Posted on: June 7, 2017
Three Adams County initiatives have been recognized with an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that enhance services for residents.
Due to its exceptional results and unique innovations, the District Plan received the Best of Category award for Planning. In an innovative collaboration, Adams County and the City of Brighton developed the District Plan to encourage smart growth, sustainability, innovative economic development, agritourism, and farmland preservation. The plan promotes agritourism through a new land-use category, Local District Mixed Use, which encourages food cultivation and processing alongside compatible mixed-use development.
“It’s exciting that the District Plan has attracted national attention for its unique and progressive methods to preserve an agricultural way of life in the Brighton area,” said senior planning strategist Rachel Bacon. “We look forward to continue the work to shape the positive development of this area for years to come.”
The county won another Achievement Award in the Planning category for the Making Connections in Southwest Adams County Planning and Implementation Plan, which identifies 40 priority policies and projects involving infrastructure, development, transportation, health, and more to provide a higher quality of life for residents and businesses in the area.
Adams County also notched an award in the Criminal Justice and Public Safety category for the Justice and Health Dashboard and Analytic Tool. This tool coordinates anonymized records from the jail system with the county’s mental health agency to deliver real-time data to analyze ways to divert those with a mental illness to treatment instead of incarceration.
“Counties overcome complex challenges, provide essential services, and constantly do more with less,” said NACo President Bryan Desloge. “We applaud these Achievement Award-winning counties for outstanding efforts to improve residents’ quality of life.”
NACo will recognize award-winning counties at its 2017 Annual Conference and Exposition July 21–24 in Franklin County, Ohio.
Started in 1970, NACo’s annual Achievement Award Program is designed to recognize innovative county government programs. Each nominee is judged on its own merits and not against other applications received.
Posted on: March 1, 2017
Adams County Appoints Members to District Plan Commission
Adams County announced today that the Board of Commissioners has appointed Christy Dowling, Alan Hale, Wayne Walvoord, and Tim Ferrell to the District Plan Commission. One vacancy remains unfilled. This newly created commission will help the City of Brighton and Adams County implement the District Plan, and the first meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 3 p.m. at Brighton City Hall, 500 S. 4th Ave.
Posted on: February 23, 2017
Information Technology Employee Earns Annual Award
The Adams County Board of Commissioners announced Hung Pham as the 2016 Adams County Employee of All Seasons at the Employee Recognition Luncheon on Feb. 23, 2017.
Posted on: February 22, 2017
Aging Sign Structures Set for Replacement
CDOT and prime contractor, WL Contractors Inc., will replace five overhead sign bridges and cantilever sign structures along I-25, I-70 and I-76 between late February and June. The majority of the work will be performed during the day outside of travel lanes. The project will also require intermittent, overnight lane closures (Sunday through Thursday). Motorists should expect short-term traffic impacts in each of the following three work zones while sign structure work takes place.
Posted on: February 22, 2017
Gov. Hickenlooper Orders Flags Lowered in Honor of Former Lt. Gov. Mark Hogan
Gov. John Hickenlooper today ordered flags be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, Feb. 22, on all public buildings statewide in honor of former Colorado Lt. Gov. Mark Hogan, who died last week. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset.
Posted on: February 7, 2017
Homelessness Report Presented to Commissioners
The results of research into homelessness in Adams County were presented to the Board of Commissioners during a February 7, 2017 study session at the Government Center in Brighton.
Members of the University of Denver's School of Social Work and the Burnes Center on Poverty and Homelessness presented the results of their research along with recommendations.
Click here to view the report.
Posted on: February 7, 2017
Adams County Hires Oil and Gas Inspector
Adam Kraich has joined the Adams County Community and Economic Development (CED) Department as Oil and Gas Inspector. In this role, Kraich will be responsible for field inspections, complaint response, guidance and outreach, and enforcement of county regulations.
Posted on: February 6, 2017
I-76 at US 85 Reconstruction Project
On Wednesday, Feb. 8 starting at 8 p.m., motorists should expect delays overnight on eastbound I-76 while crews shift travel lanes onto new detour pavement. Eastbound I-76 will be reduced to a single lane from 8 p.m. on Wednesday until 5:30 a.m. on Thursday morning.
Posted on: February 6, 2017
Highway Wall Repairs
The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner, Hamilton Construction Company, will soon begin repairing damaged retaining and sound walls at nine locations throughout the Denver metropolitan area. Repairs range from replacing damaged blocks to culvert cleaning to concrete patching. The most extensive work will occur at Interstate 70 / Carr Street, the Regional Transportation District Nine Mile Station, and US Highway 287 / Emma Street.
Posted on: February 1, 2017
Adams County Joins MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge to Create More Effective Justice System
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced that the Adams County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) is one of 20 jurisdictions joining the Safety and Justice Challenge, a national $100 million initiative to reduce over-incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails. Adams County and the other jurisdictions will design and test innovative local justice reforms designed to safely drive down jail usage and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in their local justice systems.
Posted on: January 30, 2017
Printing Error on Property Tax Envelopes
A small number of Adams County property tax statements could be arriving in envelopes marked “Littleton Sewer and Storm Drainage Utility.”
The county’s external print vendor, Seattle-based The Master’s Touch, believes the error will impact less than one percent (500-3,000) of the 180,000 property tax statements the county is mailing. The error is believed to have occurred in their facility when envelopes from a previous print job were accidentally left in their sorting equipment.
