When: 7pm, Tuesday evening, September 21st, 2010 Who: Don Rosier, Republican Candidate and Kathy Hartman, Democratic Candidate What: Your opportunity to ask questions and hear the candidates’ points of view Where: Main Hearing Room, Open Space Building, 700 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80401. Why: Because we need to know about the candidates for our Board of County Commissioners before […]
Every morning, as she drives down from Pine to her job with an engineering firm in Morrison, Tookie Scherder is reminded anew of why she moved to Colorado, and ultimately into the Foothills. “When I first moved to Colorado,” says Scherder, “I lived near the Tech Center. I would drive across town to the open […]
In 1998 the Jefferson County voters approved the issuance of $160 million in bonds to accelerate the acquisition of open space lands. In total the lands acquired by purchase total 16,236 acres and the lands acquired by easement total 3,448 acres. The total amount spent through the end of 2008 is $148,029,304. Following is a […]
Boards of County Commissioners for the past few years have devoted $150,000 annually from the County’s share of the Conservation Trust Fund (CTF). These funds are distributions from the Colorado Lottery. The balance initially was used in upgrading the Fairgrounds and more recently major repairs and improvements to the Boettcher Mansion. The CTF funds are […]
Jefferson County was formed 150 years ago in 1859. As the focus of a historical theme, the feature of the evening will be a presentation by “Dr. Colorado” Tom Noel on “The Historical Importance of Jefferson County Open Space.” Dr. Noel is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Denver, the author of 26 books on […]
by Marilyn Mueller How about combining your recreational or educational interests with being a volunteer for Jefferson County Open Space? Want to help building a trail? Learn to identify birds? Meet and greet trail users? Help school kids tune in to nature? The addition of a Volunteer Services Coordinator, in 1995, as a full time […]
The largest funding source for the preservation of open space in Colorado is the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Trust Fund. Created in 1992 by a citizen initiative, the GOCO Colorado initiative amended the Colorado Constitution to redirect a portion of lottery proceeds to the GOCO Trust Fund for projects that preserve, protect and enhance Colorado’s […]
Jefferson County was formed 150 years ago in 1859. As the focus of a historical theme, the feature of the evening will be a presentation by “Dr. Colorado” Tom Noel on “The Historical Importance of Jefferson County Open Space.” Dr. Noel is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Denver, the author of 26 books on […]
The Open Space staff completed the preparation of the Management Plan tor South Table Mountain earlier this year and presented it to OSAC at the March 6th Study Session and the April 3rd Regular Meeting. In preparation of the Plan staff held two open houses, met six times with stakeholder groups, and met with golden […]
2008 PLAN Jeffco “Conference on the Economic Impacts of Preserving Open Space Lands” Date: April 2008 Sponsoring Organizations: PLAN Jeffco Jeffco Open Space Foundation First Bank of Lakewood Colorado Mountain Club Clear Creek Land Conservancy (honorarium assistance) Denver Parks and Recreation American Planning Association League of Women Voters of Jefferson County Jefferson County Open Space Audubon […]