Megan Mitchell

Evelyn Rowley, right, and Bruce Arroyo volunteer their time to serve lunch at the Thornton Senior Center on Feb. 15.

Thornton senior, arts and recreation programs run on volunteers

February 21, 2017 at 4:56 p.m.

Volunteer Thornton started in April 1997 with a Snowbusters program where a handful of residents volunteered to shovel snow for elderly and disabled residents in the city. Today, there are...

Students participate in a 20/20 Fitness Class at Commerce City Recreation Center in Commerce City, Colorado on Jan. 25, 2017.

Commerce City launches naming contest through April for its two recreation centers

February 15, 2017 at 9:33 p.m.

The winners of the recreation center naming contest will receive a yearlong, family membership to the Commerce City facility that they name. The city started taking entries in January and...

Eugene Unrein, a second-generation barber and business owner of Gene's Barber Shop, finishes a cut for customer Leroy Ready. Unrein says he has been hoping and waiting for Main Street in Brighton to come back to life just outside his store window. He said there have been many years when he stepped outside his door and he would be the only person on the street. The town of Brighhton has a 2017 Downtown Brighton initiative to redevelop and preserve its city center. The group is working closely with the Brighton Economic Development Corporation to attract niche and unique boutiques to an area of the city that has been in disrepair for decades.

Between breweries, barbershops and boutiques, downtown Brighton is booming

February 15, 2017 at 12:01 a.m.

A slew of small-scale developments and redevelopments in Historic Downtown Brighton in the last decade have made a huge difference in closing the gaps in storefront vacancies downtown. Today, the...

Students in Aurora's Continuous Dance Program Intermediate Pointe class, work together at the Expo Recreation Center.

Aurora Dance Arts to begin workshop series for dancer health, nutrition

February 14, 2017 at 5:21 p.m.

Aurora Dance Arts program to offer a nutrition and health workshop series for injury prevention in partnership with a physical therapist and former ballerina.

Thornton residents were alarmed to receive an official-looking notice, but city officials say it's from a real estate company.

Confusing advertisements sent to Thornton homeowners look like code violation notices

February 13, 2017 at 10:37 a.m.

Residents in Thornton are incensed over a local real estate company mailing out alarming and deceptively written advertisements to homeowners that, at first impression, made many people think they were...

Chelsea Place residents from left to right, Sandy Diskin, Alice Killim, Ruth Updike, and Gwen Sowell participate together in a barre class to help improve strength, balance, and even the ability to stand for a period of time.

Memory care residence in Aurora links people’s past passions with physical therapy

November 22, 2017 at 1:22 p.m.

Chelsea Place, a memory care community in south Aurora, delves into the histories of each person living there to create unique and meaningful classes and physical therapy routines.

BRIGHTON, CO - JANUARY 31: A chalk board sits on a desk in the school house at the Adams County History Museum in Brighton, Colorado on January 31, 2017. The Adams County Parks & Open Space Department and consultant team, Design Workshop, are working together to update the Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds Master Plan. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds to undergo massive expansion, renovations

February 7, 2017 at 5:17 p.m.

Adams County planners are seeking resident input on the long-awaited renovation and substantial upgrading of the 1,200-acre Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds, which includes a new indoor arena, new...

AURORA, CO - JANUARY 25: Emi Sunrise Luckett, 3, joins the rest of her family for the after school nutrition program at the Meadowood Recreation Center in Aurora. The National League of Cities recognized Aurora脮s Mayor Steve Hogan for the recent completion of key health and wellness goals for Let脮s Move! Cities, Towns and Counties. LMCTC works closely with local elected officials nationwide to adopt policies that improve access to healthy affordable food and opportunities for physical activity for their constituents across five goal areas. Aurora is now at rank #1 in the country among the 522 communities participating in LMCTC. (Photo by Kathryn Scott/The Denver Post)

Aurora tops National League of Cities Let’s Move! youth wellness program

February 1, 2017 at 4:45 p.m.

Aurora won five gold medals from the National League of Cities program: Let抖阴ap Move! Cities, Towns and Counties, which encourages local governments to develop more healthy living and early childhood...

Aurora Public Schools community aquatics program turns young swimmers into teenage instructors

November 22, 2017 at 1:22 p.m.

The Aurora Public School District's community aquatics program takes place on a nightly rotation schedule between the district's four high school pools -- Aurora Central, Gateway, Hinkley, and Rangeview. It...

Northglenn rolls out new city logo as part of image rebranding campaign

January 24, 2017 at 8:55 a.m.

A new city logo in Northglenn is getting a mixed welcome among residents and members of city council after its first rollout

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