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Englewood 4/19/13
Englewood
April 19, 2013
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Arapahoe County, Colorado • Volume 93, Issue 9
Council targets pot ban
A ride on the slide
Future of Englewood’s recreational marijuana industry could go to voters By Tom Munds
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Kailey Kidwell grins as she comes down the slide at Jason Park. The girl and her mother, Nicole, took advantage of the nice weather on April 13 to visit the park. The 2-year-old said the playground is fun and the slide is her favorite. Photo by Tom Munds
Course honored for player development Broken Tee’s promotion, outreach recognized By Tom Munds
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com The Broken Tee at Englewood Golf Course received this year’s player development award from the National Golf Course Owners Association. The association includes 5,300 owners representing 7,200 golf courses around the United States and in foreign counties. “Bob Spada and a couple of his staff accepted this award at the association conference in February but we wanted to present it to the city and to all the course employees who help make Broken Tee operate,” Jerrell Black, parks and recreation director, told city council at its April 8 meeting. “In presenting the award to Broken Tee, the association recognized all that is done to promote the sport and to help people fall in love with golf.” Black said the youth program is strong, as are other programs to help people learn the game and play golf. He said the golf course has special programs for handicapped golfers, and Professional Golf Association-certified instructors available to give both group and individual lessons. Black said the award is a tribute to the work done by everyone associated with Broken Tee Golf Course at Englewood. Bob Spada, course director, said Broken Tee had applied unsuccessfully for the award, so it came as a surprise when they were notified they had won this year. “We feel it is the strength of our ju-
The Englewood City Council took two actions regarding the recreational marijuana industry at its April 15 meeting, first approving an advisory question on the November ballot about banning the industry, and then putting a ban in place. The actions are in response to Colorado voters’ approval of Amendment 64 in November, legalizing adult possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use and legalizing retail sales and a number of aspects of the industry. The amendment also provided communities the option to ban the recreational marijuana industry. The council first considered the ballot issue. Mayor Pro Tem Jim Woodward said all but one precinct in the city voted heavily in support of Amendment 64. “Residents clearly supported legalizing recreational marijuana,” he said. “Now there is discussion of banning the recreational marijuana industry in Englewood. I feel we should listen to the voters by putting the advisory question about the ban on the November ballot.” Council Member Rick Gillit said he agreed with Woodward, but only to a point. “I want to fulfill the will of the voters,” he said. “However, in approving Amendment 64, the voters gave local communities the opportunity to decide whether or not to Marijuana continues on Page 6
B-cycle plan gets rolling Event launches effort to bring shared bikes to Arapahoe By Tom Munds Young golfers fill up the driving range positions during last year’s Hole-N-One youth golf program. More than 500 children from ages 5 to 15 attended the program. File photo nior golf program that helped us win this award,” he said. “We feel we promote and introduce golf to about 1,000 5- to 15-yearolds each year. Our Hole-N-One program reaches out to more than 500 kids, and we probably reach about that many additional kids through our other programs, like our Par-3 leagues and our visits to local elementary schools to promote golf and our other junior golf programs, like special leagues for kids.” The course also received the Columbine Award from the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association, honoring Broken Tee’s
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junior golf program. The Hole-N-One program will be offered again this year, drawing 5- to 15-year-olds from all over the Denver metro area. This year, Spada said they already have about 250 kids signed up for the program, including a young golfer from Fort Collins. The program will be held from June 3-19. The program is capped at 650 and the course will take applications on a firstcome, first-served basis. For information, call the golf course at 303-762-2670. But Spada said the junior program isn’t the only golf promotional program at Broken Tee. “We are introducing a beginning golf program for women,” he said. “The program offers five lessons plus rounds of golf for $99.” He said there are also plans to offer an improved family night program. “We are doing all we can to provide the opportunities for everyone to either learn the game or to come out and play our course,” he said.
tmunds@ourcoloradonews.com Joel Phillips, working with the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring an April 22 open house to launch the effort to establish B-cycle stations to Arapahoe County communities. “We are inviting community officials and residents to come by and look at the Bcycle station program offering the opportunity to share a bike. Visitors can even take a ride on one of the bikes,” said Phillips, the chamber board member spearheading the project. “The share-a-bike programs have worked well in other communities including Denver and Boulder, reducing pollution, getting cars off the road and getting fat off the people.” The open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 22 in the Englewood Civic Center piazza. The piazza is located adjacent to the civic center at 1000 Englewood Parkway. Phillips said he got interested in the rent-a-bike program when he undertook a personal journey seeking to adopt a healthier lifestyle, which included bike riding. “That got me interested in the bike-sharing program and I began doing research to Cycle continues on Page 6