County convenes discussion on EV charging stations
County, cities launch survey, plan gathering
Adams County drivers are being asked for their opinions regarding electronic vehicle charging stations and where they should be located.
“More and more people are turning to electric vehicles for a variety of reasons, including environmental concerns, nancial viability, and more,” said Commissioner Lynn Baca, Chair of the Adams County Board of Commissioners.
As part of Adams County’s Sustainability program, the county has partnered with
the cities of Brighton, Commerce City, ornton, Northglenn, and Westminster to form a regional cohort to hear from the community about where newchargers would best serve residents.
e group, led by the county, has established a short community survey along with an interactive map where residents can drop pins in locations where they would like to see future EV charging stations with an explanation why those spots would be useful.
With this data and information from the community, Adams County and partner cities will work together to better understand where residents want to see expanded EV infrastructure to help inform grant applications, future partnerships, and next steps to make their requests a reality.
“It’s our responsibility as their county government to make sure we are planning and then building the infrastructure, like additional EV chargers, needed to serve this growing trend,” Baca said. “I’m very grateful Adams County has forward-thinking sta and partners like our municipalities thinking about how best to expand our EV charging network to accommodate future demand.”
e ve-question survey and the interactive map work together to let residents and businesses submit their opinions on making EV infrastructure more accessible in Adams County. e survey is available on the county’s website at https://adcogov. org/news/electric-vehicle-charging-station-survey
Third measles case shows up in Wolf Creek Ski Area
BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado’s struggle to keep the nation’s widening measles outbreaks from breaching its borders took another hit April 8, as o cials announced the third new case in nine days.
e new infection was reported in a person in Archuleta County, and the person who was infected did not report having recently traveled outside Colorado. at likely means, for what would be the rst time in years, Colorado has seen a con rmed
instance of local transmission of measles.
Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said the case is not believed to be connected to two other recently reported cases, one in Pueblo and another in Denver.
“ e individual did not travel outside of Colorado, which leaves open the possibility of community transmission,” she said in a statement.
O cials have identi ed three places where the infected person went while likely contagious, meaning people there may
have been exposed to the virus:
• Wolf Creek Ski Area, all day on the dates of Friday, March 28, through Sunday, March 30.
• e Pagosa Medical Group clinic in Pagosa Springs, between 9:05 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. on Monday, March 31, and again between the hours of 3:45 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2.
• e City Market in Pagosa Springs between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on Monday, March 31.
Colorado businesses seek tari certainty
Leaders at local companies say they just want some accurate information
BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN
As yet another round of higher tari s began and then were paused on Wednesday, Sandi Moilanen over at the World Trade Center was certain about one thing.
“Right now, the biggest need is accurate information, not speculative information,” Moilanen said. “Our role is to disseminate information … and help them cut through the noise.”
e local World Trade Center’s client base tends to be smallto-midsize companies trying to navigate the world of global trade. Building a manufacturing plant in the United States isn’t a nancial possibility. Many already searched for a closer manufacturer but due to the high cost to make goods here or the specialized nature of their products, the search sent them to other countries where they found a way to build on their business.
World Trade Center sta found themselves responding to the same questions for the past several days — were the new tari s in addition to existing ones (yes, in most cases), what countries added retaliatory tari s (sta can pull that up for clients) and what are ways to minimize fees (foreign trade zones might be an option).
But nding answers in an everevolving trade war has been challenging with the abrupt policy switcharoos. Reciprocal tari s of up to 50% started April 9, before President Donald Trump changed course and said around noon that day that he was lowering reciprocal tari s to 10% on all countries for 90 days except for China.
A set of DC fast electric chargers on the east side of Limon adds some much-needed firepower to Colorado’s I-70 charging network, but the actual charging speeds experienced vary widely.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Brighton unveils AI asssistant
Bot to handle routine questions via web, text
STAFF REPORT
City of Brighton launched Brightly, a 24/7 multilingual AI assistant on April 7 in an e ort to enhance customer service. e new, fully integrated virtual assistant, Brightly, was developed in partnership with Citibot, a leader in AI-powered chat solutions for local government.
Residents can access Brightly in two ways: Visit www.brightonco.gov on desktop or mobile and click the chat icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. ey can also text “Hello” to (855) 62-BRGHT (74485) to start a conversation.
Brighton is one of the rst municipalities in Colorado to implement Citi-
bot’s AI-powered customer service platform. Brighton’s virtual assistant is fully funded by a three-year grant from the Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority. is automated assistant is available 24/7 on the city’s website and via text message, enables residents to get fast answers, submit requests and connect with city sta .
Brightly, powered by the latest generative AI technology, is designed to handle routine inquiries and support residents with ease. With the ability to communicate in 75 languages, Brightly makes government resources more accessible and provides a seamless, inclusive experience for all users.
“Brightly is an innovative feature that transforms the way in which we serve our residents and provide the community access to city information and services,” said Communications & Engagement
Director Kristen Chernosky.
“By partnering with Citibot, we’re able to o er a 24/7, user-friendly virtual assistant that answers questions in real-time, ensuring that our community can quickly obtain the resources they need. is AI tool is part of our ongoing commitment to customer service and making Brighton an even more connected city.”
“Municipal websites contain a wealth of information, which can sometimes make it hard for residents to locate what they need quickly,” said Bratton Riley, CEO of Citibot. “We’re thrilled to launch Brightly with the City of Brighton, providing an enhanced web and mobile experience while improving e ciency and
Southwest Airlines opens new training hub
Center near Denver International Airport to train airline support sta
BY BELEN WARD BWARED@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Southwest Airlines held a ribboncutting ceremony with o cials from Colorado Aerotropolis, Adams County, the City and County of Denver, Jag Logistics, and Denver International Airport to inaugurate Southwest Airlines University on April 2.
“Equipping our employees to do their jobs safely while delivering world-class hospitality is our top priority,” said Bobby Loeb, Vice President, Southwest Airlines University at Southwest Airlines. “We appreciate this partnership and our new training center, which allows us to invest in our people by o ering the latest tools, enhanced training environments, and functional spaces to maintain a focus on safety as we continue growing and serving the Denver community.”
e ribbon cutting was held at 23,000 square-foot new learning centers at 6611 N. Powhatan Rd. in Aurora within the JAG Logistics Center adjoining Denver International Airport. According to o cials, there is additional room to expand 12,000 square feet.
It’s part of the expansion around Denver International Aiport.
e Colorado Aerotropolis was developed as a vision in collaboration with industry leaders between Adams County; the cities of Aurora, Brighton, Commerce City, Federal Heights, and ornton; the City and County of Denver; and Denver International Airport (DEN), according to o cials.
Denver International Airport, North America’s third-busiest airport, brings economic growth to the region, according to Adams County o cials.
“ e Colorado Aerotropolis was born from the philosophy that when
customer service.”
Learn more about Brightly at www. brightonco.gov or by texting “Hello” to (855) 62-BRGHT (74485).
Southwest Airlines held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with o cials from Colorado Aerotropolis, Adams County, the City and County of Denver, Jag Logistics, and Denver International Airport. COURTESY OF ADAMS COUNTY
partners come together to collaborate, we are greater than the sum of our parts. When we work together, we can accomplish great things for the future of our region,” said Commissioner Lynn Baca, Chair of the Adams County Board of Commissioners and Airport Coordinating Committee. “Celebrating Southwest Airlines’ training facility in Adams County is a commitment to regional collaboration to drive and sustain economic growth in the region.”
e Corporate Campus training facility in Dallas will still remain as a training center for airline pilots, according to o cials. e new Southwest Airlines University is designed
to be a hub to train employees in other types of airport jobs.
According to o cials, JAG Logistics is a privately owned industrial expansion close to Denver International Airport. Its 260 acres are still under development under Industrial Zoned, Opportunity Zoned, and Enterprises Zoned with opportunities to expand into a commercial economic mecca.
With the partnership of JAG, DEN, and the City of Aurora, the plans of development in this area would stimulate the communities, tenants, and businesses and create jobs within the neighborhoods that surround it.
Commerce City adopts
Blue Envelope Program to promote safer, more humane tra c stops
BY ROSSANA LONGO BETTTER ROSSANA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e Commerce City Police Department recently joined a statewide initiative designed to improve communication between o cers and individuals with invisible disabilities or communication challenges: the Blue Envelope Program.
Created in Connecticut, the program bene ts people on the autism spectrum but can also support anyone who may need a di erent way of interacting with law enforcement.
e idea is simple: drivers place their license, vehicle registration and insurance documents inside a blue envelope. e distinctive color signals to o cers that the driver might need more time, patience or alternative forms of communication.
“Every person deserves to feel safe and understood during a tra c stop,” o cials said when announcing the new measure. With this action, Commerce City becomes the fourth police agency in Colorado to implement this inclusive tool.
When contacted by La Ciudad, Commerce City Police said the envelopes were not yet available, and that there is no con rmed Spanish-language version yet. Other cities already o er bilingual materials. A sta er said the program is still being implemented, and they encouraged residents to check the police department’s website for updates or call them directly at 303-287-2844.
The blue envelope indicates to police that the driver might have trouble communicating. COURTESY COMMERCE CITY POLICE
A smiling dog is the logo for Brighton’s new AI ass
Drop in Consumer Confidence & Concerns About Trade War Are Not Yet Reflected in Real Estate Statistics
Last Friday, CNN reported on a survey by the University of Michigan about consumer confidence, which showed a significant decline — 30% since December 2024.
“This decline was, like the last month’s, pervasive and unanimous across age, income, education, geographic region and political affiliation,” Joanne Hsu, the survey’s director, said in a release.
According to CNN, “the Federal Reserve and Wall Street are watching closely how souring sentiment translates into consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of the US economy, and whether Americans lose faith that inflation will return to normal in the coming years.”
Sales are continuing to rise, and an increasing number of sellers are putting their homes on the MLS. Here are statistics for the previ-
can vary significantly. Here’s that chart:
measure of both seller hopes versus what the market will bear.
ous seven days (as of last Friday):
New listings — 1,425
That decline is consumer sentiment is not yet reflected in real estate statistics which I researched on REcolorado, Denver’s MLS. The charts shown in this report are for the 13 months from March 2024 through March 2025, so that you can see both year-over-year and month-over-month changes.
Coming soon — 90
Price reductions — 1,466
Under contract — 932
Withdrawn from MLS — 95
Back on Market — 198
Expired without selling — 153
Closed — 589
This is not an easy time to list and sell a home, and I would describe it as a “buyer’s market.” Even in a buyer’s market, however, keep in mind that a home which is priced correctly and has appealing qualities can sell quickly and even be in a bidding war.
How fast? Here’s the change in months of inventory and median days on the MLS:
The blue line is the asking price per square foot, and the green line is the sold price per square foot. In December, that price was bid up, but since then it has fallen, which is a
April statistics will be available in time for my column on May 8th. Since the greatest political and economic disruption is happening this month, it will be interesting to see how this month’s real estate activity is affected by current “externalities.” If you’re interested in my thoughts about those, you’ll want to check out my political blog, which is at http://TalkingTurkey.substack.com
Redfin Report Highlights Increasing Cost of Buying vs. Renting
The financial gap between purchasing a home and renting a home or apartment has grown significantly, making the dream of homeownership more distant, according to a report released by Redfin last Thursday.
According to the report, the typical American now needs to earn over $116,600 annually to afford a median-priced home in the U.S., compared to just $64,160 needed to afford an average apartment. That’s an 81.1 percent income gap — the widest it has been in recent years.
Homes are still being put on the MLS and are still selling. I limited my analysis to an 18-mile radius of downtown Denver, as shown in the map at right, not the “metro area” defined by county boundaries, as preferred by the Market Trends Committee of REcolorado.
First I looked at the count of active versus closed listing by month:
At the current rate of sales, it would take 3 months to sell the number of currently active listings, but the median days on market fell from over 40 in January to 17 in March.
Meanwhile, the average and median sold prices have remained steady. Average is always higher because of the number of million dollar homes sold.
I like to look at the change in price per finished square foot, since the size of homes
Those are national statistics, however. Here in the Denver metro area, the differential is much higher — 131.7 percent — according to Redfin. It takes an income of $155,717 to afford a median-priced home ($580,719) and $67,200 to afford a medianpriced apartment ($1,680 per month). That’s a year-over-year income increase of 4% for buying and a 1.1% decrease for renting. That reflects the national pattern of increased differential between the affordability of buying versus the affordability of renting.
The income needed to afford the typical home is calculated using the prevailing median home sale price and average mortgageinterest rate over rolling three-month periods, and assumes a 15% down payment. The typical housing payments noted in Redfin’s report include the mortgage principal, interest, property taxes, homeowners’ insurance and mortgage insurance.
The income needed to afford the typical apartment is calculated using the prevailing median asking rent over rolling three-month periods. Median asking rent figures cover newly listed units in apartment buildings with five or more units. Asking rents reflect the current costs of new leases during each time period. In other words, the amount shown as the median asking rent is not the median of what all renters are paying, but the median asking price of apartments that were available for new renters during the report period.
Redfin considers a home affordable if a buyer spends no more than 30% of their income on their housing payment. They use the same threshold for rental affordability.
The San Francisco Bay Area had the highest income differentials in the Redfin study. In San Jose, someone needs an annual income of $408,557 to afford the typical home for sale. That’s 218% more than they need to afford the typical apartment for rent—the biggest premium among the metro areas which Redfin analyzed. Next came San Francisco (176%), Seattle (145%), Austin (143%) and Los Angeles (141%).
Cincinnati saw the biggest drop in the homebuying premium. There someone needs an annual income of $80,752 to afford the typical home for sale. That’s 38.9% more than they need to afford the typical rental. A year ago they would have needed to earn 47.7% more to buy versus rent.
Charities Which Used Our Free Box Truck Miss It. Our GoFundMe Campaign Is Off to a Good Start.
Back in February, I announced that our truck needed a new engine and other repairs and that we decided to retire it instead. This was a big loss to such non-profits as Operation Feed the Troops, Family Promise, BGoldN, Christian Action Guild, Buffalo Bill Days, and the International Rescue Committee, among others, which used the truck more often than our clients!
The truck is off the road but still available to be repaired. So far, we’ve received about $1,500 in donations. If you’d like to contribute, visit www.BringItBack.info. Thanks!
Former Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca: Food should
be a utility, not a commodity
BY ROSSANA LONGO-BETTER ROSSANA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Candi CdeBaca, a former Denver City Council member, social worker and community organizer, was born and raised in Denver’s Swansea neighborhood near Commerce City, the most polluted ZIP code in the United States. It’s also a food desert.
Despite being at the center of ambitious city-led redevelopment e orts, including the National Western Center, many residents continue to face environmental injustice and lack access to healthy, a ordable food. Now serving on the Community Investment Fund for the National Western Center, CdeBaca is pushing for the community to be heard in how resources are used — and for food justice to become a reality. e fund recently entered its second year and drew attention through a documentary that highlights the neighborhood’s struggles.
CdeBaca recently traveled to Boulder to participate in a public gathering hosted by community organizers working on the city’s rst People’s Climate Justice Plan. e event, part of a growing grassroots movement, invited people to envision life 500 years into the future.
Known for her unapologetic stance on environmental and food justice, CdeBaca spoke with La Ciudad about how living in one of the nation’s most polluted ZIP codes has shaped her belief that food should be treated as a public utility, not a commodity.
For CdeBaca, that future starts with rethinking the basics: “Food is not a commodity. It’s a
right,” she said. is interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Colorado Community Media: What brought you to Boulder for this event?
Candi CdeBaca: We’re here at the Junkyard Social Club for a gathering around e People’s Plan of Boulder. e goal today was to spark creativity, imagination and courage about what our world — and speci cally this city — could look like in the near and distant future. We talked about community wealth
building, food as a utility and alternative housing concepts. It was a powerful space for collective dreaming.
CCM: What message from today’s conversation do you believe is most urgent for our communities?
CdeBaca: One key takeaway is how dangerous it is to commodify basic human needs. Today’s discussion centered around what it means to de-commodify essentials like food and housing. Everyone should have access to food — not just food you can af-
ford, but food as a right. Our tax dollars should go toward meeting those needs, not just generating pro t for stakeholders.
CCM: You spoke about shifting the idea of food from a commodity to a utility. Can you expand on that?
CdeBaca: Yes. e idea is to shift our mindset and reframe food as a public utility, something we invest in the same way we do water, trash collection or electricity. Cities could fund food infrastructure and support community-led food initiatives.
at’s what we were talking about here: how to rally support and hold government accountable to invest in food as a core human right.
CCM: How has your experience shaped your advocacy for food justice?
CdeBaca: I was born and raised in the most polluted ZIP code in the country. It’s also a food desert. at same area is now home to the National Western Center, which the city claims will be a global hub for agricultural innovation. And yet, we still don’t have access to healthy, a ordable food. As a former city council member and a current resident, I believe if we’re going to call ourselves leaders in agriculture, we have to walk the talk, starting with treating food as a utility.
CCM: What are you doing now to push this vision forward?
CdeBaca: I’m still living in Swansea and actively working in my community. I currently serve on the Community Investment Fund for the National Western Center. at’s one place where I’m pushing to make these dreams real, using everything I learned in o ce to empower the community with concrete tools to ght for food justice.
CCM: Where can people learn more or get involved?
CdeBaca: e Community Investment Fund is one place to start. But honestly, I’m just out in the neighborhood, organizing, listening (and) sharing what I’ve learned from my time on council. If folks want to help turn this vision into reality, they can start by supporting the movements already happening in their own communities. e ght for food as a utility is just beginning.
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Candi CdeBaca, former Denver City Council member, speaks during a community gathering in Boulder. CdeBaca, a longtime environmental justice advocate, called for food to be treated as a public utility rather than a commodity.
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Importers of goods made in China now face an even higher tari of 125% after China retaliated and matched every increase Trump put on Chinese imports. And it’s not how tari s were rolled out in the past. Countries typically target an industry or product, such as earlier U.S. tari s on solar panels or China’s tari s on soybeans.
“ is is a new approach, the blanket approach,” she said.
To help all businesses keep track of what may be happening, the organization set up a special tari page on its website. e chart doesn’t spell out exact tari s by country; rather, it points to the source and original documents so people can read it for themselves to determine the impact on their business.
Importing from China: Plan A to Plan F
“ e biggest thing we can be doing is pointing to the resources that are the accurate implementation of what this all means,” Moilanen said.
When outdoor clothing company Krimson Klover set its prices on its Fall 2025 line of sweaters in October, the tari on imports from China was 7.5%. e Trump administration added another 10% in February (“Plan A,” Chief Operating O cer Gail Ross said), then another 10% in March (“Plan B”) and since then, several more iterations due to a tit-for-tat trade war with China have ensued.
“So now we’re at 27.5% (in March), so that’s Plan C. en we got an additional 34%, that was Plan D and well, yesterday, we were up to 104%, so now that’s Plan E,” said Ross on Wednesday. “And now it’s 125%. We have not gured out Plan F yet.”
In other words, imported goods from China that are valued at $1 million now face a tari at U.S. Customs of $1.25 million. e company has put trade shows, marketing and travel on hold.
She wishes the sweaters could be made in America, but she said there’s no “high-end Merino sweater production in the U.S.” or at least a manufacturer willing to take the order of the 13-employee Boulder company.
“Our option is not to bring us back to the States. It could be if the U.S. government would work with factories, make small business loans and help them really get, not just seamstresses because it’s not that kind of machine, but knitters,” Ross said. “ en you still need people who link the panels together. e point is if we
want sweaters back in the States, that’s a ve- to 10-year plan. at is not an overnight plan because it doesn’t exist here.”
Fixing a trade imbalance
Trump’s policies are an attempt to reduce the nation’s $36.2 trillion debt and address a trade imbalance. It’s causing all sorts of business chaos but what if it mends what’s wrong with global trade, asked Dan Caruso, managing director of investment rm Caruso Ventures who has long supported and invested in local companies.
“Why do you go to Europe and not see any cars that were produced in the U.S.? Is it that the U.S. doesn’t know how to produce cars (or) because if you want to sell a U.S. car in Europe, good luck. e VAT taxes are way too high and the prices are way too inappropriate,” Caruso said. “We’re not starting with a level playing eld. … People produce goods here in the U.S. and they’ve had to deal with unfair trade practices. We’ve been kind of complacent. ey might be overdoing it now but we’re tackling it now.”
But he also understands that CEOs can’t run a business with so much uncertainty. ey’re facing di cult decisions, such as whether to raise prices, lay o sta or slow down investments.
“ ese are very real issues that a ect people’s lives,” he said. “But I’m trying to put that in perspective with if we just let the status quo continue, which is what happened whether it’s been a Republican or Democrat administration for the last 20 years, this unfair trade practice. Now we’ve got people trying to do something about it. Should we at least try to understand it better before we throw a bunch of mud at it?”
Whether or not company leaders are aligned with one political side or others, the uncertainty makes running a business difcult. Even top business leaders have complained about the economic disruption, including Republicans and Trump supporters, Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal.
Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Je Hurd, a Republican from Grand Junction, signed on to a bipartisan bill that seeks to place the role of setting and approving U.S. trade policy in the hands of Congress, not the executive branch.
“As a constitutional conservative, I am proud to co-lead the Trade Review Act of 2025, reasserting our congressional responsibility in imposing tari s,” Hurd said in a written statement. “ is isn’t a political issue for me. I believe Congress must reclaim its constitutionally mandated authority, and I would support this
EV CHARGING
“We would love to hear from EV owners about what already works well for them and what gaps we still need to ll to make charging stations more accessible,” said Baca. “And if you don’t yet own an EV but
are considering one in the future, we’d love to hear from you to see what we can do to help you make an informed decision on your next vehicle.”
In addition to the survey and map, Adams County has established a page on adcogov.org called Electric Vehicle Charging 101, which o ers information and tips for people who own, lease, or are
measure regardless of who is in the White House.”
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, has all but stopped the measure in its tracks using parliamentary maneuvers. It was always unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled Congress. Colorado’s economy has bene ted from imports and exports. e value of imports grew in the pandemic as many consumers cut down on travel, gas and other expenses and put their money into home renovation and online shopping. While it’s declined since peaking in 2022, Colorado’s import value is still above where it was before the pandemic, up 28% since 2019 to $16.8 billion last year, according to U.S. Census trade data.
Colin McIntosh, founder of sustainable bedding company Sheets & Giggles, has been concerned about the tari s since the new administration began. His company started in Denver in 2017 and found a niche in the bedding industry with sheets made from lyocell fabric, or eucalyptus pulp. While he tried to nd a U.S. manufacturer early on, only one manufacturer in India was willing to work with the startup.
Ever since, he’s paid a 11.4% duty to import the Indian-made fabric to the U.S. As the business has grown, he’s invested in pillow assembly in Denver by using Mile High Workshop, a nonpro t that provides assembly and some manufacturing services and hires Coloradans who are rebuilding their lives after being homeless
considering an EV. is resource includes information on charging, permitting, nancial resources, and a listing of current EV charging stations o ered by Adams County.
Earth Day celebration e coalition of local governments will also be holding an Earth Day Celebration from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, at Bison
or incarcerated.
He buys the fabric from an Indian manufacturer, but also uses a manufacturer in Bahrain so he’s not relying on just one source. He decided to shift all manufacturing to Bahrain, which will cost him 10% in import tari s. at just gets him back to what he budgeted for. Before Trump’s pause, the added tari on products from India was 26%, which would be stacked on top of the existing 11.4%.
“ is is a tari I’ve paid for seven years, 11.4%. I have paid, I think it’s close to a million dollars at this point since I started the business,” McIntosh said. “I’ve said OK, I’ll budget this in. en I built my nancial model around this. If I sell 100,000 units in a year, 11% of my cost goes to Uncle Sam and I can budget around that and price around that. … What Donald Trump and the GOP have done is with six days’ notice, any inbound goods that I have, which I do have 5,000 units on the water right now, if I made them in India, I will have to pay 26% of that to U.S. Customs before I’m able to pick those goods up with my trucks.”
e uncertainty is the issue, he said. Even with the temporary reprieve, the uncertainty is still there so for now, he’s not reversing his decision to leave India, he said, “not when this stu can change on a dime.”
is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalistowned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Ave. in Commerce City. In addition to music, food, kids’ activities, and exhibitors, there will be an Electric Vehicle Ride & Drive station where those interested in buying or leasing an electric vehicle can test drive one during the event. For more information about the Earth Day Celebration, visit adcogov.org/earthday.
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Colin McIntosh, founder of sustainable bedding company Sheets & Giggles, in a photo taken in 2024 at Mile High Workshop, a Denver organization that provides assembly and manufacturing services.
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CCM journalists earn 9 awards in regional contest
Journalists from Colorado Community Media won nine awards in the regional Top of the Rockies journalism competition for their work in 2024.
CCM competed not among other weekly community papers but in the “Large Newsroom” category that included daily newspapers such as the Boulder Daily Camera, Longmont Times-Call, Loveland Reporter-Herald, Durango Herald, e (Fort Collins) Coloradoan, and the St. George (Utah) News, as well as the magazine 5280 and broadcast outlets Rocky Mountain PBS and KUER out of the University of Utah.
Sports editor John Renfrow won rst place for his work on the weekly Sportsland newsletter, with the judges saying, “ ere is truly a sense of sharing in this community newsletter.”
ree journalists received four secondplace honors, including:
- Elisabeth Slay’s coverage of the city of Englewood’s water billing problems in the business enterprise reporting category,
- former Littleton reporter Nina Joss scored two wins: one in beat reporting for her coverage of the alleged abuse of nonverbal children by a Littleton Public Schools paraprofessional and one in obit writing for an article on the death of a homeless man in Centennial, and - freelancer Lillian Fuglei’s photo from the opening of the Arvada Aquatics Center.
Journalist Monte Whaley won third place in beat reporting on a state decision to house convicted sex o enders at two group homes in Northglenn, coverage
which ultimately led to o cials nixing the decision after residents voiced their opposition. Other third-place awards went to Slay in political reporting for documenting how the city of Englewood used taxpayer money to purchase signs advocating for a parks question; to former La Ciudad reporter Jackie Ramirez for humor/personal column writing for her articles on helping
her mother get the documents she needed to visit family in Mexico after 17 years and on what people should expect if they are approached by a reporter, and to Leah Neu in page design for her “No time like the present” presentation on a professional Christmas gift wrapper. e awards were announced April 5 at the conclusion of the regional Colorado
SPJ conference in Denver. More than 1,800 entries from four states were judged by members of the Los Angeles Press Club. “While what we do isn’t about awards, they exemplify that we are doing right by the communities we cover,” said Linda Shapley, director of editorial and audience for CCM. “I couldn’t be prouder of our entire team.”
This photo by Lillian Fuglei of the grand opening of the Arvada Aquatics Center received second place in the regional Society for Professional Journalists annual competition.
Justice Necessary seeks volunteers for PeriodPalooza
BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Justice Necessary is calling on volunteers to help the group’s PeriodPalooza!, with a goal of packing over one million menstrual products to be given to students in need. Period packing parties are scheduled in May for several communities across the state, including Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Pueblo.
Volunteers will be asked to ll twohour shifts.
e PeriodPalooza! will be hosted at ve di erent locations, beginning May 2 at the Colorado Springs Hilton Garden Inn North. It continues May 5 at the Fort Collins Hilton Garden Inn, May 7 at the Pueblo Convention Center and May 10 at Grand Junction Holiday Inn & Suites. After a two week break, it returns a two day event, May 24 and 24 at the Greenwood Village DTC Sheraton.
Justice Necessary was formed to address hygiene and period poverty and diaper needs across the state, according to the group’s website.
e legislation is aimed at ensuring that no student must miss class due to lack of access to essential menstrual products, Justice Necessary states.
e Colorado nonpro t is also introducing a grant program for the state’s schools to provide free period products to students. e one time-grant would
supply pads, tampons and dispensers to help schools meet the requirements of Colorado HB-1164, according to Justice Necessary. It would also provide one-month bags of period products to support students over the summer of 2025 as well as the 2025-2026 school year. e grant will help schools reach the rst HB24-1164 milestone of having 25% of female and gender-neutral restrooms stocked with period products.
Naloxone bill makes gains in State Legislature
Legislation would allow anyone to administer Naloxone at schools
BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A bill that would make drugs that treat opioid overdoses easier to access in Colorado’s schools is gaining strong support in the State Legislature.
e measure - SB25-164 - would allow anyone to administer opioid-antagonists, such as Naloxone, to someone experiencing an overdose at a Colorado public school.
SB25-164 passed the House Health & Human Services committee by a vote of 12-1 this week. While training is still encouraged to administer Naloxone, the bill would remove cumbersome training requirements to administer Naloxone so
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People who were at those locations during those times should monitor themselves for symptoms for 21 days and consider avoiding public gatherings during that time. If people do develop symptoms — measles typically starts with a cough, fever, runny nose and/or red eyes, then progresses to the telltale rash that starts on the face and moves downward — they should call their doctor or call a clinic.
Health o cials say people who think they may have measles should always call ahead so that medical providers can
anyone could help reverse an overdose, according to a news release.
To increase access to Naloxone during an emergency, this bill would allow it to be placed inside AED de brillator cabinets located in schools and on school buses.
e bill also streamlines the Naloxone Bulk Fund to make it more accessible and e cient for schools by allowing sta of the statewide program to focus on overdose prevention outreach, education and training in rural and underserved areas, according to the news release.
A 2024 study revealed that Colorado ranked second in the nation for fatal youth overdoses.
“Our students are losing friends and peers to preventable overdoses – we need to do more to save lives,” said Rep. Jamie Jackson, D-Aurora, in the news release. “During an overdose, time is of the essence, and this bill makes Naloxone more accessible in schools. Additionally, our bill would remove the unnecessary training requirements to administer
make plans to keep other patients at the clinic from being exposed.
CDPHE did not immediately provide information on how the infected person in Archuleta County is doing, though it said the person’s window for contagiousness ended on April 3. e person’s vaccination status is unclear.
Measles is considered a preventable disease because two doses of the MMR vaccine are 97% e ective against the measles virus. e disease had once been considered eliminated in the United States, and it has been at least a decade since Colorado last saw three or more cases of measles in a year.
But, with vaccination rates against measles dipping across the country, the U.S. has seen more than 600 cases of
opioid-antagonists, so anyone can act quickly to save a life.”
“When compared to other states, Colorado ranks near the top for fatal youth overdoses,” said Rep. Jenny Willford, D-Northglenn, in the news release. “Fatal overdoses are preventable and we should be doing everything we can to save a life. Our bill works to make opioidantagonists more accessible in Colorado public schools and school buses by allowing them to be placed in AED debrillator cabinets.”
Colorado lawmakers have worked to combat the youth overdose crisis in Colorado, according to the news release. HB25-1293, also sponsored by Rep. Jackson, would require public high schools to adopt education standards focused on drug overdose identi cation, risks, prevention, and response. SB25164 builds upon previous legislation allowing school districts to maintain a supply of Naloxone to be used on buses and at school sponsored events.
measles this year, with more 500 of those in Texas.
Ski resort communities in southwestern Colorado, which see a lot of visitors from Texas, had been worried that spring break travel could bring measles to their towns.
With measles outbreaks currently ongoing not only in Texas but in the surrounding states of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas — and with the summer travel season approaching — state health o cials have been urging people who are unvaccinated or who may need a booster to consider getting the shot. is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
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Lawmakers slam Early Intervention program
Growing caseload for child therapy program creates $4 million funding shortfall
BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT
In late winter, Je Bridges got word that state-funded therapy for his 1-year-old son, who was born prematurely, would be slashed by half starting in July.
Bridges was upset. But he had a better reason than most parents to be caught o guard.
at’s because the Arapahoe County Democrat is the head of a powerful legislative committee that makes key decisions about state spending. Members of that committee had repeatedly promised to protect funding for Colorado’s $87 million Early Intervention program. e program provides therapy and related services to babies and toddlers with developmental delays — including Bridges’ son.
Bridges shared the story in a recent Joint Budget Committee hearing where he and other members, both Democrats and Republicans, slammed the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, which administers the program, for poor communication and planning.
“ is is one of those places where, if we could punish the department without hurting kids, man oh man, would I be on board with that,” he said.
e committee members’ sharp words that March day raised questions about the early childhood department’s leadership and capacity, with lawmakers ex-
su er because of internal problems at the department.
For now, no signi cant cuts to Early Intervention are planned, either this spring or for the new scal year, which starts in July. at’s sure to be a relief to the tens of thousands of Colorado families whose children get free therapies through the program. In addition, Joint Budget Committee members have demanded better communication from the department, and department o cials have signaled they’ll comply.
O cials from the Department of Early Childhood, which was created in 2022 and is headed by Lisa Roy, declined an interview request from Chalkbeat. ey sent a statement on April 3, saying, in part, “ e Department is set to present an update to the [Joint Budget Committee] in the rst weeks of June with recommendations for the nancial sustainability of the program, incorporating feedback from families and providers. Current early intervention services will continue unchanged as a result of the JBC’s action to identify additional funding for the program.”
Families surprised by planned service cuts e uproar over Early Intervention began in late February when the Department of Early Childhood made an abrupt announcement. Starting in March, a $4 million funding shortfall meant therapies would be capped at four hours a month, a fraction of what many children were receiving.
pressing concern that the state’s youngest and most vulnerable residents could
State Sen. Je Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat and chair of the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, in the Colorado Senate on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Denver, Colorado.
PHOTO BY JESSE PAUL / THE COLORADO SUN
State o cials said the shortfall was partly caused by a growing caseload in Early Intervention, which serves about 11,000 children a month. e expiration of federal COVID stimulus funds and the fact that fewer children are eligible for Medicaid, a federal health insurance program that helps pay for the therapies, also contributed to budget problems.
Department o cials, in the statement sent April 3, said they had di culty accurately projecting Early Intervention caseload increases because eligibility rules for the program changed in 2020 and 2023, and because far more children have been screened for delays in the last two years.
After the late February announcement about impending cuts, parents and Early Intervention providers were outraged and tearful, with many contacting lawmakers and the media to describe the damage the cuts would do.
e Joint Budget Committee acted quickly to stave o the cuts this spring. At the same time, committee members chastised department o cials for not letting them know about the potential shortfall sooner.
“Why didn’t somebody come over here and say, ‘We got a perfect storm. We need your help?‘” Republican Rep. Rick Taggart asked a department o cial at a Feb. 27 committee meeting.
“Nothing, crickets. And yet, we’ve got to nd out about it through the press and through our constituents and providers that could be devastated,” he said. “ is is just unbelievable to me.”
e committee meeting ended on a calmer note, with Bridges urging depart-
ment o cials to keep committee members in the loop.
“We are six human beings that folks can talk to, and we desire information, and want to make sure that things like this don’t happen when we can avoid it,” he said.
Even bigger problems emerge
A couple weeks after the February budget committee meeting, the Early Intervention issue blew up again — this time, prompting even more wrath from committee members.
On March 14, the committee heard from a legislative analyst that the program would need more than $16 million to prevent cuts for the 2025-26 scal year.
“Awesome,” said Bridges sarcastically. Ten minutes later, he recounted learning about potential Early Intervention cuts planned for July from his son’s physical therapist.
During that meeting, committee members unanimously approved more than $16 million to plug the program’s looming funding hole for 2025-26. ey also thanked the legislative analyst for trying to forecast how the Early Intervention caseload would grow in the coming year, but expressed irritation that early childhood department sta hadn’t done it themselves.
Democratic Rep. Emily Sirota, who called the Early Intervention saga “this whole disaster,” noted that worried families were still contacting her, fearful their kids would lose important therapies.
“Hopefully today, we can make people feel a little bit more at ease that their littlest ones will continue to get the services that they need,” she said. “But the communication and the lack of work and transparency with us has been disappointing, to say the least.”
Bridges noted he’d spoken to Roy, the
department’s director, that day. He said, “I do feel … the department recognizes the massive failures” that prompted the last-minute xes by the budget committee.
In recent weeks, the department has held feedback sessions with parents and Early Intervention providers and promised to improve its caseload forecasting with help from other state agencies. In June, the department is scheduled to report back to the Joint Budget Committee.
Reprinted with permission from Chalkbeat, a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.
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Notice is hereby given that the following subdivision(s) will be considered for approval by the City of Commerce City Community Development Director on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
S25-0002: School District 27J is requesting approval of the Rocky Vista High School Subdivision, Filing No. 1 Major Subdivision final plat to create one lot from approximately 49.08 acres. The property is generally located west of Reunion Parkway and north of East 96th Avenue (9850 Landmark Drive), currently zoned PUD (Planned-Unit Development).
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The case file(s) and a copy of the Land Development Code of the City together with the subdivision plat are on file for review by emailing the Community Development Department at cdplanner@ c3gov.com. Any owner of property located within 300 feet of the subject property may invoke the public hearing process by submitting said objections in writing to the Director of Community Development in accordance with Sec. 21-3241 by no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025.
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NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED
ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Brett Allen Price
Four-Year Term to 2029
Bruce Rau
Four-Year Term to 2029
Jennifer E. Hepp
Two-Year Term to 2027
REUNION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen
Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. CCX1714
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Sports Entertainment and Cultural Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Bertrand J. Bauer
Four-Year Term to 2029
Brett Price
Four-Year Term to 2029
Vacancy
Four-Year Term to 2029
REUNION SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. CCX1715
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 3, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Bertrand J. Bauer Four-Year Term to 2029
Brett Price Four-Year Term to 2029
Vacancy Four-Year Term to 2029
REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official
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First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 5, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in
candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Bertrand J. Bauer Four-Year Term to 2029
Brett Price Four-Year Term to 2029
Vacancy
Four-Year Term to 2029
REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen
Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. CCX1720
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 2, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Bertrand J. Bauer
Four-Year Term to 2029
Brett Price Four-Year Term to 2029
Vacancy Four-Year Term to 2029
REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official
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First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Schools fear retaliation for inclusion program
Hundreds
of millions
for schools at risk amid Trump DEI threats
BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT
About $800 million dollars in federal funding, or roughly 10% of Colorado’s K-12 education budget this year, could be at risk related to the latest demand from the Trump administration.
e U.S. Department of Education on April 3 gave state education agencies 10 days to certify that their schools do not engage in practices that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. ose that don’t, the department said, will not re-
ceive any federal funding.
At issue is Title VI, a provision of federal civil rights law that bars discrimination on the basis of race or shared ancestry. e Trump administration’s interpretation is controversial. Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement that “too many schools” use “DEI programs to discriminate against one group of Americans to favor another based on identity characteristics in clear violation of Title VI.”
Schools must also certify that they comply with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which banned the use of race in college admissions decisions but which the Trump administration has interpreted more broadly.
Colorado Department of Education
Commissioner Susana Córdova sent a
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NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 4, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Bertrand J. Bauer
Four-Year Term to 2029
Brett Price
Four-Year Term to 2029
Vacancy
Four-Year Term to 2029
REUNION VILLAGE
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen
Designated Election Official
Legal Notice No. CCX1719
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Industrial Park Sanitation District of Adams County Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 6th day of May 2025 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and
7:00 p.m. At that time one director will be elected to serve a 4-year term.
Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Industrial Park Sanitation District at 6625 E. 49th Ave., Commerce City, Colorado.
Self-Nominations and Acceptance Form or letter are to be returned to the Designated Election Official for Industrial Park Sanitation District, 6625 E. 49th A venue, Commerce City, CO 80022.
Industrial Park Sanitation District
By: Steve Olson General Manager
Legal Notice No. CCX1713
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 1, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby cancelled.
The following candidates are declared elected:
Bertrand J. Bauer
Four-Year Term to 2029
Brett Price
Four-Year Term to 2029
Vacancy
Four-Year Term to 2029
brief letter to the state’s school district superintendents ursday that said the department is “conferring with our legal counsel” to understand the new federal requirement.
“We will let you know the next steps; please do not take any actions until we provide you with further guidance,” Córdova wrote in the letter, which the state education department provided to Chalkbeat.
All federal funding appears to be at risk if states don’t comply, though the Trump administration’s letter speci cally names Title I funding that supports high-poverty schools.
Colorado received about $168 million in federal Title I funding this year that it then distributed to school districts, according to the state education department.
One other Democrat-controlled state has already responded to the Trump administration’s demands. On April 4, the New York State Education Department said it will not comply.
Denver Public Schools, Colorado’s largest school district, received the most Title I funding in the state: about $35 million, according to state data. In total, Denver Public Schools expects to receive $96 million in federal funding this school year, according to district budget documents. Federal funding makes up about 6.7% of the Denver district’s budget.
Denver Public Schools has already found itself in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. In January, the U.S. Department of Education O ce for Civil Rights announced it was investigating DPS for converting a girls’ restroom at East High School into an all-gender restroom.
By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated
Election Official
Legal Notice No. CCX1716
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Public Notice
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL SAND CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 1-13.5-513(6) and 32-1-104(1), C.R.S., by the Sand Creek Metropolitan District (the “District”) of Denver and Adams Counties, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby canceled and the following candidates are hereby declared elected:
John Kevin Ray to a 2-year term (2025-2027)
David Maxwell to a 2-year term (2025-2027)
Brian Pauls to a 4-year term (2025-2029)
Bradley Pauls to a 4-year term (2025-2029)
William Pauls to a 4-year term (2025-2029)
Contact Person for the District:
Ron L. Fano, Esq.
District Address: c/o Spencer Fane LLP
700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 2000 Denver, CO 80203
Legal Notice No. CCX1723
First Publication: April 17, 2025 Last Publication: April 17, 2025 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Notice of Intent to Amend Environmental Restrictions at Broderick Wood Products Superfund Site
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working with landowners at the Broderick Wood Products Superfund Site, located at 5800 Lipan Street, Adams County, Colorado, to amend the 2006 environmental covenant for the Site. CDPHE and EPA want to amend the covenant to update the Materials Management and Health and Safety Plan that is attached to the 2006 covenant. The new Plan will account for remedial work that has occurred on the property since 2006. Pursuant to § 25-15-318, C.R.S., once the amendment is completed, the new Materials Management and Health and Safety Plan will be binding on all current and future owners of the land and any persons possessing an interest in the land. Please contact Patrick Medland of CDPHE at patrick.medland@ state.co.us or 303-692-3281, or Paul Stoick of EPA at stoick.paul@epa.gov, to request copies of these documents and to provide your comments. All comments must be submitted by May 20, 2025.
Legal Notice No. CCX 4509
First Publication: April 17, 2025
Last Publication: April 17, 2025
Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express ###
REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1
