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AUTHENTIC BRAIDS Agreement prompts more north development Area next to Cabela’s to become mixed-use site By Tammy Kranz
tkranz@colorado communitymedia.com Planned development adjacent to The Grove has taken a step forward after Thornton City Council approved an infrastructure agreement. Council unanimously approved an agreement with Evergreen, a development company, during its Sept. 23 regular meeting. The 51-acre mixed use development is situated between Grant and Washington streets, south of 144th Avenue, next to the development that is anchored by Cabela’s. Plans for the development include a 465-unit apartment complex, 7.4 acres of retail and 12.3 acres of commercial or office. Agreement continues on Page 5
Billie Gallegos with the Caring Association of Native Americans (CANA) braids Kathy Skudneski’s hair during the festival. More photos on Page 13. Photo by Tammy Kranz
Safety improvements a godsend for couple By Tammy Kranz
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Navigating the steep steps in front of their Northglenn home became perilous at times for the Gambles. Dorcas Gamble, 74, who has metal pins in her spine, has fallen twice. Donald Gamble, 81, who has bad knees, fell three times. “It was really hard for us,” Dorcas Gamble said. “We would lose our balance, the stairs were too high.” Their goal to stay in their home was becoming harder to achieve — they are on a fixed income and couldn’t hire someone to make the needed safety modifications or do the basic upkeep. So Gamble prayed for help. And Brothers Redevelopment heard. The couple applied for the nonprofit’s Paint-A-Thon program and was matched with a team of 18 Wells Fargo volunteers who scraped, caulked, sealed and painted their home on Sept. 19. Wells Fargo also spent $15,000 to lower the stairs, install exterior safety rails and grab bars and replace a bathtub with a roll-in shower. “We are so appreciative of the help with our home, this is an answered prayer,” Gamble said. “We don’t have the means to do the work ourselves. This is a godsend.” That appreciation is what makes volunteering for the PaintA-Thon worthwhile for Joy Hall of Denver. Hall, who works at Wells Fargo, has painted several homes through the program. “It’s a great feeling to help out someone who isn’t able to do it,” she said. This is the Gambles’ second marriage and between them they have nine children, most of whom live out of state. Dorcas Gamble’s
Donald and Dorcas Gamble’s home in Northglenn received some home maintenance and safety modifications thanks to the Brothers Redevelopment’ Paint-A-Thon program. Photo courtesy of Allison Lockwood/Brothers Redevelopment 47-year-old son used to help them out by maintain the house and yard but, sadly, he died a year ago after having an epileptic seizure. “He would do things we couldn’t do,” Gamble said. Donald Gamble is a Marine Corps veteran. Both his knees are weak and sometimes his legs become numb and just fail him. Because of this, Dorcas Gamble said she fears for his safety getting in and out of the bathtub. All the projects except the bathroom
BRUSHING UP ON THE DETAILS Brothers began the Paint-A-Thon program in 1978, and volunteers have caulked, sealed and painted more than 6,900 homes in the Denver metro area. The average age of homeowners helped through the Paint-A-Thon is 72. Average household income is $1,540 per month. With an average household size of 1.8, that makes the average individual income $855. Source: Brothers Volunteer Manager Chad Nibbelink.
modifications are finished. “We both feel so much safer
now,” she said. “The grab bars were really needed.”