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WESTMINSTER, CO - FEBRUARY 21: Kirk Engel works on installing a drip irrigation line at Windmill Community Gardens in Westminster, Colorado on February 21, 2017. Windmill Community Gardens is a new organic garden where residents can buy a plot for a yearly cost of $15. Master Gardeners will be onsite every fourth Thursday of the month to lecture on gardening and planting. The garden is unique because each garden plot is located in metal troughs raised above ground. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Growing vegetables and relationships in Westminster鈥檚 community gardens

February 28, 2017 at 2:48 p.m.

Westminster fosters a sense of community through neighborhood gardens located throughout the city and the fourth plot is set to open soon.

Emma Guilinger draws a design for a shirt during an explore mythical creatures through art class at Majestic View Nature Center in Arvada, Colorado on Feb. 15, 2017.

Majestic View Nature Center celebrates 15 years

February 21, 2017 at 5:32 p.m.

To celebrate its 15th birthday, Arvada鈥檚 Majestic View Nature Center will offer 15 free, unique events throughout 2017.

Kat Campbell Mook works on a contour drawing of a piece of crumpled up paper as a part of the gifted and talented program at Wheat Ridge High School on Feb. 6.

Wheat Ridge High School鈥檚 Gifted and Talented Center will receive district funding for one more year

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

Students of the program alongside their parents made up about 170 of the attendees at the Feb. 9 board meeting where they pleaded for district dollars to keep the program...

West parking lot and trailhead at Van Bibber Park Open Space in Arvada.

Jeffco Open Space, Prospect Rec and Park District improve Van Bibber trail access with new parking lot

February 13, 2017 at 12:52 p.m.

A new lot will be constructed allowing access to Strippgen property and the Van Bibber trail. New amenities including picnic tables and restrooms will also be added.

Alex Woszczynski, 3, crawls through a bright colored tube at We Rock the Spectrum in Arvada on Feb. 1, 2017.

Arvada family opens gym for children with special needs

February 7, 2017 at 9:49 p.m.

A family in Arvada opened Colorado鈥檚 first We Rock the Spectrum Gym for children with sensory processing disorders.

ARVADA, CO - JANUARY 24: Mayor Pro Tem of Arvada Bob Fifer poses for a portrait in the dispatch center at Arvada City Hall in Arvada, Colorado on January 24, 2017. Mayor Pro Tem of Arvada Bob Fifer was one of four municipal officials in the nation to recently be appointed into the Federal Communications Commission Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Mayor Pro Tem Bob Fifer links reliable broadband to stronger public safety in Arvada

February 1, 2017 at 4:41 p.m.

Arvada Mayor Pro Tem Bob Fifer appointed into Federal Communications Commission, explains the importance of reliable broadband.

Taylor Lewis reads through an exercise during a theater class at Westminster High School in Westminster on Jan. 17, 2017.

Westminster High School theater program chosen for nationwide study

January 24, 2017 at 8:36 p.m.

Denver Center for Performing Arts was selected by Theatre Forward to participate in a two-year study that will monitor the impact of theater on students at Westminster High School.

WHEAT RIDGE, CO - JANUARY 10: Officer Steve Berkowitz works on the computer at a Safe Stop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado on December 10, 2017. Wheat Ridge police departments lead chaplain, Scott Moore created the Safe Stops program to allow places for officers on duty to relax, write reports, grab some coffee, eat lunch, etc. The Safe Stops are in undisclosed, geographically strategic locations so the officers can feel safe. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Wheat Ridge cops can find safe spaces to work, rest while on duty with new program

January 17, 2017 at 3:41 p.m.

The city aims to provide a safer working environment for police officers by providing geographically discrete locations for them to work and take breaks without returning to the station.

Greg Allan carries pieces of decor to the front for a customer during the final day of a closing sale at Vincenza's Italian Bakery and Deli in Wheat Ridge, Colorado on December 3, 2017. Vincenza's Italian Bakery and Deli is closing down after 15 years of serving the Wheat Ridge community. A fresh meatshop/deli will be taking its place.

Beloved Wheat Ridge restaurant shuts doors after 15 years of service

January 11, 2017 at 7:11 p.m.

Vincenza's Italian Restaurant and Bakery has officially closed down, making way for a new Italian meat market, but leaving the community disappointed.

WHEAT RIDGE, CO - DECEMBER 28: Off together on a morning ride are left to right, Scott DeJong, Mark Richardson, Neila Wylie, 10, brother Colin, 12, and dad Adam, and Kim DeJong. Cycle Trooper, a project through the Wheat Ridge Active Transportation Advisory Team, is a volunteer-based organization working to make the city more bicycle and pedestrian friendly. The project will bring pedi-cabs to Wheat Ridge to allow community members who are unable to ride bicycles, the ability to still enjoy the experience through volunteer driven pedi-cabs. They hope to build pedi-cabs that will be wheelchair friendly and also act as a mobile bicycle repair shop. (Photo by Kathryn Scott/The Denver Post )

Wheat Ridge looking to experiment with pedicab service for seniors

January 4, 2017 at 10:53 a.m.

The Wheat Ridge Active Transportation Advisory Team searches for funding to build a pedicab that will increase mobile accessibility.

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