Aurora

Front Porch Updates

Front Porch Updates

This month: DPD Reports a Spike in Thefts from Cars; Colfax Construction Moves East; E-Bike Education and Safety; NE Denver Schools Receive John Irwin Award; and Front Porch Wins Five Awards in Four-State Competition

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Teen Creator Market Takes Over Stanley Marketplace

Teen Creator Market Takes Over Stanley Marketplace

On a Saturday night in May, creators from throughout the area gathered at Stanley Marketplace to sell their work, from fluorescent jewelry and digital prints to buttercream-slathered cinnamon rolls, crocheted animals, and candles shaped like glasses of lemonade.

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A Path Forward for Justice-Engaged Students

A Path Forward for Justice-Engaged Students

Tucked along a block including a dent repair shop and fitness studio on Dayton Street in northwest Aurora is the colorful façade of a school designed to help students get back on track after being involved with the criminal legal system.

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Front Porch Updates

Front Porch Updates

This Month: Community Steps in to Help Family-Owned Bike Shop; Investigators Looking for Cause of Fire at Bluff Lake Nature Center; New Name and Look for Shops at Northfield; and Denver Library Closure Extended.

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Community Steps In to Help Family-Owned Bicycle Shop

Community Steps In to Help Family-Owned Bicycle Shop

MacKenzie Hardt is part of the community, whether it’s flipping pancakes alongside his wife, Abby, at Winter Bike to Work Day; leading a bike bus to a school; or running a Kidical Mass event. The Hardts host 40 free events a year. Now the community is stepping up to help them in return.

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1400 Dallas: A New Address for Artists

1400 Dallas: A New Address for Artists

The name and the address are the same. The mid-century building, once a police station, has room after room of spaces for creatives, with rent starting at $2 an hour. Weekly rentals are also available.

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Front Porch Updates

Front Porch Updates

This month: A Denver Town Hall Focused on the Future; A Day of Protest in Denver’s Central Park Neighborhood; Discount Grocer Opening Stores in Denver; Changes at The Aurora History Museum; and Bluff Lake Grand Opening.

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New Aurora Council Member Hosts First Community Meeting

New Aurora Council Member Hosts First Community Meeting

Residents of northwest Aurora filled a room at the Moorhead Rec Center Thursday night. Some with notebooks in hand and questions ready, they were there to hear from new city council member Gianina Horton in her first Ward I public meeting since her election last November.

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Small Business Owner Works Through Challenges

Small Business Owner Works Through Challenges

In mid-November, Holland sent an email to members announcing the closure of Upswell, a business that offers fitness and recovery programs. Twelve hours later, she received what she called a “wave of people,” urging her to figure out how to reopen the doors. She started making calls, asking, “If we could open for a few days [a week], could you come back?”

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