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NWSL plans HQ, training facility, stadium in Centennial BY PAOLO ZIALCITA DENVERITE
The Cherry Creek School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously March 26 to approve a deal that would bring the home base for Denver’s new National Women’s Soccer League team to Centennial. Denverite first reported on the proposal earlier this week, when the Cherry Creek School District uploaded documents detailing the proposal to its public agenda. The agreed-upon deal would establish permanent training facilities and office space for the unnamed NWSL team on land owned by the city of Centennial. The school district is helping finance the deal, as some of the facilities will be available to students. What will be built, and how much will it cost?
Campers can partake in a variety of art classes this summer at Arapahoe Community College’s Summer Youth Camps. COURTESY OF ARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ACC offers range of youth camp options Kids ages 6-14 can take part in programs BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
Arapahoe Community College is gearing up for another season of fun with its annual Summer Youth Camps, designed for kids ages 6-14. “The ability to customize our teaching for individual campers sets us apart,” said Kathleen Wucherpfennig, an ACC sum-
mer youth camp art instructor. “Instructors are knowledgeable and experienced in the specific area they are teaching. Teachers are enthusiastic, and the kids seem to be having a great time.” The Summer Youth Camps offer a wide range of activities that aim to blend fun with education and partner with organizations like Black Rocket, Snapology, Science Matters, Sticky Fingers Cooking and JumpBunch to deliver camps that span science, technology, arts, sports and cooking. Some of the featured camps
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include Harry Potter Wizards, Minecraft Modders and Beats and Jams: Digital Music Creators, all led by expert faculty and partners. For $279 per camp, youth can learn while having fun on the Littleton campus in June and July. Fifteen years ago, Wucherpfennig received an ACC Youth Summer Camp advertisement mailer and applied for a teaching position. Since then, she has taught photography, painting and digital art camps. During one of her camp sessions, Wucherpfennig ap-
proached a camper who wasn’t interested in painting with the rest of the kids. “I was able to have some deep conversations with him and discovered he really liked cars,” she said. And when she saw a police officer in the campus building, Wucherpfennig asked the officer to show the young campers the patrol car. Once they headed back to the canvases, the disinterested camper began painting tires and striped roads. SEE CAMP, P6
The team is planning the following projects in Centennial: - A headquarters and training facility. - A soccer stadium with temporary seating for up to 15,000 people and permanent seating for 4,000. The stadium is to include permanent facilities including locker rooms, restrooms, concessions, press box and lighting. The stadium could host the team while its permanent stadium is built in Denver. - Two natural grass soccer fields and an artificial turf field that the NWSL team will use for training. SEE FACILITY, P16
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