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need to be adjusted accordingly, but in the long run such changes could be a strong contributor to freeing up additional treated water. Perhaps the city would even chip in a cash incentive or a credit on future water bills. ey currently pay for removing a certain amount of turf. Let’s not be complacent!

Back to normal now that the Swifties have left anks for coming and we hope to see you back in another ve years. Also, Taylor’s contribution of 75,000 meals for people with food insecurity is much appreciated.

Whew, I was worn out just watching all the Taylor Swift video clips on the news and the high energy the Mile High City experienced while the Swifties were in town for her two concerts.

I enjoyed seeing all the younger people get so pumped up and enthused with Taylor Swift returning to Denver. She truly is an amazing young entertainer and individual.

We thank all of the Swifties for dropping $140 million in Denver/ suburbs while in town. It gave the retailers, hotels, restaurants, bars and more a nice shot in the arm. Plus, the sale of Taylor Swift merchandise had to generate at least a bagilion dollars!

Oh, and did we go to one of the concerts? No, my banker wouldn’t loan me the money for tickets, a Swiftie T-shirt and a Slurpee.

A smart move would be to do some polling

As was previously stated and has been demonstrated via Governor Polis’ actions, his push to implement his “a ordable housing plan” isn’t going away. While he knows

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All of this is under the banner of making homes a ordable for every family, which is absurd. is would be regardless of what local comprehensive land use plans would allow.

Last month, he showed up at the Colorado Municipal League conference and more or less lectured the city o cials in attendance on why his plan is needed. With the ght to be replayed at the state legislature in January, it might be smart if local government o cials did some polling to fortify their positions as well as show the governor he is barking up the wrong tree. Certainly, there is su cient time to hire pollsters and get reliable results.

What’s the best way to get grass roots opinions?

First of all, not every town or city is going to want to spend their local General Fund dollars on such polling. While this is a statewide issue, future growth will vary from city to city with more need likely in the Denver-Boulder metro area, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Pueblo.

Regardless, polling results would be helpful in guiding elected ocials on perhaps “ ne-tuning” their respective stances on the governor’s plan. New insight via polling could possibly help in working out compromises on parts of the previous ill-fated plan. Each town or city and county could do its own survey.

A more consolidated approach could be for the Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Counties, Inc. to each commission its own surveys. In the alternative, the two state wide organizations could do a single survey which meets the needs of cities and counties.

Whichever way makes the most sense and cents, the important thing is to do a reliable opinion survey in time for the next “round” of proposed legislative bills.

As a P.S., if done soon enough, the results could be helpful to incumbent candidates running for reelection on the issue of more growth, more apartments and how best to use water resources. I think such a survey would especially be helpful to the Boulder City Council and Adams County Commissioner Eva Henry. Boulder’s Council was the only city to go on record supporting Polis’ plan and Henry was among the few who favored it as well.

Sheridan Green school transition process continues e rst public session to gain input on potential futures uses of the building was held on June 7 with a healthy 180 people in attendance. e next session will be in sometime in August. Main feedback focused on a community center, recreation center, learning center, library, children’s recreation center, church, a ordable preschool, daycare, after school care, hub for home-schooled children, summer camps and senior center and more.

Clearly, participants did not want a homeless shelter or commercial uses.

Comments will be taken until August 1 on the city’s Sheridan Green web page. ese are all good ideas. e key will be remodeling costs and ongoing operating costs. I still think a portion of the building would be ideal for an archival center to preserve Westminster’s history working with the Westminster Historical Society.

Bill Christopher is a former Westminster city manager and RTD board member. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media. You can contact him at bcjayhawk68@gmail.com.

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“It brings me just a ton of joy to see people enjoying it and enjoying the space,” Monson said. “I think it’s also enriched my kids’ love and appreciation for literature because they get so excited about nishing a book and passing it on.”

Monson built her library in 2017 and registered it with Little Free Library, a Minnesota-based nonpro t that aims to increase access to literature by providing blueprints and guides to build community libraries, as well as mapping registered libraries across the country.

Hundreds of little free libraries have popped up across the Denver metro area as their popularity proliferates. Monson said she was inspired to build her library after visiting others with her 11-year-old twins Tommy and Luci, who are avid readers.

“I really believe in the importance of building community and connection for wellness, so I thought it was a great way to build community shortly after we moved to Golden,” she said. “So it was their love of reading and my want to build community that made it happen.”

Since the library is on a bike and walking path, it’s not accessible by car, so Monson took advantage of the unique environment by adding a bench, a slide and fairy gardens around the library to make it an inviting spot for visitors.