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  • Local Business Updates

    West 44th Avenue in Wheat Ridge is seeing retail space filling up since the New Year with a number of new businesses opening in the area.  The retail outlet located at 9045 West 44th Avenue is now officially at capacity with two new businesses und...
  • Jefferson Symphony performs Feb. 19

    Fans of classic American composers can enjoy a magical matinee of memorable music when the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra performs “Three American Giants” Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3:00 p.m., at the Colorado School of Mine’s Green Center. The address of ...
  • What’s Happening Near The New Rails

    The Jeffco League of Women Voters will look at plans for affordable housing near the new RTD Light Rail West Corridor and planned Gold Line. The League will also check out what the City of Lakewood and other Jeffco entities are doing to energize the n...
  • Skiing or Shoeing? Leave the Driving to Parks and Recreation

     Seniors who love to ski or snowshoe, but are less than enthusiastic about motoring up to the mountains, can take advantage of a Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation program that whisks them to popular sites for a day of winter sports. Each outing...
  • 38th Avenue Plan Progresses Benefits, Pitfalls Generate Debate

    BY CYNDY BEAL Whether you like plans for Wheat Ridge’s Main Street depends on whether you like diets – Road Diets, to be exact. Studies, committees, plans and meetings for the future of 38th Avenue has proceeded in fits and starts for over a dec...
  • Town Center North Redevelopment: Whole Lot A Gradin’ Goin’ On

    BY J. PATRICK O'LEARY Renewal Wheat Ridge, the governing board for the City of Wheat Ridge’s Urban Renewal Authority, has been busy on the development of the vacant lot behind the First Bank Building at the corner of Wadsworth Blvd. and 44th Ave., p...
  • What's Happening

    Skiing or Shoeing? Leave the Driving to Parks and Recreation Seniors who love to ski or snowshoe, but are less than enthusiastic about motoring up to the mountains, can take advantage of a Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation program that whisks them t...
  • Gold Line’s Going Forward But No Gandy Dancers Yet

    BY  J. PATRICK O'LEARY You may not have noticed, but early construction has started on the Gold Line, the 11.2-mile electric commuter rail line between Denver Union Station and Ward Road in Wheat Ridge, part of the Regional Transportation Distr...
  • Save A Life, Improve Your Health

    BY DIANNA PRUDEN, MT (ASCP) SBB Blood Bank and QA Manager,Exempla Lutheran Medical Center On September 7, Dianna Cillessen arrived at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center anticipating the birth of her second child. After carrying her baby for 39 weeks, s...
  • Moving Forward for Jobs, Economy

    BY SUE SCHAFER State Representative, House District 24 Hello, Citizens of Wheat Ridge and Edgewater. I write you about exciting things happening in the Colorado Legislature and how honored I am to serve as your State Representative! You can always...
  • Wheat Ridge Dog Park Not An “Inside Job”

    As the chairperson for the Parks & Recreation committee and the citizens group that planned the dog park, I would like to tell you about this group made of multi-generation citizens including some founding members of the City of Wheat Ridge an...
  • Save Your Money & Do It Right

    BY ROSE FLOREZ January is a tough month for us, because we are getting a lot of do-it-yourself fireplace installers trying to save money.  It’s tough because we’ve had to tell them they can’t do what they want to do.  Or we will no...
  • The Only True Constant Is Change

    BY JONATHAN LEE & TIM BERLAND “The best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt Greetings and happy New Year from the Neighborhood Ga...
  • Brain Growth & Balance

    By Tamara Eslich When most of us think of brain growth, we think of the two sides of the brain growing in unison, when in fact it does not grow in a balanced way.  In the womb and during the first few years of life, brain growth is focused almo...
  • The Making Of An Enterpreneur

    BY TOM YANG PART III: A Taste Of The Real Estate Business After I earned by bachelor of science degree in Mining Engineering, I received a number of job offers, as did all my fellow graduates. I took a job with Conoco Oil Company at its new copper pro...
  • Confessions Of An Urban Gardener

    BY ZACHARY URBAN I have a confession to make. This is something my wife would rather me not share. I told her it’s not right that I should keep this secret any longer. I told her it is important for my neighbors to know about this secret. My big...
  • Top Resolutions for Your Pet

    BY JENNIFER STRICKLAND Director of Community Relations The beginning of the year is a great time for all of us to reflect on the past twelve months. However, most importantly, it is a good chance to look to the future. Starting off the year on the right...
  • January 2012 FP

    CITY AT SUNSET-- This style of lamp post and the neon clocks on 38th Avenue and Depew Street, are reminders of the city’s previous attempts to beautify “Main Street”. Wheat Ridge is going forward with the “Road Diet” plan – restriping and n...