December 2019

• Kick off the holiday season at The Parade of Lights.
• Traveling for the holidays? Check out these tips to avoid holiday stress.
• Shop at the pop-up Holiday Market.  
• Reduce waste through composting and recycling. 
• Give back to the community on Colorado Gives Day.
• Start practicing your jumps for free ice skating.
• Keep sidewalks clear of snow and get help for your neighbors.

Please feel free to reach out with your questions, comments, and concerns. I look forward to continue serving Lucky District 7 in 2020! 


Jolon Clark
Councilman, Lucky District 7

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Sheriff Search Community Input Meetings
The city will host four community meetings to obtain feedback on what the community desires in its next Sheriff. All meetings cover similar content, so please attend whichever meeting is most convenient. 

• Tues., Dec. 10, 6-7:30 pm at St. Francis Center (2323 Curtis St.)
• Wed., Dec. 11, 6-7:30 pm at Calvary Baptist Church (6500 E. Girard Ave.)
• Thurs., Dec. 12, 6-7:30 pm at Denver Indian Center, 4407 Morrison Rd
• Wed., Dec. 18, 6-7:30 pm at Montbello Recreation Center (15555 E. 53rd) 

Deck the Halls: Pop-Up Market

Parade of Lights 

Friday, Dec. 6, 8 pm & Sat. Dec. 7 at 6 pm
The two-mile parade route in Downtown Denver is a FREE holiday spectacular featuring extravagantly illuminated floats, giant helium-filled character balloons, magnificent marching bands, traditional equestrian units and vibrant cultural entries. More info here. 

Colorado Gives Day - Dec. 10

Join the annual statewide movement and donate to your favorite non-profit in one of the largest gives-day incentive funds in the country. For more information or to schedule a donation, visit: 

NEWS AND INFORMATION

Alameda 2.0 Project: Safety Improvements 
CDOT will install improvements to allow safer and more efficient bike, pedestrian and car connections along Alameda, helping to create a complete multi-modal corridor. Construction is expected to start in 2021 and include: 

• Local street improvements to Lipan, so that the access and signal at S. Platte River Drive can be removed.
• Water quality pond and park
• Elimination of S. Platte River Drive from Alameda to Cedar, to remove signal and allow safer Bike/Ped connection
• Sidewalk improvements on both sides of Alameda
• Improvements to the grade- separated S. Platte River Greenway path. 12’ wide, with retaining walls to create better site distance and ADA access.

Travel Tips to Avoid Holiday Stress

• Check FlyDenver.com for real-time information on security screening wait times and status of the airport’s parking lots. 
• TSA screening checkpoints are generally busiest from 5-10 am, and from 1-4 pm. Arrive at least two hours in advance for domestic flights.
• A new drive-up bag check location has opened. To use the service, exit Peña Blvd. onto 75th Ave. and follow signs to the bag-check queue, where a greeter will remove the luggage from the car, check-in the passenger and even print boarding passes.

Free Ice Skating

• Ice Rink on the Airport Plaza, open daily, 9 am - 9 pm through Jan. 20. Participants can pick up free skate rentals, then hit the ice before or after their flight. Info here. 
• Downtown Denver Ice Rink at Skyline Park, open daily through Feb. 16. Skate rentals available. Info here.

Snow Shoveling & Snow Angels 

Be a great neighbor! It is everyone’s responsibility to keep the sidewalks adjacent to their home or business clear and accessible. Businesses have 4 hours after the snow stops to shovel, and residents have 24 hours.

• Use the shovel to push the snow; don't lift it.
• Shovel early! When snow isn't shoveled, it gets packed down and becomes ice. Shoveling all the way to the pavement will also prevent ice from forming.
• Shovel into your yard, so the snow plow doesn't push it back onto your sidewalk.
• Shovel away from roadways and bike lanes, so plows don't push the snow back onto your sidewalks. 
• Salt can be damaging when it runs off into your lawn or the storm sewer with the snowmelt. Look for ecofriendly and pet-safe deicers.
• Be proactive and come up with a plan for addressing sidewalks now, before it’s snowing.

Reduce Waste this Holiday Season

• Compost holiday leftovers, bones, dairy, vegetable scraps, and paper napkins. etc. Sign up at denvergov.org/compost.
• The Natural Resources Defense Council’s Guestimator tool makes planning Thanksgiving and leftovers easy and waste free! Try it out at www.savethefood.com. 
• Drop-off broken, burned out or impossibly tangled sets of holiday lights at the Cherry Creek Recycling Drop-off (S. Quebec Street and E. Cherry Creek South Drive). Recycle your holiday lights through January 18, 2020.
• Most holiday food packaging, such as empty bottles, cans, cartons, and tubs are recyclable. Plain wrapping paper and holiday cards (no glitter or metallic material) can be placed in purple recycling carts too! (tissue paper is not recyclable.) For more information on what can and cannot be recycled, please visit denvergov.org/denverrecycles.
• After the holidays, recycle your tree! Donated trees will be turned into mulch that residents can get for free at the annual Mulch Giveaway and Compost Sale! For more information, visit denvergov.org/treecycle.

Valverde Ditch Storm Drain

To improve flood protection and address safety concerns for pedestrians, crews will begin the work on the Valverde Ditch Storm Drain in Dec. Project construction is expected be completed by summer 2020. Sign up to receive updates at ccd.constructionupdates@gmail.com.

1. Online. For the first time in census history, census takers will be able to respond online. It’s safe, secure, confidential, and a greener way to take the census!
2. By phone
3. By mail. Wait until you receive your paper form through the mail or dropped at your residence. 
4. In-person Interview. Enumerators will visit and quickly interview residences that choose not to self-respond.

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