DISTRICT 27J FLEXING AGAINST DROPOUTS
School District 27J launched a handful of experiments at the beginning of the school year with one goal: prevent their most vulnerable students from dropping out or getting lost in the system.
OLD IS NEW AGAIN: COLE NEIGHBORHOOD GETS NEW CONDOS
What was once the rundown Star Sam grocery store and a church with a food bank at East 33rd Avenue and Williams Street is now six higher-end condominiums thanks to the efforts of Amin Suliaman. Neighbors are happy, but a city councilman is hoping that more affordable housing options are included in future infill projects.
EAGLECREST HAS TOP SCHOOL LIBRARY IN THE COUNTRY
At Eaglecrest High School in unincorporated Arapahoe County, librarians are much more than clerks, they are an integral part of the learning at the school of about 2,700 students. That’s part of the reason Eaglecrest has been named the 2014 National School Library Program of the Year by the American Association of School Librarians.
LEAGUE FORGES BOND BETWEEN HORSES, HUMANS
PARKER – A 1,200-pound horse and a 13-year-old girl have bonded while giving each other a newfound purpose with the help of Arvada nonprofit the Horse Protection League.
“PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB” FILM GETS QUILT CAMEO FROM GOLDEN
Nearly 20 years after Denver author Sandra Dallas’ book “The Persian Pickle Club” was published, a film version is in the works and the Depression-era production will feature a cameo by a quilt made by Golden’s Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.
COLUMBINE SURVIVOR TEACHING TAI CHI TO AID HEALING
AURORA – Kim Blair Woodruff started taking regular tai chi classes about two years after she survived the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999. Now, she and her tai chi coach are bringing the slow, therapeutic movements to other trauma survivors at the Aurora Strong Resilience Center.
BUSINESS Q&A: THE BESPOKE EDGE, DENVER
Ron Wagner has been in the men’s clothing business for 37 years, and when he noticed that modern men were looking to buy custom shirts and bespoke suits, he and his sons created their by-appointment custom clothing business The Bespoke Edge.
BUSINESS Q&A: KAREBEAR BAKERY, WHEAT RIDGE
To get out of the cubicle life, Roberta Lott and Karin Murray combined their skills in business and baking, respectively, to open their “Americana small-batch bakery” in Wheat Ridge’s bustling 38th Ave. district.
BUSINESS Q&A: COMRADE BREWING, DENVER
David Lin, the “chairman” of Comrade Brewing in southeast Denver, turned an unpaid internship at a brewpub and a love of craft beer into his own spacious but cozy brewery.
