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.

Dan Magestro, left, watches as Tammy Muse putts on the second hole at Skyline Park on June 10, 2016, in Denver. The city is looking to activate the 16th Street Mall this summer, more so than in previous years.

Denver tries to make the 16th Street Mall a destination this summer

June 23, 2016 at 11:50 a.m.

The Downtown Denver Partnership and the Denver's Community Planning and Development department is expanding its Meet in the Street activities to five weekends starting the last weekend of June and...

EVERGREEN, CO - JUNE 8: A hiker walks a trail that runs alongside the barn at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park on June 8, 2016, in Evergreen, Colorado. Evergreen Park & Recreation District is looking to expand programming the historic barn at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park. Built in the early 1900s, the barn already plays host to activities such as yoga, youth running, hikes, and more. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Evergreen Parks and Rec increasing barn activity at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

June 13, 2016 at 4:05 p.m.

Evergreen Parks and Recreation is forming a task force to decide to what to do to improve the barn at Alderfer/Three Sisters Park in Evergreen, and in the meantime is...

DENVER, CO - MAY 31: Chris Kulhanek launches his bike off a wooden wall while doing test runs at the new Ruby Hill Bike Park in Denver, Colorado on May 31, 2016. Ruby Hill Bike Park is nearly complete after over a year of planning and work. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Ruby Hill bike park almost ready

June 23, 2016 at 3:12 p.m.

The Ruby Hill bike park is nearly complete and should be open to the public by July, giving the bike community a new skills course that should bring more people...

LITTLETON, CO - JUNE 1: A cardboard cutout of a coyote sits in the grass at Trailmark Park in Littleton, Colorado on June 1, 2016. The Trailmark neighborhood has a goose problem, to combat the issue cardboard cutouts of coyotes have been placed around the park with little effect. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Trailmark has interesting solution to geese problem near playground

June 8, 2016 at 5:37 p.m.

The Trailmark neighborhood near Chatfield Reservoir in south Jefferson County has been having a goose problem, and the homeowners association hopes some cardboard silhouettes will keep them away.

GOLDEN, CO - MAY 27: Logan Falkenstein, 5, hops off the Spark City Children's Museum mobile museum on May 27, 2016, in Golden, Colorado. Logan's mother, Jackie Falkenstein, is the vice president of the board of the Spark City Children's Museum. Together with Katherine Broome, president of the board, and other family and friends, Falkenstein has been refurbishing the bus for the nonprofit's forthcoming mobile museum. It will offer kids the opportunity to shop and dine in a market and cafe with play food and toy cash registers. Before its first outing, a colorful mural will be painted on the exterior of the bus. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Kids can get on the Spark City Children’s Museum bus this summer

June 8, 2016 at 2:51 p.m.

The Golden-based Spark City Children's Museum is readying a converted school bus to serve as a mobile museum that can visit different places throughout the county for 17 weeks starting...

DENVER, CO - MAY 24: Erin McMillin works on her laptop at Coffee at the Point in Denver, Colorado on May 24, 2016. Five Points is looking to create a business improvement district. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Five Points neighborhood in Denver seeks business improvement district

May 31, 2016 at 12:14 p.m.

The Five Points Business Improvement District, if approved, would span between 20th and 30th streets along Welton Street and also include the light rail stop at 30th and Downing.

Denver breaks ground on Montbello Open Space Park, outdoor learning center

May 26, 2016 at 4:49 p.m.

Northeast Denver is getting a new open space area and outdoor education center after the city and partners broke ground on the Montbello Open Space Park and Environmental Learning Center...

Megan Carter, a forensic scientist, works in the Colorado Bureau of Investigation crime lab in Arvada. The crime lab opened in April.

Officials say new CBI crime lab will make analysis more efficient

May 25, 2016 at 3:32 p.m.

A new crime lab in Arvada is poised to shorten the wait time for law enforcement agencies around the state.

A Queen Anne-style home, built in the late 19th century in Denver. On May 16, 15 homes on the 200 block of South Lincoln Street, including the one pictured, were designated as the South Lincoln Street Historical District.

Queen Anne homes on South Lincoln get historic designation

June 6, 2016 at 4:47 p.m.

Nestled between Alameda and Cedar avenues along well-traveled Lincoln Street, a notable row of homes often called "turrets row" will be preserved for generations. A portion of the 200 block...

Some in Bow Mar are proposing to annex Southwest Plaza mall, which would provide the small Jefferson County town with its first commercial tax base.

Southwest Plaza Mall demolishing two-level parking structure

May 27, 2016 at 12:49 p.m.

Southwest Plaza is in the process of demolishing it抖阴ap two-level parking structure on the north side of the mall, which will result in a new amusement area.

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