Megan Mitchell

Aurora’s Utah Pool getting new splash playground during first facility renovation in 18 years

October 6, 2016 at 11:46 a.m.

One of Aurora's oldest recreation mainstays, Utah Pool, is getting a facelift that will add a new splash playground, better locker rooms and family changing cabanas next to the indoor...

THORNTON, CO - SEPTEMBER 27: Don Barnett works on a haunted house at Maize in the City on September 27, 2016, in Thornton, Colorado. Gina Palombo, Joe Palombo and Mark Villano are third generation farm owners in rural Thornton who work together to create Maize in the City, a corn field grown solely to create a number of corn mazes, haunted houses, and family-friendly entertainment. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Popular haunted corn maze, pumpkin patch in Thornton helps sustain family farm

October 6, 2016 at 1:38 p.m.

For one family of long-established farmers in Adams County, six weekends of terrifying locals in the dark corners of a massive, haunted corn maze in Thornton has become the economic...

Visitors enjoy the town square at Southlands Mall on September 21, 2016, in Aurora, Colorado. Southlands Mall opened 10 years ago. They will be hosting an anniversary celebration on October 8. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Southlands Mall marks 10th anniversary with highest retail growth year to date

September 29, 2016 at 3:37 p.m.

The Southlands Mall is coming up on its 10th anniversary next month, and in addition to a community celebration, officials at the retail super center are toasting their best year...

COMMERCE CITY, CO - SEPTEMBER 22: Reid Huntington, 2, tries to pick up a fallen cornhole board during a grand opening celebration at Villages East Park on September 22, 2016, in Commerce City, Colorado. Villages East Park is the third park in a capital improvement program to open in Commerce City. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Commerce City opens last new park promised through five-year capital campaign

September 30, 2016 at 12:18 p.m.

Commerce City's Villages East Park opened Sept. 22 in the city's increasingly dense suburban north area as a 9-acre, multi-use open space, nestled in the center of relatively new housing...

AURORA, CO - SEPTEMBER 19: Diana Macias, 13, right, and Alberto Leon, 16, use a drill to construct a portable overnight shelter for people experiencing homelessness in a workshop at Downtown Aurora Visual Arts on September 19, 2016, in Aurora, Colorado. The renovation of DAVA is complete, and the nearly tripled amount of space is allowing for more low-income students to attend programs at the free art education nonprofit. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

New visual, digital art exhibition from students, community partners opens Sept. 22

September 20, 2016 at 5:08 p.m.

Downtown Aurora Visual Art grows its participation for middle school and high schools students and stretches out into a more flowing, conducive art space.

Watermill Express looks to expand fabrication plant, national station locations

January 19, 2017 at 9:46 a.m.

Lani Dolifka was living in a rural area in unincorporated Adams County, near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge when the local water supply was contaminated with byproducts of...

Brighton Fire Protection District station No. 52

Population increases in the northeast metro area call for fire district expansion

September 16, 2016 at 11:43 a.m.

As more housing and major employers take root in the northeast metro area, the Brighton Fire Protection District is devising ways to keep up with the growth -- starting with...

Lynn Pierre checks out bolts of colored fabric in the Africa Fashion and Arts store at Afrikmall in Aurora, Colorado on September 6, 2016. The Afrikmall in Aurora has finally opened a portion of the space. The dual level space has single tenants on the bottom floor and an unused upper level that the Aurora Cultural Arts District is possibly going to buy as studio space for resident artists.

Afrikmall founders, Aurora organizations strive to keep new mall afloat

December 1, 2016 at 10:57 a.m.

Afrikmall, an Afrocentric shopping and cultural center on East Colfax, is struggling to make ends meet one year after Aurora officials and the organization's founders held a grand opening ceremony.

The site of the former Mile High Greyhound Park in Commerce City

Mile High Greyhound Park redevelopment planners look to get Commerce City back in the race

October 7, 2016 at 3:10 p.m.

Proposed zoning at the site of the former Mile High Greyhound Park in Commerce City would allow for an educational facility, assorted retail offerings, a full spectrum of housing options,...

Sirad Hir pulls blankets from a washing machine at Laundry on the Fax in Aurora, Colorado on Sept. 1, 2016. Laundry of the Fax is a public laundry business owned by Yemane Habtezgi who provides free service vouchers to homeless and low income people receiving services from some of the homelessness prevention services on East Colfax.

Laundry on the Fax owner provides free vouchers to north Aurora homeless community

September 8, 2016 at 3:43 p.m.

Laundry of the Fax owner Yemane Habtezgi provides free service vouchers to homeless and low income people on East Colfax, and Aurora is taking notice.

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