handle whatever level of demand they face in coming days.

“We’re doing our best. We’re out there servicing the community every day, and it’s almost 25 degrees in the morning when we start,” Ross said.

neighborhood.

The Colorado Village Collaborative later opened a tiny-home village for women and transgender women climbing out of homelessness.

To the organization’s knowledge, the women’s village was to be the second-ever legal tiny home village for people experiencing homelessness in the Denver metro area, according to Cole Chandler, executive director of the Colorado Village Collaborative. Named the Women’s Village at Clara Brown Commons, it sits near 37th Avenue and York Street, not far from the Five Points neighborhood.

The first Cherry Creek students’ project to build tiny homes occurred during the 2019-20 school year: The students at Innovation Campus built six units for the women’s village. Now, students are building five units.

The units will be finished at the end of the students’ spring semester and will be delivered to the Beloved Community Village’s new location in late April or early May, said Jennifer Forker, a spokesperson for the Colorado Village Collaborative.

The Beloved village will soon sit at 4201 N. Monroe St. when the village relocates from its current location at 4400 N. Pearl St. by April 30, according to the organization.

Since 2017, the organization’s tiny-home program has grown considerably from its 11-unit origin, according to the collaborative. In 2021, CVC’s two tiny-home villages served more than 45 people, 11 of whom have graduated from the villages into permanent housing this year, the organization says.

At the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, high school students in the Cherry Creek School District come to learn skills in several trades — from construction management to cybersecurity.

This year’s build includes firstyear and second-year students in CCIC’s Infrastructure Engineering pathway, according to the Colorado Village Collaborative.

The organization has also worked with Denver to provide another kind of shelter. In July 2020, the Denver Mayor’s Office announced a partnership with the Colorado Village Collaborative to open “Safe Outdoor Spaces,” according to the organi-

zation’s website. The Safe Outdoor Spaces are “secure, staffed, resource- and service-rich environments” for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, the website says.

The first two Safe Outdoor Spaces had “successfully operated” in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood starting in December 2020, the website says.

An entity called EarthLinks opened the first Safe Outdoor Space site at First Baptist Church, and Colorado Village Collaborative opened the second site at Denver Community Church. Those were the first two locations in Denver, according to Forker.

Some of Colorado Village Collaborative’s funding comes from the City of Denver, Forker said.

The organization also receives funding from “generous individuals, foundations and business donors,” Forker added.

The Cherry Creek Innovation Campus is located at 8000 S. Chambers Road near East Broncos Parkway. It sits in the Dove Valley area of unincorporated Arapahoe County, just outside central Centennial.

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