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September 17, 2020

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Jeffco schools see handful of COVID-19 cases in first week back Lakewood elementary goes temporarily online to avoid spread STAFF REPORT

Construction is underway at Golden Mill feed & drink.

plan. This funding comes from the county’s half cent sales tax dedicated to open space. Two-thirds of this funding goes to the county’s open space program, Robbins said. About 40% of that funding is going toward building new trails in the county. More details on where these trails will be located can be found at jeffco.us/1585/plansprojects. About $3 million will go to reducing tree density and fuel sources on 1,000 acres of forested lands. “It has been identified that portions of our county are at severe risk of catastrophic fire,” Robbins said.

Jeffco Public Schools had a slow, but not unscathed, first week of in-person learning for the 2020-2021 school year, in terms positive COVID-19 cases. For many of the district’s 84,500 students Sept. 8 marked the first day of in-person learning for the year, after an initial two weeks of remote learning and standardized testing. As of Sept. 14, the district is reporting 24 positive staff cases, and 15 positive student cases. Elementary students were given the option this year to either learn 100% inperson, or entirely remote. Middle and high school students were given the option between a hybrid schedule (learning half the time in class and half remotely) and 100% remote. The hardest-hit school has been Deane Elementary, where an outbreak among staff members led to all learning to go online only beginning Sept. 8, and going through Sept. 22. “We are so thankful for the support our families have provided to ensure your child is successful,” Dean K-6 Principal Megan Martinez told her school community in a video announcement on Sept. 11. “We know it was a quick and unfortunate transition for our families that have selected in-person learning.” A running total of cases and quarantines indicate a slow trickle of new infections from across the district last week. On Monday, Sept. 8 a Pomona High School student tested positive, and their sibling was placed in quarantine. The following day, the sibling tested positive as well. In several cases, students that had tested positive had

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Golden Mill food hall hoping to open early next year Construction continuing at former mill, feed store BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

From 1865 to 2018, the Golden Mill at 1012 Ford Street was a hub of

activity in Golden. Come early 2021, it will be once again. That’s when Golden Mill feed & drink, the long-awaited food hall and community gathering place being constructed at the site, is now slated to open its doors. Originally targeted to open in 2019, the hall’s opening has been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic

and other delays. But Susan Ganter, who teamed up with her husband and two other area couples to open the hall, said the pandemic and the challenges it is presenting for restaurants and food halls everywhere hasn’t dampened their enthusiasm for or belief in the project. SEE GOLDEN MILL, P8

Jeffco’s Conservation Greenprint approved The plan includes goals of increasing open space and adding trails BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The future conservation goals for Jefferson County have been set after the board of commissioners approved the five-year plan in a July 28 meeting. The plan, formed over about a year and a half, lays out 10 goals to be completed by 2025, including acquiring more open space and parkland, reducing invasive plant

MORE INFO More information on the entire greenprint plan is available at jeffco.us/3960/ references species and adding new trails. These goals come from a largescale survey sent out to 10,000 residents. About 1,600 responded to the survey and an additional 3,000 people reached out with feedback in other ways. “They all played a big role in the development of this plan,” said Matt Robbins, community connections manager for Jeffco Open Space. The county committed nearly $136 million to the completion of the

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