Meeting on reuse of Sheridan Green Elementary coming

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For those who are interested in the future uses of the Sheridan Green Elementary School, the City of Westminster has set the next community meeting for 6 p.m. Aug. 4 at the school, 10951 Harlan Street. City sta will provide a summary of community input and present some potential ree concepts have been identied for discussion. e City is still seeking proposals from organizations. e church has

First, the city would retains the property and utilizes it for community programming including but not limited to recreation, children’s summer camps and library options.

Second, the Rocky Mountain Presbyterian Church has expressed interest in purchasing the property as the new home for their congregation as well as providing community programming including after school programming.

A third option is a hybrid of options 1 and 2 where the City sells the property to the church or another entity and the City leases a portion of the property to provide recreation and library programming.

Letters To The Editor

State of the region

Adams County Regional Economic Partnership recently hosted its annual State of the Region luncheon in Westminster. Stakeholders and elected o cials, including Governor Polis, were in attendance to highlight the economic growth, demographic trends, and achievements of local businesses and communities within the Greater Adams County region. One common theme was an overwhelming optimism about the region’s direction and future opportunities.

Adams County is evolving into a premier location for vital strategic industries—from life sciences to advanced manufacturing to next-generation energy solutions. American been invited to present their proposal to ensure the community has all of the latest information.

Legal fees are eating up Trump’s political action committee fund

It should be no surprise to those who follow the news: Former President Donald Trump is draining his political action committee funds to pay mounting legal fees.

According to e Washington Post, Trump has spent more than $40 million on his various indictments and legal challenges in the rst half of 2023. at is a whopping amount to say the least. I am not sure he can sustain raising su cient funds to pay what will be increasing legal fees as the various indictments move forward i.e. motions to stop or prevent certain evidence, depositions, trail prep and the separate trials.

A fourth indictment is just around the corner in all probability from the Fulton County, Georgia grand jury. is is where Trump attempted to change the voter count to his favor in the 2020 election.

In total to date, approximately $56 million have been spent on post-presidential legal spending. In a way, it’s a shame that so much money could not have been spent on a more worthy cause. Examples are feeding people across the country who are food insecure or help pay people’s rent who don’t have the

money to cover housing costs.

Hyland Hills Sports Center soon to open e new, much enlarged Hyland Hills Sports Center, located at 94th Ave. and Perry St. next door to Carroll Butts Park, is scheduled for its grand opening in September.

It won’t be long now and boy is it exciting!

I recently had the bene t of a tour of the building by Executive Director Yvonne Fishbach. e building is a gymnast’s dream come true. It is spacious with all the neat equipment, along with built-in room to grow. ere is a wonderful gymnasium where basketball, pickle ball and other activities will take place.

Also, there are plenty of meeting rooms and places for kids to play while Mom does her work out. Congrats to all of the folks at Hyland Hills for such a quality facility for people of all ages!

Colorado republicans vote not to block una liated in primary

I don’t know about you, but I feel unwanted by the Colorado Republican Party.

Chairman Dave Williams tried to kick us out of their primary election. Personally, I am not sure if there is anyone I would want to vote for anyway.

Williams attempted to have the Party amend their bylaws to opt out of Colorado’s 2024 primary. If successful, the conservatives would not have to allow una liated registered voters in participating in their own separate primary. Under Proposition 108, the 2016 ballot measure was approved by Colorado voters to allow una liated voters to vote in either the Democrat or Republican primary (but they don’t get two bites at the apple). e GOP has enough to worry about without taking on the largest registered segment of Colorado voters.

Conservatives in the party previously attempted ousting us in 2021 ahead of the 2022 primary elections and it was overwhelmingly defeated. Furthermore, the Colorado GOP led a lawsuit in federal court which would e ectively bar una liated voters from voting in partisan primaries.

To add frosting on the cake, guess who is representing the GOP in court? It is none other than Donald Trump’s hot shot attorney John Eastman. What is the saying about a “bad penny keeps coming back?” Why are Williams and his pals afraid of us?

Here is a good budget-related question for you

We are talking “core services” in a technological innovation and digital tools have unlocked e ciencies and contributed to the diversi cation of the Colorado economy in ways that would have been unfathomable even ten years ago. Today, every industry or company is an IT-dependent operation. is evolution also provides excellent career opportunities for our young workforce in Adams County. By harnessing the latest technology in local business operations, Adams County will be an economic powerhouse for generations.

Technology and innovation have certainly played an invaluable role in transforming the Colorado economy. We have witnessed how proactive stakeholder engagement with emerging industries at the state and local levels promotes a healthy business environment. Alternatively, we’ve seen what happens when industry experts are ignored or left out of policy conversations and the detrimental impacts that can have on individual industry sector growth. We need to avoid pitfalls that could reverse technology’s gains in bolstering growth in certain sectors of the Adams County economy. We believe our region will see continued success if we can remove barriers to entry for new technological advancements and be mindful of implementing regulations that impede innovation and development. Misguided regulatory or legislative proposals could sti e the innovation underpinning so much of our region’s—and state’s— success. e state of the Greater Adams County region is strong. We need support from our public o cials and continued leadership from the local business community to ensure that it stays that way. As leaders look towards future regulations and legislation, AC-REP stands ready to convene stakeholders and develop solutions that keep our technology economy solid and successful.

Lisa Hough,

President,

Adams

County Regional Economic Partnership

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