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WEEK OF JULY 20, 2023
VOLUME 64 | ISSUE 37
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Members of the Foothills Community Action Group picket outside the Jefferson County Courthouse on July 14, hoping to get the PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST county to revise rules for short-term rentals.
Foothills group protests to prod Jeffco to update short-term rental rules BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A group of foothills residents says Jefferson County is moving too slowly in revising its short-term rental requirements, and it hoped a peaceful protest outside the Jefferson County Courthouse would nudge officials to take action. On July 14, about 24 members of
the Foothills Community Action Group, wearing T-shirts that said “Homes Not Hotels,” handed out flyers and cards, and carried signs showing their issues with short-term rentals in Evergreen and Conifer. They said since an April 27 meeting in Evergreen attended by three Jefferson County Planning & Zoning staff members, they haven’t heard of any movement to rewrite the short-
Elk Creek Fire board member wants to disclose all proposed consolidation documents BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
term rental requirements or enforcement of the rules. “It’s been crickets,” said coalition member Dena Appleton. “We keep emailing asking for updates, and we have heard nothing.” In response to the Canyon Courier’s request about the status of the regulations, Cassie Pearce, Jeffco’s
An Elk Creek Fire board member says he and other community members will file a Colorado Open Records Act request to obtain documents pertaining to the proposal to consolidate Elk Creek with two neighboring fire departments. Board member Chuck Newby said a CORA request would be forthcoming after the board on July 13 voted against his motion to make all documents pertaining to discussions on consolidation among Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon and North Fork fire departments public. His motion
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SEE ELK CREEK FIRE, P6
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