Joe Vaccarelli

Denver/South Jefferson County

Joe Vaccarelli

Joe Vaccarelli covers Denver and Lakewood for the YourHub section of The Denver Post. Prior to coming aboard in 2011, he worked with Mile High Newspapers. Vaccarelli also teaches percussion at schools in Golden and Littleton and performs with the Denver Broncos Stampede and Denver Nuggets Skyline drumlines.

Lisa Myers hands out lunches to children during the Westwood Summer Youth Camp at Westwood Park in Denver, Colorado on July 5, 2016. The Denver City Council will hear the Westwood neighborhood plan on July 18th. The plan is an attempt to revitalize the underserved neighborhood on Denver's west side. Photo by Seth McConnell, YourHub

Denver plan tries to cultivate, celebrate Westwood neighborhood

July 13, 2016 at 12:06 p.m.

Denver鈥檚 Westwood neighborhood has long been one of the city鈥檚 most underserved and disconnected areas of the city, but a new plan could create a new vision for growth while...

DENVER, CO - JUNE 30: Susanne Wood, owner of Urban Roots, picks up a plant at her store on W. 10th Avenue and Acoma Street in the Golden Triangle neighborhood on June 30, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. The Golden Triangle neighborhood was awarded status as a cultural district, following in the footsteps of other neighborhoods such as the River North Art District (RiNo). (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Golden Triangle shaping up to new cultural district designation

July 11, 2016 at 4:58 p.m.

The Golden Triangle neighborhood last month was awarded status as a creative district by Colorado Creative Industries, which garners $40,000 in funding this year and inclusion in marketing materials sent...

Walmart pulls out of Wheat Ridge development

July 14, 2016 at 12:10 p.m.

A planned development in Wheat Ridge will no longer include a Walmart grocer after the developer informed the city that the company was pulling out of the project.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has added four 2006 "police edition" Dodge Chargers to its lineup. The cars, with a top speed above 140 mph, have been turning heads.

Car break-ins spike in Jeffco parks

July 7, 2016 at 7:42 a.m.

The Jefferson County Sheriff鈥檚 Office is seeing a large increase in car break-ins at Jeffco mountain parks and is urging citizens to take precautions.

EVERGREEN, CO - JUNE 29: Janet Baltz poses for a photograph beside some of the items of the George D. Hinman collection at the Evergreen Fine Arts Gallery on June 29, 2016, in Evergreen, Colorado. Baltz found the collection, which originally belonged to her great-grandfather, in storage after her father's passing last year. The collection includes about 140 items, approximately 40 of which are currently on display at the gallery. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Rare American Indian artifact collection on display in Evergreen

July 5, 2016 at 11:03 a.m.

George D. Hinman's collection of rare American Indian artifacts is on display at the Evergreen Fine Art Gallery.

DENVER, CO - JUNE 23: Steve Sells, a clothing designer, checks on hand-dyed material in his studio at GRACe on June 23, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. The Globeville Riverfront Art Center (GRACe) offers artists and creative businesses, both emerging and established, a dedicated studio space. Currently over 50 tenants rent studios at the center, with 80-85 studios available overall. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

New artist work spaces open up in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood

July 18, 2016 at 11:04 a.m.

The Globeville Riverfront Arts Center (GRACe), along the South Platte River in an industrial part of the Globeville neighborhood is now open and a viable spot for artists who are...

Jeffco Library Foundation adding online book sales

June 27, 2016 at 10:09 a.m.

The Jefferson County Library Foundation is moving into the world of online book sales on eBay.com and Amazon.com in hopes of creating more revenue from book donations from individuals and...

Nathalia Ortega-Villalpando, 9, center, laughs with her sister, Rosa, 8, left, and Cristina Lazos, 10, during lunch at Girls Inc. of Metro Denver on July 1

Denver’s Summer Food Service Program back this year

June 21, 2016 at 4:57 p.m.

Denver鈥檚 Summer Food Service program served 69,149 meals to Denver youth last summer and more than 500,000 since its inception in 2012. This year, with fewer partners, the city鈥檚 office...

Doug Lesmann practices on the driving range at Deer Creek Golf Course on June 15, 2016, in Littleton, Colorado. Plans are underway to reconfigure a few holes at Deer Creek Golf Course, as well as develop over the driving range. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Future of Deer Creek Golf Course swings into view

June 21, 2016 at 5:40 p.m.

Cardel Homes and course owner In Play Membership Golf hope to rezone part of the Deer Creek Golf Course to allow for 128 one-story patio homes and attached housing around...

The entrance to Wild Plum Farm, owned by the Tuck family, on Sept. 15 in Columbine Valley. The property is under contract with Taylor Morrison to develop 105 acres in the small community.

Columbine Valley residents oppose Tuck property plan

June 16, 2016 at 2:44 p.m.

Plans have once again emerged for the Wild Plum Farm property -- a 105-acre site in Columbine Valley -- but residents have been signing petitions with concerns over traffic and...

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Denver plan tries to cultivate, celebrate Westwood neighborhood

Golden Triangle shaping up to new cultural district designation

Walmart pulls out of Wheat Ridge development

Car break-ins spike in Jeffco parks

Rare American Indian artifact collection on display in Evergreen

New artist work spaces open up in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood

Jeffco Library Foundation adding online book sales

Denver’s Summer Food Service Program back this year

Future of Deer Creek Golf Course swings into view

Columbine Valley residents oppose Tuck property plan