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August 6, 2020

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 100 | ISSUE 24

Colo. health leaders see easing of COVID surge But top state epidemiologist won’t declare victory yet Renowned soloist Siuzanna Iglidan performs for her neighbors in a church parking lot in Englewood on Aug. 1.

DAVID GILBERT

Opera on the asphalt in Englewood Renowned soloist performs in parking lot as ‘gift for the community’ BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Siuzanna Iglidan of Englewood

was supposed to sing at the Los Angeles Philharmonic this summer, in her dream role in Bizet’s “Carmen.” But COVID-19 threw a wrench in those plans. With opera performances canceled for the foreseeable future, the Ukrainian-born mezzo-soprano soloist treated her neighbors to a world-class performance in a church parking lot on Aug. 1.

Accompanied at times by her friend Tanya Palamarchuk, Iglidan’s dulcet voice lilted from the parking lot of the Seventh-Day Adventist church at Lincoln Street and Radcliff Avenue, drawing neighbors from their homes to hear a performance seldom heard by those not in a tuxedo or ball gown. SEE OPERA, P6

Englewood offers community development updates City details projects in the pipeline, including Swedish expansion STAFF REPORT

The city of Englewood has issued a report updating the commu-

nity on the status of local development projects. Here’s a roundup from the city: Swedish Medical Center 501 East Hampden Avenue Project: Five-story vertical expansion; 115,371 square feet. Status: Plans are under review. Synergy Medical Office Building 506 East Hampden Avenue

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | SPORTS: PAGE 13

Project: A five-story, mixed-use development with 14,000 square feet of retail (ground floor) and 104,000 square feet of medical office space. The building will have selfcontained parking offering valet parking and 325+ parking spaces in a covered structure. Status: Construction continues.

PERIODICAL

FROM SWAN DIVES TO FIGURE EIGHTS

SEE COMMUNITY, P19

Denver’s Smith Lake once was a yearround resort P12

BY JOHN INGOLD AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado’s latest surge of coronavirus cases appears to have stabilized as a statewide mask mandate and limitations on serving alcohol take hold, state health leaders said July 31. Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the head of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said the latest data appear to show that the reproduction value for the virus — the average number of people that an infected person passes the virus onto, also known as the R0 — has dropped to 1. If further data bear that out, it means Colorado is no longer experiencing exponential growth of cases and the horror scenario of overwhelmed hospitals will be avoided. “That is absolutely great news for us and reassuring to see,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist at CDPHE. As recently as a couple weeks ago, the R0 had been around 1.7 — meaning that a single case could lead to more than 280 additional infections within a month or two. But Herlihy said the latest numbers show stabilization in both the number of people hospitalized with SEE EASING, P4


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