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Elizabeth delays rollout of comp plan Various concerns expressed by residents prompt revisions to document BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
they got to choose the name of the beer.” The beer, as well as the name the police department chose for their concoction, will be unveiled at the Elizabeth Harvest Festival on Oct. 26. One dollar from every pint sold, and $5 from every custom T-shirt sold, will be donated to the police department to help fund their annual student academy. Briggs said when they opened The Elizabeth Brewing Company just over
The Elizabeth comprehensive plan was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of October, but that date has been extended to the end of December after residents raised concerns about potential uncontrolled growth, annexing of land and fears of increased water usage. At the Oct. 10 planning commission meeting, the town board of trustees approved extending the completion of the plan, and addressed points of concern to be reconsidered within the plan. “Based on the feedback received, staff has noted a number of items to be further explored and addressed as we move forward drafting the plan documents,” states an update from Grace Erickson, assistant town administrator. “We anticipate that incorporating the feedback below would reduce the population projected in the plan that would be within the town’s corporate limits.” The town has been working on the comprehensive plan since March of this year, and held several meetings
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Elizabeth Chief of Police Stephen Hasler stirs the pot while helping create a specialty brew at The Elizabeth Brewing Company. COURTESY OF THE ELIZABETH BREWING COMPANY
This beer is good as gourd Elizabeth cops decide doughnuts are perfect ingredient for brew BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
What happens when you turn Elizabeth police officers loose inside a brewing room at The Elizabeth Brewing Company? With a huge, open tank of bubbling mash just begging
for them to add a special ingredient? You guessed it. You end up with doughnuts in the beer. Officers were invited by owner Emily Briggs to create their own signature beer, and after deciding on pumpkin spice amber ale, officers knew it wouldn’t be a true cop brew without some pumpkin spice doughnuts thrown in. “Officers had their choice of a snickerdoodle cream ale, a vanilla bourbon stout or the pumpkin spice amber ale,” said Briggs. “They added the doughnuts to the mash, and then
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There were 19,510 active registered voters in Elbert County as of Oct. 1. Source: Colorado Secretary of State’s Office
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