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WEEK OF MARCH 13, 2025
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public TRIP OF A LIFETIME FOR A VET Federal safety funding Navy Veteran Ken Crosby selected for Honor Flight P4
remains frozen Governor Polis promises to find ways to ‘bridge the gap’ BY LINDSEY TOOMER COLORADO NEWSLINE
City hosting ‘Brighter Brighton’ open house March 25 BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brighton will host an open house to discuss a host of possible changes to downtown March 25, from creating a development authority to changing downtown’s flow of traffic. “The City has been working on several projects related to our downtown area, most of which require some sort of public engagement,” Senior Planner Emma Lane wrote in an email. “We thought it would be a good idea to combine some of these projects so that residents can come share their thoughts in one place.” The open house, which is being called “Visions of a Brighter Downtown,” is sched-
uled from 3-7 p.m March 25 in the Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St. The open house will offer an opportunity to learn about the projects currently underway for downtown Brighton, including grant programs and changes to local bus routes. Attendees can offer their opinions about future projects, such as potential updates to the City’s Comprehensive Plan, potential changes to downtown roadways and the formation of a new Downtown Development Authority. The open house will be open to the City as a whole, but will be focusing on feedback from downtown residents and business owners, Lane said. Light refreshments will be served, Lane said.
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One way streets on the agenda
One item being discussed is potential road changes in the downtown’s core area designed to make the area more walkable by removing some on-street parking and widening sidewalks. Councilors discussed three options in February. The first would keep two-way traffic along the road, one lane in either direction, but would effectively double the sidewalk space on both sides, replacing the on-street parking there. That would remove 16 spaces on the street north of the Bridge Street intersection. SEE OPEN HOUSE, P24
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on March 3 urged the Trump administration to comply with a court order prohibiting the federal government from freezing funding, highlighting $69.5 million in public safety grants promised to the state. At the end of January, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping freeze on federal spending, which a federal judge soon temporarily blocked. State officials said more than $570 million that Congress approved for Colorado remained inaccessible in early February. A news release from Polis, a Democrat, said the administration has stopped paying for Homeland Security grants allocated to the state in defiance of a court order mandating funding be disbursed. The release said the state will do “everything it can to bridge the gap in funding.” “In Colorado, we are focused on improving public safety and this delay and uncertainty makes us less safe,” Polis said in a statement. “Common sense support to improve safety for Boys and Girls Clubs, places of worship, stopping school violence, and SEE FUNDING, P4
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