WEEK OF MAY 8, 2025
VOLUME 53 | ISSUE 48
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Get set for a summer of adventure Commissioners
take government on the road
Recreation district offers daily trips, hikes or learning
Six communities will be visited this summer to provide, receive input
BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Adventure awaits Clear Creek County kids this summer with more than two months of events, hikes and rafting five days a week from June 2 to Aug 1. Colorado Creek Metropolitan Recreation District has plans for each day for each of three groups: beginner, intermediate and advanced. According to Interim Director of Child Care Alaina Long, the summer camps are CCMRD’s version of day care for county residents. “Our goal is to spread the love for the outdoors because we have so much to offer here,” Long said. Parents can sign up their kids for the day, week or month, however it comes at a cost of $70 a day, no matter the number of days kids attend, according to Long. The classes start each day at 7:30 a.m. and go until 5:30 p.m. The advanced and some intermediate hikes will be led by well-known outdoor adventure guide Roray Archibald. “They’re doing wild teamaking, map-making, SEE SUMMER, P27
BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Clear Creek County Commissioners agree there are challenges now and in the future for county employees and residents, especially in the area of finance. In an effort to explain where the county is financially and hear input from residents on what they believe should be priorities to spend limited dollars, commissioners announced they will be visiting six communities between May 12 and Aug. 11. Commissioners plan to hold town hall events to provide and accept input on the budget shortfalls. “The goal is to uplift the citizens, so we want to let them get to know us and us get to know them, so it’s going to be where we talk and where we listen,” Clear Creek County Commissioner Jodie Hartman-Ball said. An example of a tight economy is the county’s recent decision to go to a four-day work week. “Instead of giving them the raise they deserve, we’re putting them at 32 hours, so we’re giving them some time back. That’s basically to defer giving them raises,” Commissioner George Marlin told the Courant in December. “If we really want our staff to be paid what they should be paid, to provide services to the community, we
Adventure awaits Clear Creek County kids this summer with more than two months of events, hikes and rafting June 2 COURTESY OF COLORADO CREEK METROPOLITAN RECREATION DISTRICT to Aug 1.
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