What's up Broomfield! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
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Also on today's calendar: Fempire Comedy Festival and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Teacher concerned for students who come 'from less stable places' amid Broomfield's possible Centennial Elementary closure (dailycamera.com) — Centennial Elementary families in eastern Broomfield are bracing for a school board vote that could close their small, tight‑knit Title I school and send students to Arapahoe Ridge Elementary. Teachers and parents worry that vulnerable kids will lose trusted "safety figures" and vital routines if Adams 12's consolidation plan, driven by low enrollment, takes effect in 2027‑28.
2. Driving You Crazy: What's the reason for the single traffic light in a shopping center off Lowell at Midway? (denver7.com) — A new "Traffic Garden" at Conoco Park in Broomfield lets kids safely practice biking and scootering on painted streets with real-style signs and a working traffic light. Located at 12804 Lowell Blvd, just north of Midway, the free park is open daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., with shaded seating and water‑wise landscaping for families.
3. SME Midyear Meeting: Around the Table (smenet.org) — Industry leaders from SME just met in Broomfield to shape mining education, workforce development, and member programs, including a new $100 million federal investment in mining education. Their decisions will influence scholarships, local outreach, and Denver's big MINEXCHANGE conference in 2027, giving Broomfield residents a front-row seat to changes in a key regional industry.
4. Activists appeal Trump-issued permit to expand Navajo coal mine in New Mexico (kjzz.org) — A major coal mine expansion on Navajo land is being challenged, and the company behind it, NTEC, is headquartered in Broomfield just outside Denver. Local residents should know that critics question the project's environmental review, its long-term need, and its potential to displace Navajo families, even as NTEC defends the expansion as a Navajo-driven, legally sound decision.
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