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  • Fire breaks out on Blue Sky Trail in Conifer

    Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 10060 Blue Sky Trail in Conifer at 1:15 p.m. The house was fully engaged when reports went out on the radio about 11:45 a.m. Elk Creek Fire Rescue is the primary fire department, with North Fork, Evergreen and Inter Canyon providing assistance. Tanker trucks are bringing water. The Platte Canyon Wildland Fire Team is also on the scene. As of 1:14 p.m. firefighters were still calling for water. Radio reports indicated the house was not occupied. Smoke plumes could be seen from Highway 285.

     

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  • Decision coming soon on Wulf weight room

    The Evergreen Park and Recreation District will hold a regular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Wulf Recreation Center to discuss a staff report on the future of the weight room at Wulf Recreation Center, among other things.

    Separately,  the board will hold a special meeting Feb. 10 to discuss the timing of the Buchanan Park Community Center and Art Center feasibility study. Also, an executive session will be held for the annual review of the executive director and to discuss unspecified real estate matters. The executive session is closed to the public.

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  • Jeffco celebrates 20-year relationship with county in Taiwan

    Three flags greet people when they arrive at the Jefferson County Courts and Administration Facility in Golden: the U.S. flag, the Colorado flag and the Jefferson County flag.

    On Jan. 29, however, the county's flag came down and Taiwan's went up in its place, signifying a 20-year relationship between Jeffco and Pingtung County, the southernmost county in Taiwan.

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  • Commissioners allocate $850,000 to help disabled

    The Developmental Disabilities Resource Center will be able to help between 12 and 16 more people get off a decades-long waiting list this year after the Jefferson County commissioners approved more than $850,000 in funding.

    Art Hogling, DDRC's executive director, said the money will be used to help more than a dozen more people by purchasing a new group home, expanding transportation services and installing fire suppression systems in three of the DDRC's existing buildings. The additions would also create 20 jobs, Hogling said.

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  • RTD: Voters support tax hike for FasTracks

    The Regional Transportation District says more than 60 percent of residents in the eight-county Denver metro area would support a tax increase to finish the FasTracks expansion by 2017, but some in South Jeffco aren't so sure.

    "I don't think that would happen," said Justin Everett, a South Jeffco Republican who is president of CoHOPE, a coalition of area homeowner associations. Everett said CoHOPE hasn't taken an official position, but his personal opinion is that a tax increase wouldn't fly.

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  • Dome, sweet dome

    An Evergreen-based nonprofit group wants to create a year-round community garden in a polycarbonate-and-fir geodesic dome, preferably somewhere in Buchanan Park north of the Buchanan Rec Center.

    Global Children’s Gardens and Mountain Community Gardeners have asked the Evergreen Park and Rec District, which owns Buchanan Park, for permission to build an 850-square-foot “growing dome” surrounded by raised garden beds.

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  • Economist to deliver '09 forecast

    Keith B. Hembre, the new chief economist for U.S. Bank, will offer his economic forecast for 2009 at a gathering sponsored by the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 10.

    The event, which includes lunch, will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 10 at Hiwan Country Club. Registration is required due to limited seating.

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  • Cohousing group gives up search for property

    A group that formed last year to explore the idea of founding a cohousing community of 20 to 40 homeowners in Evergreen has disbanded after failing to attract enough homeowners willing to purchase real estate.

    The goal was to create a community where residents shared a common area, grew their food, used solar heat and recycled water but also owned private living spaces.

    Neil Preister, one of the organizers, said about three couples and one individual were on board, but another six families would be needed to make it work.

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  • Fire board to hold special meeting

    The Evergreen Fire Protection District board will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at fire department headquarters, 1802 Bergen Parkway.

    The purpose is to hold an executive session to discuss personnel matters. The meeting will be closed to the public, and no other matters of business will be discussed.

    Under Colorado law, all public meetings are open with the exception of certain meetings called to discuss personnel or real estate matters. 

     

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  • Fire board to hold special meeting

    The Evergreen Fire Protection District board will hold a special meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at fire department headquarters, 1802 Bergen Parkway.

    The purpose is to hold an executive session to discuss personnel matters. The meeting will be closed to the public, and no other matters of business will be discussed.

    Under Colorado law, all public meetings are open with the exception of certain meetings called to discuss personnel or real estate matters.

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