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kind of gauging interest in community members, folks that have a stake and interest in elections,” Gri th said. “And everything that I’ve heard has been overwhelmingly positive. I felt like waiting a little bit was probably to my advantage, just to kind of see how things would shake out.”

Background

Loveridge highlighted his experience serving the Arvada community; he spent 28 years on the building code board of Je erson County, 10 years on the Board of Adjustment in addition to his aforementioned time spent on the Apex and AFPD boards.

“I look at the ability I’ve brought developing projects that people love in this community, things that everyone loves to go to and is proud,” Loveridge said. “One of the big ones was Apex Center, I was able to help get the Stenger/ Lutz Complex (built), Indian Tree

Golf Course, Sims Street Pickleball courts; those are the things that I’ve brought to this community with Apex.

“With re, we’re ranked in the top 100 departments in the country, which I’m proud of,” Loveridge continued. “ ere’s about 45,000 departments in the country to compete with.”

Gri th said his time on the planning commission has given him a unique perspective that he could bring to the dais.

“As we review projects, I think that there’s a speci c value that my background and experience will bring,” Gri th said. “But I think in addition to that, just understanding holistically, transportation networks, infrastructure, investment opportunities, and weigh in some of the big, big dollar gure challenges that we’re facing.”

Gri th added that his background and expertise are speci cally tuned and geared toward addressing those questions.

“I feel like we have a good council, and I think adding that tool into the bucket will only make it