The mountain area’s newspaper since 1958
WEEK OF JULY 13, 2023
VOLUME 64 | ISSUE 36
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Residents trying to stop townhome development in Evergreen Runners line up at the starting line for the 41st annual Freedom Run 5K sponsored by Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice. The annual Fourth of July event starts near Evergreen Middle School, winds through the subdivision and ends at the Evergreen Athletic PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST Club.
A fun 5K on the Fourth
From left, Brady and Kirsten Thornton and Kaycie and Josiah Knowles, who are new Evergreen residents, dressed to participate in their first Freedom Run.
Mount Evans’ Freedom Run has great weather for annual fundraiser BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Participants in the 41st annual Freedom Run 5K – some decked out
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Residents living near Hilltop Drive in Evergreen are frustrated that they are hitting walls as they try to stop a multifamily development proposed at the end of the road because of wildfire-evacuation issues. They say county officials want Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s concerns to stop the development that would put 47 townhomes on nearly five acres, while the fire department says Jefferson County Planning & Zoning is the only entity that can stop it since it has the authority to approve or deny the development’s site development plan. The developer, Blueprint Investment Fund, says he is happy to talk
SEE FREEDOM RUN, P4
SEE DEVELOPMENT, P2
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