Tag: City Of Aurora
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Aurora Pride brings performances, food trucks, vendors to arts district
Aurora Pride will bring rainbows of color to the city’s cultural arts district on Saturday, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community of Aurora with a block party-style celebration. The festival is free and takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Fletcher Plaza, 9899 E. Colfax Ave. Free shuttles will run from the Stanley Marketplace…
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Aurora mayor offers ‘deal’ to Denver after mutual aid lawsuit
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman celebrated the upcoming opening of the city’s regional navigation campus and other city successes in his State of City speech Tuesday, June 24, during which he also talked about immigration and addressed a lawsuit against Denver. In October, Coffman held a similar speech, in which he also celebrated success but honed…
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Aurora to celebrate ‘World in a City’ at Global Fest
A world of food, art and celebration comes to Aurora Saturday with the 12th annual Global Fest, boasting more than 25 performances, 30 food trucks and 60 vendors. At Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy, the Parade of Nations will kick off the event at 11 a.m. Saturday. The parade features 65 countries, for…
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Aurora public safety master plan includes $1.5 billion in improvements over 25 years
Aurora councilmembers heard updates Monday night on a public safety master plan that spans the next 25 years and includes $1.5 billion of needed improvements over that time. The project to create a public safety master plan kicked off in March of 2024 and has since involved data collection, staff interview and assessments of more…
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Aurora council moves forward with new tool to handle building code violations
The Aurora City Council moved forward with a new tool for handling neglected buildings in the city, saying that if a property owner doesn’t comply with requirements to fix their property it will be done for them at their expense. The ordinance, brought to a study session by Councilmember Stephanie Hancock and unanimously moved forward…
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Aurora councilmembers vote to limit number of speakers at podium amidst ongoing protests
Aurora city councilmembers passed another resolution Monday night changing public comment rules to limit how people can speak to their elected officials during meetings amidst ongoing protests. The resolution passed with four ‘no’ votes from councilmembers Alison Coombs, Ruben Medina, Crystal Murillo and Angela Lawson after another tense public comment session, during which a group…
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Aurora councilmember discloses executive sessions information in budget meeting
An Aurora councilmember disclosed information from an executive session during a public conversation Saturday about the city’s upcoming budget shortfall. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky mentioned a council decision that happened in last Monday’s executive session about moving domestic violence cases to county courts. Executive sessions happen bi-weekly before the council’s regular meetings and are closed to the…
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Aurora’s Martin Luther King Jr. Library begins $2.5M construction project
Remodeling begins this week on Aurora’s Martin Luther King Jr. Library using $2.5 million in federal funding, according to a news release Monday. Construction began Monday on the remodeling project, which will make the building’s second floor accessible by the public for the first time since its construction in 2004, the release said. The library…
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Aurora moves forward with funding school leadership programs to tackle youth violence
Several months after passing a resolution to realign youth violence prevention efforts in Aurora, City Council members moved forward with agreements providing $50,000 each to Cherry Creek and Aurora Public Schools for leadership programming. The Juvenile Assessment Center, a nonprofit center that does assessments and provides case management for kids and families at risk of…
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Trump claimed Aurora is a ‘beautiful town destroyed’ by illegal immigration
President Donald Trump once more cited Aurora, Colorado in his address to Congress on Tuesday night, calling the city a “beautiful town destroyed” by illegal immigration and a transnational gang now operating in metro Denver. Blaming the “open border policies” under the Biden administration, Trump referenced Aurora as a city that “buckled” under the influx…