More housing options can help small businesses succeed and Colorado’s economy thrive OBITUARIES

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It will take roughly the same amount of energy to heat your home whether you use electricity or gas. So if we convert to a gas-less, allelectric utility structure, you will pay a lot more to heat your home and water. And it will be even worse because as the demand for electricity is forced to go up, its cost will go even higher.

Tom Moriarty, Arvada

The Arvada Chamber should have a little more class

Once again the Arvada Chamber of Commerce wants citizens to nominate women for the “badass” award as they have had for the past three years. Boy, it sure would be nice if we could just honor women for their achievements without labeling them as “badass” because they are successful or may be working in a maledominated eld.

We should honor men and women for their achievements. What label do they give men who are successful? As an 80-year-old woman who went through this mindset in the ‘60s in the eld of science, I had hoped we were beyond this. What do parents of young girls tell them a “badass” woman is, and do they have to be a “badass” to be successful? I would think the Arvada Chamber would have a little more class. But I guess that’s not possible.

MaryAnn Larsen, Arvada

Dennis Lee Grosenbach went home to be with the Lord March 11, 2023. Born April 5, 1947, Dennis was husband, father, brother, son, friend. Dennis was married to Maureen (Lemieux) Grosenbach for 56 years through sickness and health, peaks and valleys, and all that lay between.

Dennis loved his country and enlisted in the United States Air Force after graduating Arvada West High School in 1965. SGT Grosenbach put his technical skills and top secret clearance to use while maintaining the camera systems on the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance jet in the late 1960s. For this assignment Dennis was stationed at Beale AFB in California and Kadena AFB in to react to the housing crisis despite housing many manufacturing businesses like mine, and it’s time for the state to work with communities across Colorado to create more affordable housing options. This problem has become too big for counties and cities to do this alone – and we need to solve the housing crisis now.

To address these challenges, we need to create more different types of housing that will help create more options for low- and moderate-income families. Solving the housing crisis should be Colorado’s top priority to help small businesses bounce back. By working together and investing in more housing options, we can create a more vibrant and sustainable community for all Coloradans.

Liz Geisleman is the CEO of Rocky Mountain Reagents in Golden and the former Board Chair of the West Metro Chamber and JeffCo EDC.

Okinawa, Japan. Dennis was o ered the choice between continuing his assignment with the SR-71 program at Mildenhall AFB (England) or accepting an early honorable discharge. Dennis elected for early discharge as he had a young wife and son at home.

Dennis was a journeyman electrician and proud member of the International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers over 50 years. Dennis made a move late in his career and worked as an electrical inspector for the State of Washington until his retirement. Dennis is survived by his wife Maureen, son Todd, daughter Suzanne, two grandsons, extended family, and friends.