The Highlander

Hello Neighbors,

Summer is in full swing, in fact it’s hard to believe that school will start in just under a month! Our neighborhood summer started with our Chipper & Dumpster Days on June 3rd & 4th. A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped get this set up and man the sign-in tables. This year we added a scrap metal service free of charge to everyone with the goal of recycling and reusing parts when possible, instead of throwing them in a landfill. This was a huge hit with the neighborhood with over 500 lbs of metal picked up!

We currently have 76 neighbors that have paid dues. We continue to accept dues anytime by check or on PayPal through our website.

This year we combined our Bob Stephens Memorial picnic (typically held in June) and 4th of July parade to celebrate the holiday. Thank you to South Metro Fire Department, the Mounted Patrol Unit of Arapahoe County and Chuck McLaughlin (parade music) for being a part of the parade. Thank you to neighbors Keisha Gimm and Justin Denton for providing dogs & burgers for our picnic afterwards. Everyone loved the shared dishes and saying ‘hi’ to neighbors!

Our next social event is on ☀️ Wednesday, August 2, starting at 6:30pm ☀️. We are having an Ice Cream Social🍦😎 to celebrate the National Night Out – which celebrates bringing neighbors together to strengthen our communities. We’ll have ice cream and a balloon artist from Simply Smiles Entertainment starting at 6:30pm at the Jamison Ave cul-de-sac.

Our next board meeting will be on Tuesday, September 19th at 7:00pm at the home of Candace & Vorry Moon. We encourage any & all neighbors to attend as this is one way to keep up on what the AHCA board is doing and planning for the neighborhood. It’s also a way to see where you might want to help out with events, activities or neighborhood logistics. Do you have an idea for a neighborhood event? Let the AHCA board know when, how and the cost of holding the event so we can consider it!

 View full July AHCA Board meeting minutes

Our Fall Festival will be on Saturday, September 23rd. We’ll be having a Chili Cook-off, pumpkin decorating, music and a bouncy house in Gilpin Court. Neighborhood cooks, get your ladles ready to win AHCA Best Chili bragging rights!! More details to follow.

Thank you to Emily Masters for getting the ‘Arapahoe Highlands Civic Association’ Facebook page up and running again. This is another way to keep up on AHCA happenings. This is a private page, just for our neighborhood. Check it out! We also have our website to find documents, PayPal link to pay dues, events, local information and more.

Our neighborhood has been blessed with many great volunteers. With that in mind, we would like to bring back “delivery dashers” to help with delivering door-to-door flyers, directories, notices or any communication from the board. This will be an individual or a pair, that will pick a street and deliver items when needed. Information will be printed, bundled with the correct number of items to be delivered to each home on your chosen street. Items need to be delivered 2-3 days after receiving your bundle. This will be a commitment for a year if possible. Household breakdown: Dry Creek Pl. – 20, Jamison Ave. – 17 + South Humboldt – 3, Jamison Pl. – 30, Williams St. – 19 and Gilpin Ct – 11. Please contact Danny Bier (dlb1027@gmail.com) or Alex Wolf (wolf.alexh@gmail.com) if you would like to help out.

Announcements

If you would like to share information about a new neighbor or a birth, death, illness, etc., in your family please contact Susie Lewis (susie6405@gmail.com) or Christy Jones (carpenter1978@gmail.com) on our Hospitality Committee.

Welcome to the neighborhood – April, Tally & River on Jamison Ave.; Barbara Iwata on Jamison Pl.; the Casswell family on Williams, the Zubers on Williams. Congratulations to Keish & Dustin on Jamison Ave on their recent wedding.

Local Happenings & Places to Go:

• Streets of Southglenn:
  • Dancing in the Streets Concert – Aug. 23 – ‘Still They Ride’
  • Centennial Chalk Art Festival – Sept 16
• City of Centennial:
  • Centennial Under the Starts: Aug 12th
    A community favorite for the past 18 years featuring all the makings of a memorable summer celebration for the whole family. Live music featuring Libelula as the opener and 6 Million Dollar Band as the headliner. Local vendors and food trucks; Family-friendly activities. When: 5-9 p.m. Where: Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Dr.
• City of Littleton:
  • Littleton Museum: features an indoor museum with exhibitions and children’s interactive exhibits. Head outside and you’ll find an 1860s homestead farm and an 1890s farm. Depending on the day you visit The Littleton Museum, you’ll also find volunteers dressed in 1800s costumes and working in the blacksmith’s shop or teaching in the one-room schoolhouse.
  • Hudson Gardens & Event Center: a botanical garden and event venue located in Littleton, Colorado, 12 miles southwest of Denver. The property is composed of thirty acres of garden exhibits, trails, natural terrain, and event venues.
  • Littleton Twilight Criterium, August 5, 3-10 p.m. https://www.littletoncrit.com/. All day exciting pro and semi-pro bike racing on a criterium course through downtown Littleton streets. Kid activities, restaurants, beer garden, live music and big screens for spectators. At 5:25 p.m. the same course that the pro riders use is then reserved for families, friends and neighbors to join in for a fun cruiser ride (registration and helmets required). https://www.littletoncrit.com/cruiserride/
  • Western Welcome Week: Aug. 11th-20th. This is an annual community celebration in the greater Littleton area. Western Welcome Week began in the late 1920s, and has been held every year since. Western Welcome Week includes over 30 events, produced by over 20 organizations, benefiting dozens of local civic and charitable organizations. Festival Day, which includes the Firefighter’s Children’s Parade, the Grand Parade, the annual Craft & Home Improvement Fair, free entertainment, and concessions by local civic groups, will be Saturday, August 19.

Farmers Markets:

• Highlands Ranch Farmers’ Market: May 7 – October 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 30+ vendors. 9288 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch.
• Littleton Farmers’ Market: June 14 – September 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 20+ vendors. Aspen Grove, 7301 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.
• Centennial Farmers Market: June 2 – October 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. University Towne Center, 7424 S. University Blvd.,
• South University Farmers Market: June 2 – October 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 5859 S. University Blvd. (parking lot on south side of Orchard Rd.), Greenwood Village.
• More Farmers Markets listed on https://www.milehighonthecheap.com/farmers-markets-denver-boulder/

School Info

• Arapahoe High School Homecoming Week – Sept 5-9
  • Girls Powderpuff Football Game & Fireworks Show – Wed. Sept 6 – Championship game begins at 6:30 pm on AHS Turf & Fireworks start at 8:30 pm – bring blankets to sit on
  • Homecoming Parade – Sat. Sept. 9th – 10:00am – floats & band; the parade begins in the west AHS student parking lot and heads north on Franklin, east on Easter, through the Streets of Southglenn, back to Easter going west to Franklin, and from Franklin south back to AHS
• Start of school:
  • LPS – August 16
  • Cherry Creek SD – August 14
  • Douglas County – August 8