South Platte Independent 1126

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November 26, 2020

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 20

VOLUME 76 | ISSUE 6

Short-term rental ordinance approved Whether owners must be Littleton residents, number of properties still to be decided BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton City Council unanimously passed a short-term rental licensing ordinance on Nov. 17, though councilmembers acknowledge many issues must still be dealt with. The new ordinance represents a major step in regulating short term rentals — often rooms in private homes, or entire houses, rented through sites like Airbnb or VRBO SEE RENTAL, P4

Break Bread volunteer Barb Lee hauls a load of dinners to her car before driving them to local senior homes on Nov. 11. Break Bread has evolved in the COVID era to feed many times more people than before. PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

How Break Bread broke out to send love Community meal program adapts to COVID era with takeout and delivery BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

NEW RULES

Indoor dining at restaurants banned under new COVID-19 restrictions P2

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Three years ago, Break Bread started bringing together neighbors for weekly meals, with the idea of feeding people hungry not just for a good meal but for companionship. The nonprofit served a no-charge chef-prepared dinner at Littleton United Methodist Church every Sat-

urday, drawing dozens of lonely seniors, people struggling with homelessness and addiction, and young families just scraping by. Neighbors became friends over taco nights and lasagna dinners. But last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic uprooted life, it also uprooted Break Bread. With the dining room shut down, the group switched to to-go meals served from a folding table outside. Now, as Break Bread celebrates its third birthday, that little folding table has become a hub of a network that spans Littleton and the south metro

‘We’re reaching a lot of people, but we’d still like to reach more.’ Paul Parish, chairman of Break Bread’s board

SEE MEALS, P4

WHERE TO GET TESTED?

There are free COVID-19 testing locations across the metro area P8


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