Tag: Wheat Ridge
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Wheat Ridge opens first new park in 11 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wheat Ridge’s new park — The Green at 38th — is set to open Saturday, marking the first new park in the city since 2014. The city will be holding an official ribbon cutting at the park, 7101 W. 38th Ave., at 10 a.m. Saturday, with music,…
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Wheat Ridge planning commission approves new 15-year development plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Wheat Ridge Planning Commission officially gave the seal of recommendation for the city’s new comprehensive development plan, pushing the proposal into the laps of City Council members. The commission unanimously agreed to recommend the adoption of the more-than 160-page, 15-year plan on Aug. 21,…
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Amusement rides and carnival games a draw at Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anyone attending the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival on Saturday was greeted with a swath of vendor tents, carnival games and amusement park rides. The three-day festival, an annual celebration in Wheat Ridge for over a half century, took over Anderson Park starting Friday night, bringing…
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Developer presents plan for neighborhood on Wheat Ridge hospital property
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The more than 50-year-old Intermountain Lutheran Hospital property will soon be the home of a new Wheat Ridge neighborhood. Chris Elliott, principal of Centennial-based development firm E5x Management, sat down with the City Council on Monday evening to outline the current concept for the 100-acre site on which the…
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Developer to turn former Wheat Ridge hospital into neighborhood
The Lutheran Medical Center sat nestled in Wheat Ridge for over 50 years, but now the 100-acre site will become a neighborhood. Intermountain Health has selected a Centennial-based development firm, E5x Management, as the buyer for the parcel in which Intermountain Lutheran Hospital sat since 1961, according to a Tuesday news release from the healthcare…
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2 drivers report possible police impersonator on I-70
An Arvada man on Friday warned drivers to stay alert after he said a police impersonator attempted to pull him over. The incident is one of four similar reports across the Front Range in the past month, including two in Wheat Ridge this week. Jason Patton said he was merging onto Interstate 70 Eastbound from…
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Wheat Ridge Police identify suspect in shoplifting, crashes at King Soopers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wheat Ridge Police on Thursday identified and released photos of a man suspected of shoplifting at a King Soopers and crashing into three vehicles, including a police patrol car, as he fled the scene. Police are looking for Francisco Gonzales, 37, related to the series…
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Metro Moves: REI Co-op will open 10th Colorado store in Loveland this summer
Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion news here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to bernadette.berdychowski@denvergazette.com. REI-Co-op’s Colorado expansions Outdoor recreation retailer REI Co-op now has two new stores in the works for Colorado. The first REI store will open in…
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Traffic stop in Wheat Ridge leads to seizure of 3,500 fentanyl pills
A routine traffic stop ended with the Wheat Ridge Police Department finding thousands of fentanyl pills, authorities said in a Facebook post. Officers pulled over a driver for failure to come to a stop and an expired temporary tag on Wednesday morning, the police said. A search of the vehicle led to the seizing of approximately…
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SWAT activity in Wheat Ridge, according to social media
A significantly sized raid reportedly occurred in Wheat Ridge Wednesday, according to a post on the Denver Reddit forum. “Looks like a bunch of people getting raided. Taking people in white unmarked vans,” said Reddit user Canroth8442 on Wednesday morning. The event was said to have occurred at an apartment complex near Wadsworth Boulevard and West…