🌱 Patch AM: How Broomfield’s new Grove apartments are changing life for disabled adults

Good day Broomfield! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Broomfield's new Grove apartments are changing life for disabled adults
• See how Broomfield's Eagles are starting their football season strong

Also on today's calendar: Encouragement Day Festival 2026 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
• Wednesday: A t-storm in the afternoon, temps: high: 83, low: 55.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 92 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• New housing development opens in Broomfield for people with disabilities, but demand far exceeds available units (coloradosun.com) — A new 40-unit Grove at Cottonwood complex in Broomfield is opening with on-site services and a limited number of deeply affordable units for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but demand far outstrips supply. Local families, Broomfield Housing Alliance, and FRIENDS of Broomfield spent years pushing for this project, which now offers a crucial option for residents like David Myers while highlighting long waitlists and funding gaps statewide.
   

• Week 2 of the fall season from the Boulder area (BoCoPreps 10&10) (broomfieldenterprise.com) — Broomfield High's football team is off to a 2-0 start under new coach Chris Helbig, highlighted by a strong rushing performance and special-teams score. The broader Boulder-area roundup also spotlights standout weeks for nearby football, volleyball, soccer, golf, and cross-country programs, including teams that faced Broomfield on the court and field.
   

📸 Around Broomfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Broomfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Encouragement Day Festival 2026 →
  Junkyard Social Club, 2525 Frontier Ave, Boulder
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 9
• Academic Letter Ceremony
  Legacy High School BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
  7:45 am
• BHMS Girls Volleyball @ LMS (Johnston)
  Broomfield Heights Middle School Louisville Middle School, 1341 Main St, Louisville, CO 80027
  5:00 pm
• BHMS Girls Volleyball v Monarch (Sparks)
  Broomfield Heights Middle School , 1555 Daphne St, Broomfield, C
  5:00 pm
• MS Performing Arts Information Night
  Thunder Vista P-8 , 3461 Preble Creek Pkwy, Broomfield, CO 80023
  6:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Flag Football Game @ BHMS
  Broomfield Heights Middle School, 1555 Daphne St, Broomfield
  5:00 pm
• XC Meet #2- 5:30pm Boys Race, 6:05pm Girls Race
  Westlake Middle School Broomfield, CO 80020
  5:30 pm
• Cross Country Meet- Boys @5:30; Girls @6:05
  Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
  5:30 pm
Monday September 14
• BHMS Girls Vball v Angevine (Sparks)
  Broomfield Heights Middle School, 1555 Daphne St, Broomfield
  5:00 pm
• BHMS Girls Vball @ Monarch (Johnston)
  Monarch K-8, 263 Campus Dr, Louisville
  5:00 pm
• Land Use Review Commission Meeting - 6 p.m. →
  City and County of Broomfield, CO Calendar, One DesCombes Drive, Broomfield
  6:00 pm
• Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability (ACES) Meeting - 6 p.m. →
  City and County of Broomfield, CO Calendar, 100 Spader Way, Broomfield
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• LOST DOG!!!
  Our 12 yr old Chihuahua, her name is Mindy, got out this evening and we have not been able to find her. She is a chihuahua / wiener dog mix, all buff… (Nextdoor Willow Park)
• Update: Pet Reunited
  A dog who went missing in Thornton, CO, has been safely reunited with their family after 39 minutes. Message from Finder: "Found running. Safe in my… (Nextdoor Northmoor Estates)

• Globe Life posted a job opening for Life Insurance Sales Representative in Broomfield. Apply here.
• Palm Beach Tan posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Broomfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Broomfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lafayette

• Lafayette couple renovating historic home discovers a family's past stashed inside its walls (coloradohometownweekly.com)
• Voluntary evacuations in place for wildfire burning north of Lyons (coloradohometownweekly.com)
• Boulder Valley parents organize against school closure, reconfiguration plans (coloradohometownweekly.com)

Westminster

• Dave & Buster's Celebrates National Video Games Day with 1/2 Price Games and Free Unlimited Game Play for Customers Named... (milehighonthecheap.com)
• Is Your Roof's Hail Damage Actually Covered? It's Getting Complicated (ocnjdaily.com)

Louisville

• LABOR DAY: Colorado Workers to Celebrate at Annual Louisville Picnic (yellowscene.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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