🌱 Patch AM: Want up to $25,000 to improve health in Broomfield?

Hello Broomfield! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Want up to $25,000 to improve health in Broomfield?
• How Broomfield's newest housing complex could change 40 families' lives

Also on today's calendar: Harvesting Hope Farm-to-Table Fundraising Dinner and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Warm; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 92, low: 63.
• Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Submit Applications for Health Ambassador Program (fundsforngos.org) — Broomfield residents and local-serving nonprofits can now apply to become paid Health Ambassadors, earning $10,000 to $25,000 over a year to help guide how Broomfield Public Health and Environment invests in community health resources. The program prioritizes groups serving marginalized residents and requires monthly meetings, opioid prevention work, and quarterly reports, with applications due September 18, 2026.
   

• Broomfield opens its first housing complex for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (denver7.com) — Broomfield just opened The Grove at Cottonwood, a new income-restricted housing complex designed for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with 40 units for independent living and 20 still available. Rents are tied to local median income, offering one- and two-bedroom apartments at significantly reduced rates, giving Broomfield families a new option when adult children need supportive housing.
   

📸 Around Broomfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Broomfield

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 25
• Harvesting Hope Farm-to-Table Fundraising Dinner →
  Mountain View Menagerie, 27276 Co Rd 15, Johnstown
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday September 4
• Rockin Raptors in Cafeteria
  Centennial Elementary School Broomfield, CO 80020
  8:15 am
• Coffee with the Principal
  Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
  8:30 am
Monday September 7
• No School- Labor Day
  Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
Tuesday September 8
• No School- Staff Workday
  Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
• PTO Event Qdoba Dine Out
  Mountain View Elementary School Broomfield, CO 80020
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer
  Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
  4:30 pm
• Council Meeting - 6 p.m. →
  City and County of Broomfield, CO Calendar, One DesCombes Drive, Broomfield
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Academic Letter Ceremony
  Legacy High School BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
  7:45 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3
• Back to School Night!
  Beach Court Denver, CO 80221
  4:30 pm
• MPK8 Vball vs. Eldo Team Graham
  Monarch School 263 Campus Drive , Louisville, CO 80027
  5:00 pm
• Ice Cream Social
  Cotton Creek Elementary School Westminster, CO 80031
  5:30 pm
• SAC MEETING →
  Westgate Charter Denver, CO 80241
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I opened a wallpaper box today and found a note from whoever packed the order.
  Just a quick handwritten "Thank you!" on the invoice, but it made me smile. Most of my day is measurements, tools and working with my hands, so… (Nextdoor Broomfield Hts)
• Bear in backyard at 12:36am
  I was looking through our Bird camera just now and saw we had a bear in our yard! This was in Broomfield heights, I would assume it's long gone but… (Nextdoor Broomfield Hts)

• Stellar Senior Living, LLC posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Broomfield. Apply here.
• Kahuna USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Senior Designer II in Broomfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Broomfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lafayette

• SIGN: Justice for Horses Allegedly Attacked with Pellet Gun — One Shot 36 Times (ladyfreethinker.org)

Westminster

• Vantor Awarded Naval Information Warfare Center Contract to Support Maritime Domain Awareness in the Indo-Pacific (natlawreview.com)
• 6 new additions coming to Orchard Town Center (9news.com)
• Reading Dolly Parton's impact on children in Weld County (ftluptonpress.com)

Louisville

• Federal Judge Pauses Boulder County Gun Ban Case Pending Supreme Court Ruling (rockymountainvoice.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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