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See if Brighton can get any new business like: P.F. Chang's, Texas Roadhouse, Hacienda Colorado, California Pizza Kitchen Etc. would be great to eat local.
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See if Brighton can get any new business like: P.F. Chang's, Texas Roadhouse, Hacienda Colorado, California Pizza Kitchen Etc. would be great to eat local.
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Built in 1919 for the city of Brighton it has served as city hall, city water plant, public library and senior center. Most of Brighton's historic buildings have been destroyed by fire or torn down...
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Built in 1919 for the city of Brighton it has served as city hall, city water plant, public library and senior center. Most of Brighton's historic buildings have been destroyed by fire or torn down for the likes of parking lots can we not save some of our past!
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Built in 1919 for the city of Brighton it has served as city hall, city water plant, public library and senior center. Most of Brighton's historic buildings have been destroyed by fire or torn down for the likes of parking lots can we not save some of our past!
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Downtown merchants could receive low cost loans, grants or tax incentives to improve their buildings. Listed as a historic district could increase tourism to Brighton. Citizens could take pride in...
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Downtown merchants could receive low cost loans, grants or tax incentives to improve their buildings. Listed as a historic district could increase tourism to Brighton. Citizens could take pride in having a unique and recognized downtown.
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Downtown merchants could receive low cost loans, grants or tax incentives to improve their buildings. Listed as a historic district could increase tourism to Brighton. Citizens could take pride in having a unique and recognized downtown.
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The City of Brighton is currently working on its Transportation Master Plan. What do you think are the two best opportunities to improve transportation in Brighton today?
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The City of Brighton is currently working on its Transportation Master Plan. What do you think are the two best opportunities to improve transportation in Brighton today?
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We moved to Brighton about six years ago from North Dakota and instantly started to enjoy the small town feel right outside of the City of Denver! Over the years I have noticed some things that I feel...
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We moved to Brighton about six years ago from North Dakota and instantly started to enjoy the small town feel right outside of the City of Denver! Over the years I have noticed some things that I feel should be changed in order to better preserve the growth of this community. The town is rapidly becoming less desirable to us with the unpleasant trash and upkeep on some of the properties. Looking inside of the public restroom at the new CarMichel Park was so disgusting, the never ending pile of newspapers from your local paper in house yards where no one picks them up. Who is at fault, the household, or the distributor? The noise level of so many vehicles are ridiculously loud. At what level is the music too loud, the mufflers or the engines? If you can take away the cigarette smoke from the public places to protect my lungs, can you take away the noises to protect my ears too? Who is going to enforce and protect all of these new public areas that our tax money is going into Brighton?
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Jan 28, 2014 by
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We moved to Brighton about six years ago from North Dakota and instantly started to enjoy the small town feel right outside of the City of Denver! Over the years I have noticed some things that I feel should be changed in order to better preserve the growth of this community. The town is rapidly becoming less desirable to us with the unpleasant trash and upkeep on some of the properties. Looking inside of the public restroom at the new CarMichel Park was so disgusting, the never ending pile of newspapers from your local paper in house yards where no one picks them up. Who is at fault, the household, or the distributor? The noise level of so many vehicles are ridiculously loud. At what level is the music too loud, the mufflers or the engines? If you can take away the cigarette smoke from the public places to protect my lungs, can you take away the noises to protect my ears too? Who is going to enforce and protect all of these new public areas that our tax money is going into Brighton?
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While I understand the economic impact of banning fracking completely, there is no reason why this needs to be done in people's back yards. Fracking should not be allowed in neighborhoods. It lowers...
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While I understand the economic impact of banning fracking completely, there is no reason why this needs to be done in people's back yards. Fracking should not be allowed in neighborhoods. It lowers property values and makes it 100 times harder to sell your home. There are even mortgage companies that will not give mortgates to homes within 500 feet of fracking. You need to stop these energy companies from mailing out these horrible lease packages that only benefit the energy company, while destroying everything else around it. If you are looking for Brighon to become the next desolate oil zone, then do nothing, but if the city really wants Brighton to actually be a great city, then you need to do something now.
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While I understand the economic impact of banning fracking completely, there is no reason why this needs to be done in people's back yards. Fracking should not be allowed in neighborhoods. It lowers property values and makes it 100 times harder to sell your home. There are even mortgage companies that will not give mortgates to homes within 500 feet of fracking. You need to stop these energy companies from mailing out these horrible lease packages that only benefit the energy company, while destroying everything else around it. If you are looking for Brighon to become the next desolate oil zone, then do nothing, but if the city really wants Brighton to actually be a great city, then you need to do something now.
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I came from a town that experienced train whistles all day and night, something like Brighton. The town stopped the noise. The RR and the town came to an agreement, no more whistles. Can Brighton do...
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I came from a town that experienced train whistles all day and night, something like Brighton. The town stopped the noise. The RR and the town came to an agreement, no more whistles. Can Brighton do this? Also, those loud vehicles are so loud, and so much of them. Can we stop this madness? If we can stop the cigarette smoke in public, can we stop those loud, "LOOK AT ME" vehicles that drive our city streets? The noise is so ridiculously loud. All it really says is, "Look at ME", I am so cool....wrong!!!! Get out of my neighborhood is what I am really thinking, you are killing my eardrums here in Brighton. Why can we not control the loudness? The emissions testing should include the loudness of the vehicles too. Control the noise before it deafens us all. I love the stealthy quiet cars and trucks, that's what is really sexy to me....not the loud, "LOOK AT ME VEHICLES", you poor souls...
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Aug 28, 2014 by
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I came from a town that experienced train whistles all day and night, something like Brighton. The town stopped the noise. The RR and the town came to an agreement, no more whistles. Can Brighton do this? Also, those loud vehicles are so loud, and so much of them. Can we stop this madness? If we can stop the cigarette smoke in public, can we stop those loud, "LOOK AT ME" vehicles that drive our city streets? The noise is so ridiculously loud. All it really says is, "Look at ME", I am so cool....wrong!!!! Get out of my neighborhood is what I am really thinking, you are killing my eardrums here in Brighton. Why can we not control the loudness? The emissions testing should include the loudness of the vehicles too. Control the noise before it deafens us all. I love the stealthy quiet cars and trucks, that's what is really sexy to me....not the loud, "LOOK AT ME VEHICLES", you poor souls...
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Have you ever seen people try to cross there? It is not a fun thing to watch. Now since the new King Soopers has opened there is more traffic on that road making it impossible to cross at certain...
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Have you ever seen people try to cross there? It is not a fun thing to watch. Now since the new King Soopers has opened there is more traffic on that road making it impossible to cross at certain times.
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Nov 3, 2014 by
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Have you ever seen people try to cross there? It is not a fun thing to watch. Now since the new King Soopers has opened there is more traffic on that road making it impossible to cross at certain times.
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Have the city work with the High School and Vikan in picking up trash that is left behind by students and visitors. The 2-3 block radius of the high school always looks very trashy. I am not sure...
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Have the city work with the High School and Vikan in picking up trash that is left behind by students and visitors. The 2-3 block radius of the high school always looks very trashy. I am not sure there is even a detention in school anymore but if there is why can't these students be used to pick up the trash instead of being sent home to play video games.
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Have the city work with the High School and Vikan in picking up trash that is left behind by students and visitors. The 2-3 block radius of the high school always looks very trashy. I am not sure there is even a detention in school anymore but if there is why can't these students be used to pick up the trash instead of being sent home to play video games.
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Brighton needs to become more pedestrian friendly. More rideable. More walkable. A lot of areas have sidewalks but they randomly end. Others don't have side walks at all. There is no "flow". In...
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Brighton needs to become more pedestrian friendly. More rideable. More walkable. A lot of areas have sidewalks but they randomly end. Others don't have side walks at all. There is no "flow". In my opinion, somebody should survey the local neighborhoods and areas in between. There are broken links everywhere, if we connect them, people will get out and stay more active, making it a healthier and more community friendly environment.
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Brighton needs to become more pedestrian friendly. More rideable. More walkable. A lot of areas have sidewalks but they randomly end. Others don't have side walks at all. There is no "flow". In my opinion, somebody should survey the local neighborhoods and areas in between. There are broken links everywhere, if we connect them, people will get out and stay more active, making it a healthier and more community friendly environment.
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We need a light or circle at 45th and Bridge exiting the neighborhood. Mornings and afternoons are very hard to exit the neighborhood with the school. It's very hard to see traffic coming east...
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We need a light or circle at 45th and Bridge exiting the neighborhood. Mornings and afternoons are very hard to exit the neighborhood with the school. It's very hard to see traffic coming east especially with the new turn lane. We've already had one fatality there, lets not make it more
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We need a light or circle at 45th and Bridge exiting the neighborhood. Mornings and afternoons are very hard to exit the neighborhood with the school. It's very hard to see traffic coming east especially with the new turn lane. We've already had one fatality there, lets not make it more
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"Creating a seamless system of hope for Brighton's children, youth and families.
"For Brighton to have the greatest impact on the issues related to children, youth and families, and to be as fiscally...
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"Creating a seamless system of hope for Brighton's children, youth and families.
"For Brighton to have the greatest impact on the issues related to children, youth and families, and to be as fiscally responsible as possible, the city must think strategically. From the very beginning of the master planning process the goal was to identify "make it or break it" strategies--those that have the greatest likelihood of positively impacting Brighton's children, youth and families now and into the future. These are the ones that will change how all the other strategies are impacted."
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#1 Youth Health Centers
#2 Childcare and Pre-school Services
#3 One-Stop Adolescent Support Center
By turning the old senior center into a Community Center the city can establish the infrastructure needed to increase the potential for success of meeting the strategic recommendations.With a clinic and kitchen already in the building and it is walking distance to 8 Schools.
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"Creating a seamless system of hope for Brighton's children, youth and families.
"For Brighton to have the greatest impact on the issues related to children, youth and families, and to be as fiscally responsible as possible, the city must think strategically. From the very beginning of the master planning process the goal was to identify "make it or break it" strategies--those that have the greatest likelihood of positively impacting Brighton's children, youth and families now and into the future. These are the ones that will change how all the other strategies are impacted."
(2007 Youth Master Plan)
#1 Youth Health Centers
#2 Childcare and Pre-school Services
#3 One-Stop Adolescent Support Center
By turning the old senior center into a Community Center the city can establish the infrastructure needed to increase the potential for success of meeting the strategic recommendations.With a clinic and kitchen already in the building and it is walking distance to 8 Schools.
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YES the Parklette idea will certainly help the HIstoric Downtown area. It is much needed asset!!!! I believe it would totally change the atmosphere on Main and draw more folks to that area. We have...
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YES the Parklette idea will certainly help the HIstoric Downtown area. It is much needed asset!!!! I believe it would totally change the atmosphere on Main and draw more folks to that area. We have wonderful new shops that can boost Brighton's image. With outdoor seating, adding a casual relaxed atmosphere, people will stay longer, shop more and increase revenues. This has been done in other cities and has been very successful. We dont need more liquor stores... we need more culture.
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YES the Parklette idea will certainly help the HIstoric Downtown area. It is much needed asset!!!! I believe it would totally change the atmosphere on Main and draw more folks to that area. We have wonderful new shops that can boost Brighton's image. With outdoor seating, adding a casual relaxed atmosphere, people will stay longer, shop more and increase revenues. This has been done in other cities and has been very successful. We dont need more liquor stores... we need more culture.
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To acquire land across from the police department to construct an outdoor community amplitheater. The theater could be used for summer stock theater, school concerts, movie nights, weddings and...
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To acquire land across from the police department to construct an outdoor community amplitheater. The theater could be used for summer stock theater, school concerts, movie nights, weddings and concert series. It would be a good source for the arts as well as a revenue source for the city. With the naturally occurring slope in that location it would be ideal for a clam shell style theater and provide pretty vistas of the mountains in the back drop.
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To acquire land across from the police department to construct an outdoor community amplitheater. The theater could be used for summer stock theater, school concerts, movie nights, weddings and concert series. It would be a good source for the arts as well as a revenue source for the city. With the naturally occurring slope in that location it would be ideal for a clam shell style theater and provide pretty vistas of the mountains in the back drop.
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If you live in Bromley Park or Brighton Crossing you can't go West on a bicycle without using either 168th (which is a 45 mph zone for cars and has no bike lane and a very narrow shoulder), or 160th...
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If you live in Bromley Park or Brighton Crossing you can't go West on a bicycle without using either 168th (which is a 45 mph zone for cars and has no bike lane and a very narrow shoulder), or 160th (which has some bike path but sections with no path and no bike lane or very narrow shoulder), or Bromley Lane (which forces you to go through a round-a-bout that has no pedestrian or bike path around it). Riding a bike through a round-a-bout built for cars is dangerous. This problem could easily be fixed by completing the missing sections of bike path on 160th.
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Feb 22, 2016 by
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If you live in Bromley Park or Brighton Crossing you can't go West on a bicycle without using either 168th (which is a 45 mph zone for cars and has no bike lane and a very narrow shoulder), or 160th (which has some bike path but sections with no path and no bike lane or very narrow shoulder), or Bromley Lane (which forces you to go through a round-a-bout that has no pedestrian or bike path around it). Riding a bike through a round-a-bout built for cars is dangerous. This problem could easily be fixed by completing the missing sections of bike path on 160th.
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The City of Brighton is currently working on its Transportation Master Plan. Imagine the year 2035, when children in school today would be adults. What should future travel be like in Brighton? How...
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The City of Brighton is currently working on its Transportation Master Plan. Imagine the year 2035, when children in school today would be adults. What should future travel be like in Brighton? How should people get around?
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The City of Brighton is currently working on its Transportation Master Plan. Imagine the year 2035, when children in school today would be adults. What should future travel be like in Brighton? How should people get around?
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Brighton needs to work with Thornton to get highway 7 expanded, just because we live in brighton and thornton "owns" this work, doesn't mean that Brighton shouldn't be involved in getting the problem...
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Brighton needs to work with Thornton to get highway 7 expanded, just because we live in brighton and thornton "owns" this work, doesn't mean that Brighton shouldn't be involved in getting the problem solved for their citizens.
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Brighton needs to work with Thornton to get highway 7 expanded, just because we live in brighton and thornton "owns" this work, doesn't mean that Brighton shouldn't be involved in getting the problem solved for their citizens.
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with soccer as popular as it is, it would be nice to have fields that weren't full of holes and in poor shape (it's hard on the kids ankles!).
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with soccer as popular as it is, it would be nice to have fields that weren't full of holes and in poor shape (it's hard on the kids ankles!).
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I love Brighton's website, especially the Community Voice section. I believe this should be a high priority resource for city officials to really see what the community is concerned about and how we...
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I love Brighton's website, especially the Community Voice section. I believe this should be a high priority resource for city officials to really see what the community is concerned about and how we can make our community a better, cleaner and safer place for us all. I propose really establishing a "spread the word" campaign for letting our fellow community members now about this. I will start by telling all my neighbors and hope that it catches on. This is how we get things done for the community, by the community.
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I love Brighton's website, especially the Community Voice section. I believe this should be a high priority resource for city officials to really see what the community is concerned about and how we can make our community a better, cleaner and safer place for us all. I propose really establishing a "spread the word" campaign for letting our fellow community members now about this. I will start by telling all my neighbors and hope that it catches on. This is how we get things done for the community, by the community.
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I believe that historic buildings are the cornerstone of any community that seeks to retain its cultural identity. Historic Buildings such as the Brighton Armory, Historic City Hall and our First Town...
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I believe that historic buildings are the cornerstone of any community that seeks to retain its cultural identity. Historic Buildings such as the Brighton Armory, Historic City Hall and our First Town Hall are part of our City's proud past. They add a "sense of place" that many suburban communities have managed to destroy over the past 50 years and are now struggling to recreate from the rubble of their demolished historic buildings. these buildings tell a story that is unique to Brighton and our way of life, both as it was and as it is today. If we have the foresight to save our most important places for future generations, they too will have the opportunity to connect with their past and develop a sense of pride in Brighton.
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I believe that historic buildings are the cornerstone of any community that seeks to retain its cultural identity. Historic Buildings such as the Brighton Armory, Historic City Hall and our First Town Hall are part of our City's proud past. They add a "sense of place" that many suburban communities have managed to destroy over the past 50 years and are now struggling to recreate from the rubble of their demolished historic buildings. these buildings tell a story that is unique to Brighton and our way of life, both as it was and as it is today. If we have the foresight to save our most important places for future generations, they too will have the opportunity to connect with their past and develop a sense of pride in Brighton.
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The rec center had Tee-ball held there this past summer and there are no bathrooms. Try having little kids in tee-ball and no restrooms. Either they should add one or not play any games at that...
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The rec center had Tee-ball held there this past summer and there are no bathrooms. Try having little kids in tee-ball and no restrooms. Either they should add one or not play any games at that part. Also the field in which they play is now nice grass but green thorny weeds. Also not a good idea for little kids. Good thing they rarely hit the ball that far.
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Nov 3, 2014 by
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The rec center had Tee-ball held there this past summer and there are no bathrooms. Try having little kids in tee-ball and no restrooms. Either they should add one or not play any games at that part. Also the field in which they play is now nice grass but green thorny weeds. Also not a good idea for little kids. Good thing they rarely hit the ball that far.
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I use the Recreation Center almost daily. There is normally an influx of users after the new year that lasts about 3 weeks. That influx doesn't seem to be going down at all. If anything, it is...
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I use the Recreation Center almost daily. There is normally an influx of users after the new year that lasts about 3 weeks. That influx doesn't seem to be going down at all. If anything, it is going up. The way people exercise is changing. People are getting into kettlebells, and CrossFit, and exercise programs that aren't based on using a machine. These types of exercise programs take up more room. Room the Rec Center doesn't have. Even if one didn't take these changes into account, if you go into the weight room or cardio area in the evening, you will see the facility is reaching it's capacity.
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I use the Recreation Center almost daily. There is normally an influx of users after the new year that lasts about 3 weeks. That influx doesn't seem to be going down at all. If anything, it is going up. The way people exercise is changing. People are getting into kettlebells, and CrossFit, and exercise programs that aren't based on using a machine. These types of exercise programs take up more room. Room the Rec Center doesn't have. Even if one didn't take these changes into account, if you go into the weight room or cardio area in the evening, you will see the facility is reaching it's capacity.
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Establish weekend activities at Carmichael park that feature some of Brighton's heritage such as a Hispanic and Western Heritage weekends featuring national food, music, art, history, dance, etc,. We...
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Establish weekend activities at Carmichael park that feature some of Brighton's heritage such as a Hispanic and Western Heritage weekends featuring national food, music, art, history, dance, etc,. We could use the weekends to attract tourism and show the diversification of Brighton. There should be at least 4 weekends either consecutive or 2 at the beginning and end of the summer season. I think that in order to show case the city primary food vendors should be local restaurants. An example of this on a large scale would be the Wisconsin state fair in Milwaukee were they have whole weeks dedicated to various themes.
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Establish weekend activities at Carmichael park that feature some of Brighton's heritage such as a Hispanic and Western Heritage weekends featuring national food, music, art, history, dance, etc,. We could use the weekends to attract tourism and show the diversification of Brighton. There should be at least 4 weekends either consecutive or 2 at the beginning and end of the summer season. I think that in order to show case the city primary food vendors should be local restaurants. An example of this on a large scale would be the Wisconsin state fair in Milwaukee were they have whole weeks dedicated to various themes.
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We would love to have a new store in place of the run-down Mi Pueblo market. Sprouts would be a great, healthy alternative to the fatty foods which are so readily available to Brighton residents....
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We would love to have a new store in place of the run-down Mi Pueblo market. Sprouts would be a great, healthy alternative to the fatty foods which are so readily available to Brighton residents. Either that or a 24 Hour Fitness gym. Brightonians deserve to be fit and healthy!
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We would love to have a new store in place of the run-down Mi Pueblo market. Sprouts would be a great, healthy alternative to the fatty foods which are so readily available to Brighton residents. Either that or a 24 Hour Fitness gym. Brightonians deserve to be fit and healthy!
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There is very little maintaining done on existing parks. Last year the weeds at Benedict were taller than the benches by the canal. You couldn't even sit on the bench because the thistles were 4...
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There is very little maintaining done on existing parks. Last year the weeds at Benedict were taller than the benches by the canal. You couldn't even sit on the bench because the thistles were 4 feet high and coming up through the bench seat. We have a ball field at Dewey Strong that has no backstop, hasn't been drug in two years, and has goatheads all over the field. When a ball rolls across it and you pick it up, it has stickers all over it. When I told Gary Wardle about it, the next week they just sprayed the weeds. There's no water source for the sand volleyball court there. This is Colorado, it's sunny and sand is hot...and needs to be cooled down to play. Oh yeah...where are the league's? Why build the court if you don't hold some kind of league? Our park system is a joke. The soccer fields are the worst in the entire metro area. You can verify this by going to Google earth and looking at aerial shots. We build new parks but don't maintain existing ones.
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There is very little maintaining done on existing parks. Last year the weeds at Benedict were taller than the benches by the canal. You couldn't even sit on the bench because the thistles were 4 feet high and coming up through the bench seat. We have a ball field at Dewey Strong that has no backstop, hasn't been drug in two years, and has goatheads all over the field. When a ball rolls across it and you pick it up, it has stickers all over it. When I told Gary Wardle about it, the next week they just sprayed the weeds. There's no water source for the sand volleyball court there. This is Colorado, it's sunny and sand is hot...and needs to be cooled down to play. Oh yeah...where are the league's? Why build the court if you don't hold some kind of league? Our park system is a joke. The soccer fields are the worst in the entire metro area. You can verify this by going to Google earth and looking at aerial shots. We build new parks but don't maintain existing ones.
