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Hi neighbors -- Local church Sacred Grace Englewood has been awarded a little over $14,000 in tax money by the Englewood Downtown Development Authority to pay for security equipment and outdoor amenities — down substantially from the church’s original request for $65,000 that would have funded a wide range of improvements to its newly leased space. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/englewood-church-is-awarded-reduced-request-for-tax-money/article_edd3f60c-6479-4b02-9aeb-a5e3c82ca163.html

Hi neighbors -- Englewood City Council will gather this evening — Tuesday, Sept. 22 — in a special meeting to interview seven applicants seeking to fill the District 3 seat that is vacant following the Aug. 28 death of Mayor Pro Tem Joe Anderson. Click here for their names, brief biographical information and the interview schedule: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/seven-applicants-seek-d3-englewood-council-seat/article_61d764e6-d2b7-4e73-8774-67a5a6c2a389.html

Hey fellow Englewoodsters -- Our neighbors in Sheridan are inviting everyone to the annual Sheridan Celebrates Parade and Festival from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 26. While adults can enjoy food, live music, vendors and a beer garden, the family-friendly focus of Sheridan Celebrates makes it stand out. There will be free fun throughout the day for children, with inflatables, life-size games, crafts, a children’s parade, a pee-wee play park, free tattoos, a bouncy house and a children’s obstacle course. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/sheridan-celebrates-the-name-says-it-all/article_fe63125b-0db9-4a21-9ee1-3ec380cf4c47.html

Hi neighbors -- The annual fundraiser is coming soon for an Englewood-based nonprofit that offers severe-weather shelter, resources and case management for people experiencing homelessness in the south metro area. HAAT Force — the Homeless Awareness and Action Task Force — will hold its “HAAT Force Warms the Night” fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, at Spirit of Hope Church, 4300 S. Lincoln St. in Englewood. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/severe-weather-shelter-group-to-hold-fundraiser/article_123d0c48-518b-4cda-85d3-8e853f008d66.html

Hi neighbors -- Here's something lighthearted to start your Labor Day weekend: The City of Englewood is going to audit its mailing lists after about five dozen Sheridan homes erroneously got postcards telling them to follow Englewood's new lawn-watering schedule. The mistake came to light when a Sheridan City Council member got one of the postcards and began checking with his neighbors. Click here for the Englewood Herald story, and have a happy and safe holiday weekend: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/englewood-to-audit-mailing-lists-after-errors/article_6af3773d-753f-4e70-b2ed-449c004f6475.html

Hi neighbors -- As Englewood city staffers transition a strip of Bates Logan Park from turfgrass to native plants, the pace of change and the lingering presence of invasive weeds have drawn scrutiny and complaints, but the Parks Department emphasizes that the changeover is not yet at the halfway point of a three-year plan. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_90709509-f39f-463e-b562-19a5a3c58292.html

The memorial service for Englewood Mayor Pro Tem Joe Anderson, who died during a Summit County hiking trip on Aug. 28, will be held this Friday, Sept. 4, at 10 a.m. at Foothills Bible Church, 6100 S. Devinney Way, Littleton, CO 80127, off Bowles Avenue just west of C-470 in the Dakota Ridge area. Click here for a family statement provided by Joe's brother-in-law, including a link to a GoFundMe to benefit Joe's wife Becca and their seven children. https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_573a4d29-c772-40e5-81fe-001ba38532a3.html

Hi neighbors -- Nothing fancy or deep, just a breakdown of the renovations that will take place at the Englewood Rec Center between now and next spring. Recreation Manager Sara Stant and Capital Project Manager Gina Olberding graciously showed me around the facility and explained what's coming. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_e6387b46-d21a-4b8d-8e1f-3b0c422c7424.html

Hi neighbors -- Englewood now has its first-ever mandatory water restrictions, following a 5-2 city council vote on Aug. 17. Odd-numbered addresses can water lawns in the mornings and evenings of Mondays and Thursdays, and even-numbered addresses on Tuesdays and Fridays. And although the fountain outside city hall employs a closed-loop system that uses relatively little water, it has been shut down in connection with the restrictions. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_fafadea7-f3b6-46e9-b320-57ff5a1a98ff.html

Tonight — Monday, Aug. 17 — the Englewood City Council will vote on a resolution calling for mandatory two-days-a-week lawn-watering restrictions due to the ongoing drought. The resolution would also expand the powers of the Utilities Department director during the period of restrictions, which would not have a firm sunset date because of the uncertainty of water supplies and weather. There would not be limits on watering vegetable gardens, as the resolution is written. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_f11a1fb7-792e-4181-87be-3624d3224d0b.html

Hi neighbors -- The Historic Englewood Museum has opened the “Schools of Englewood” exhibit, spanning local educational history from the 1860s to the present. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday through January, and for this exhibit, admission is free. Admittedly I'm kind of an Englenerd, but I think it's pretty cool. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_06228141-835e-4a51-b9da-71f8800384c2.html

Englewood City Council on Aug. 3 took two steps toward addressing the upcoming retirement of City Manager Shawn Lewis. The council chose an executive search firm to find a replacement for Lewis and then appointed Deputy City Manager Tim Dodd to fill the city-manager role on an interim basis. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_092da757-4d84-44b0-a952-751bbf7a6bc3.html

Hi neighbors -- The long-anticipated Old Hampden Complete Streets makeover is on hold and is likely to return in a scaled-back form after a 6-0 Englewood City Council vote to reject a proposed construction contract due to concerns about the low bidder. Sorry it took me nine days to get this out -- I waited several days for a response from the contractor, and then the ICE parking story knocked my schedule back a couple more days. Click here for the Englewood Herald story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_7b7f3780-fefb-43a3-accb-7da5470819a1.html

UPDATED: Mayor Othoniel Sierra and City Manager Shawn Lewis clarified on July 27 that Englewood will not respond to ICE, which is shopping around for entities that can provide 250 parking spaces in the Englewood area, and Lewis described an email about parking that the city received from a business. Here's the story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/englewood/article_0d1a2f74-f10f-4c56-a8e1-ab1ce5ab921b.html

For the second time in eight months, the GOP representative on Arapahoe County's Canvass Board has refused to sign certified election results, and he won't say why. “I don’t need to give you an answer,” Republican representative Robert Downey told county staff who asked why he refused to sign the certification of the June 30 primary election. Click here for the Colorado Community Media story: https://www.littletonindependent.net/article_b73a6bbb-9e10-40e3-8c81-23484f2caef6.html

Buried near the end of a bookstore story I wrote last week is the announcement that the owners of the former Broadways Tavern building are looking for someone to take this iconic Englewood sign off their hands. I tried to reach out to premier Denver sign-saver Corky Scholl only to learn that he died last September. This cool old sign in the 3900 block of South Broadway caught my eye when we moved down from Denver 30 years ago, and if you know anyone who might want it, the folks at Merrick Brothers Books would be glad to hear from them. Contact info is at https://merrickbrothersbooks.com/