WEEK OF MAY 25, 2023
VOLUME 121 | ISSUE 28
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Local mom to compete on American Ninja Warrior
Castle Rock to step up parking requirements
Overcomes obstacles to succeed BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Once a competitive gymnast and cheerleader, Angela Fuller thought her active life was over after suffering a debilitating back injury. Now, the Highlands Ranch mom was selected out of thousands to compete on the upcoming season of American Ninja Warrior. In the early morning of St. Patrick’s Day, Fuller, a 42-year-old married mom of two children, stood on the stage at Universal Studios Hollywood, preparing to run the course, when memories flooded back to how she got to this point. Fuller grew up in Littleton and was a competitive gymnast and cheerleader. She cheered at Colorado State University. Not long after graduating from college, Fuller broke her back in a car accident. Thinking her active life was over, Fuller gained 50 pounds and in her words, “lost myself.” During her second pregnancy, two disks in her back herniated and she was put on disability. “At one point I was crawling, it was pretty awful,” said Fuller. “I hit rock bottom and suffered from postpartum depression.” Soon, Fuller started to move again after a friend recommended a Zumba class. But the moment that changed everything for Fuller was when her best friend of 26 years was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
Change will affect multifamily developments BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Castle Rock is moving forward with increasing parking requirements for multi-family developments. Town council directed staff at the May 16 meeting to draft an ordinance that would require multifamily parking requirements to have at least two spaces per unit, as well as 1.1 spaces per unit for senior multifamily and 1.25 spaces per unit for downtown multifamily developments. Currently, the town requires multifamily projects to include one parking space per studio, 1.5 parking spaces per one-bedroom units and two parking spaces per two or three-bedroom units, as well as one extra guest space for every four units. Senior and downtown multifamily developments are required to have one space per unit. In recent discussions, a majority of council members have expressed concerns with the town not having enough parking to meet demand, particularly in mixeduse areas like downtown and the Meadows Town Center.
Angela Fuller on the American Ninja Warrior course at Universal Studios Hollywood.
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