Posted on: August 26, 2019
41,000 children in Adams County are considered food insecure.
25% of the homeless population in Adams County is made up of children 0-17
Food for Hope, along with the Senior Class 2020 of Northglenn High School (NGHS), have worked together to open the first official High School Food Bank in Adams County. The food bank (across from the Counseling Office inside NGHS) officially opens on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and then every Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., during the school year for children at NGHS to shop for themselves and their family.
The NGHS Food Bank contains many kinds of easy-to-prepare foods. Items include: canned vegetables, canned fruits, canned proteins, grains and snacks/misc. “Because this is a food bank, we can use different foods than we normally use in our weekly Elementary Food Bag Program now available at 11 Adams County schools," stated Emily Stromquist, Director of Food for Hope. "There will also be high protein bars available for kids similar to our School Fuel Program that benefits two area high schools and three new elementary schools this year. These two programs will start after Labor Day and continue through the school year.” Inside the Food Bank there is also a Precious Child Clothing Closet, school supplies, and school spiritware.
To help children in need of food at NGHS or to volunteer to work the Food Bank, visit www.foodforhope.net/donate (please put NGHS Food Bank on the notes section). If your company would like to help out financially or by donating food/grocery store gift cards, please contact [email protected].
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.
