June 16, 2016
NOT HIS FIRST RODEO
VOLUM E 127 | IS S U E 47 | 75¢
Take a glimpse into a day in the life of a rodeo cowboy. PAGE 12
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A R A P A H O E C O U N T Y, C O L O R A D O
LOTS TO SEE AT BLOCK PARTY
Projects in works for downtown locations Sites that once held Jose’s, Valley Feed and Lawn are slated for mixed-use development By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com
George Peele of Fractal Tribe in Boulder makes his way up Main Street on stilts. See more photos and read about Littleton’s Main Street Block Party on page 4. Photo by Kyle Harding
ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT RESOURCES CENTER
‘I want to have a voice’ Immigrants pursue dream of citizenship through Littleton class
The Littleton Immigrant Resources Center is a division of Bemis Public Library. It was established in 2009 after the city and the Littleton Immigration Integration Initiative received a $50,000 grant from the Migration Policy Institute.
By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com
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Previously, the Immigration Integration Initiative, or LI3, now known as Immigrant Pathways Colorado, had operated an information center at the library with funding from nonprofit foundation The Colorado Trust. The center receives funding from the city of Littleton, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the American Library Association, the Financial Regulatory Authority Investor Education Foundation, the Colorado Department of Education, Littleton Public Schools, Arapahoe County community development block grants and several nonprofit foundations.
A pair of longtime downtown Littleton properties that have sat empty are under development. The former sites of Valley Feed and Lawn and Jose’s restaurant will be mixeduse developments, with Valley Feed and Lawn, at 2676 W. Main St., giving way to a retail, office and residential project, and Jose’s, at 2420 W. Main St., being replaced by an office space and a bar. The application for the project at the old Valley Feed and Lawn, closed last year, calls for tearing down the building and an outbuilding and constructing a four-story building with retail, bank or office space on the ground level, offices on the second and third floors and five luxury apartments on the top floor. According to the application, 64 parking spaces will be added, with 50 of them available as paid public parking on nights and weekends.
Citienship Program Coordinator Deb Schaffer helps aspiring U.S. citizens prepare for questions they may face in their naturalization interview at the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center, located at Bemis Public Library. Photo by Kyle Harding
n a conference room in the basement of Bemis Public Library, a group of hopeful people spend their Tuesday mornings preparing for the moment that will determine whether they become United States citizens. “I want to have a voice,” said Ruth Alonso of Denver, who emigrated from Mexico six years ago. Alonso is a student in a citizenship class at the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center, preparing for her naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Voice continues on Page 7
Littleton, Englewood and Lincoln gather for summer scrimmage. PAGE 23
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