WEEK OF MAY 22, 2025
VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 47
City plans refresh of kickoff events with Summerfest
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UNDEFEATED RALSTON VALLEY TAKES TITLE
Arvada on Tap, Arvada Days combine for brand new fest
Annual Stamp Out Hunger event benefits Community Table
BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Arvada Festivals Commission is shaking up its summer programming, as Arvada on Tap and Arvada Days have been discontinued and combined into a new event, Arvada Summerfest. A free, all-ages event, Arvada Summerfest will take place at the Ralston Park Addition at 64th Avenue and Quail Street (just north of Arvada West High School) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 7. Summerfest will feature live music — including a headlining performance by Arvada-based country band The Barlow — a beer garden featuring local breweries, food trucks featuring local fare, a kids’ zone with inflatables and a pet swimsuit contest. Local breweries featured include SomePlace Else Brewing, Resolute Brewing and Stay Tuned Brewing. Community organizations Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis Club, Arvada Sunrise Rotary and Arvada Vitality Alliance will be pouring beer, and the proceeds from the beer garden will go to them.
BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
SEE SUMMERFEST, P7
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Food drive collects 60K pounds of charity
The Ralston Valley girls tennis team hoists the Class 5A state championship trophy after defeating Cherry Creek 4-2 on May 13. Get everything you need to know about this year’s girls tennis championships in Class 3A, 4A and 5A on Page 17. COURTESY OF @DIDYOUGETTHATPHOTO
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Scores of Arvadans in need will have access to food this spring thanks to the 60,000 pounds of food collected by Community Table at this year’s National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 10. This year’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive met the total weight of food collected by Community Table in past years, but fell a bit short of the nonprofit’s goal of bringing in 75,000 pounds this year. The food was collected at Community Table’s location at 8555 W. 57th Ave. and will be distributed in a somewhat makeshift fashion, as the organization is in the process of moving to their new facility at 4600 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. Community Table’s CEO Sandy Martin said the food collected will help keep the shelves full until around August. She added that the move is set to be complete soon, and folks will be able to shop at the nonprofit’s grocery store as soon as the new facility is online. “Right now, we’re distributing food through boxes out of the parking lot because we didn’t want to be totally closed down, because people need food,” Martin said. “But we just couldn’t let them in to shop. That Stamp Out Hunger food will be sorted and put on the shelves in the new store and put on the shelves in the warehouse. So, we will use all of that food this summer.” SEE FOOD DRIVE, P7
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