Applewood Valley Association

03/05/2021

Want to know what all the construction is about at Stober? Well...we’re helping building a community garden. Here’s how you can help. The AVA has pledged $2000 dollars to this great community gathering space. Please donate if you can.

01/15/2021

https://stobergarden.org/

Stober Community Garden Putting nature into our students' hands and investing in our neighborhood + community. There has never been a better time to help our children get outside or to have a way for neighbors to connect. This garden will be the hallmark of our neighborhood and our school. Sign Our....

01/06/2021

Please sign to support the community garden project. Work has already begun. Look for more details to come on donating to the project.

Build a Community Garden at Stober Elementary School

12/04/2020

The AVA board would like the association members and neighboring communities to know we have not and would not send anything like this to our members or neighboring communities. We are in the process of contacting the authorities and ask anyone who gets these type of unlawful letters to do the same. We do not have any HOA authority and are strictly a community enrichment and advocacy group. We mail one piece of informational/application form a year...unless major events takes place(applewood golf course). Thanks for understanding.

AVA Board.

10/24/2020

10/18/2020

If y’all haven’t heard, tomorrow (Sunday) is when Sustainable Applewood is hosting the Applewood Chalk Extravaganza!

Basically, what you need to know:
1) Add your house to our art map using this link so neighbors can plan walks or drives for viewing (optional, but strongly encouraged!). We will update our map multiple times tonight and tomorrow, so please add yours!! (This also helps us know how many homes are participating!)
Add your house via https://forms.gle/Ds33b8oXabfTcfSX9

2) Then: Prep your art. Put it on your sidewalk, your driveway, your brick wall, or wherever you’d like during the morning or day tomorrow, Sunday, October 18th.

3) Use THIS SPECIAL MAP LINK to visit chalk around the neighborhood!! When you click on it, zoom out so you see Appewood. All of the green paint canvas icons on the map indicate a home participating. Then, walk, bike or drive around and enjoy!!
Map of participating homes: https://bit.ly/2IGyFTD

4) After the big day, snap a photo, and submit it here: [email protected] so we can share with the community!

Applewood Sidewalk Extravaganza

08/24/2020

The Applewood Sustainable Neighborhood Network free 🍅 🌽 🌶 produce stand is back.

“How it works:
We have a table where you can check out what others have left and where you can leave anything you want to share. You don't have to bring any vegetables in order to enjoy what's at the stand.
We'll have hand sanitizer, some flyers, and a spot where you can put a checkmark to indicate you visited.

What to share:
Veggies, fruit, farm fresh eggs, backyard honey, or anything else you'd like! This summer, we're also encouraging+welcoming sharing copies of a favorite recipe (maybe related to our Produce-of-the-Week or just something that's delicious!).

Who it's for:
This is a community offering for the Applewood neighborhood! If you're receiving this message, we'd love for you to come on by!”

05/29/2020

Email from Sustainable Applewood

“What you'll find in this email:
Free workshop Saturday: Gardening 2.0!
4th of July Survey
Supporting Applewood Businesses
Bike-to-Work Day Update
Curbside composting!?
Applewood Community Garden at STOBER?!
Our next meeting

There are SOOO many goodies in this email. If you want to skip to a certain part, though, click on the subtitle above!

Gardening 2.0
A free workshop this Saturday!
This Saturday, please join our neighbor, Richard Cooper-Ribner, as he helps Applewood taking next steps for summer gardens. Richard will be answering questions and speaking about transplanting vegetable plants, fertilizing landscaping and lawns, making self-watering potting soil, and more.

Who: You, your friends, your neighbors. All ages and levels are welcome!
When: Saturday, May 27th, 10a.m.
Where: Zoom!
https://zoom.us/j/99838797202
Meeting ID: 998 3879 7202
Password: summer

Contact Sustainable Applewood with questions:
[email protected].

4th of July is here!
Are we having a parade??

Well, that's the question of the hour.

We'd like your feedback to determine if we will have any semblance of a parade this year. Please click here to take the shortest survey ever!!
https://forms.gle/f4vR75JtFwrXffXQA

Supporting Applewood Businesses
In our last email, we asked which businesses we could support during this time. Here are some answers.

From the businesses
We asked Applewood businesses to let us know how neighbors could support them, and this is what the businesses shared:

Sweet Peas Gardening
Julianne Berg
[email protected], (303) 278-2295
Offering spring garden clean-up, garden maintenance, design/consult, and xeriscaping. Julianne has been an Applewood community garden member/advocate for 12 years. She's offering these specials:
One hour of free services/labor
Senior discounts

Urban Exteriors
John or Jennifer Hess
[email protected], (303) 552-4467
We are a home improvement company specializing in roofs, siding, gutters and decks. We are able to meet homeowners via Zoom or outside their homes to discuss projects so we can maintain social distancing. We are offering $200 off any job over $6,000 right now to our neighbors or we will donate the savings to one of our local schools if you mention this ad.

Central Texas Pitworks, LLC
Cody Brokmeyer
[email protected], (979) 324-2843
https://www.facebook.com/texaspitworks/
www.CentralTexasPitwork.com
Online shopping available!
Catering company serving authentic Central Texas Style Barbecue. We are a locally owned, small family business located in Applewood. Please email us to get on our client list or follow us on Facebook or Instagram. We offer catering and a takeout style tasting event we call “Small Order Weekend “ each month for potential clients, neighbors, and the general public. We are licensed under the State, Jefferson County, and City of Lakewood.
Options include whole beef briskets, pulled pork, pork spare ribs by the rack and a range of sides.

From the neighbors
We asked you who you're trying to support and these local businesses were submitted:

Abruscis. They figured out how to support their employees and the neighborhood. We order frequently.

Applewood Vietnamese Restaurant & Pho Grill at 20th and Youngfield; we love EVERYTHING - the fantastic food, the people, the prices, the convenience; we order take-out 1x/week (have ramped up tips considerably during this time)

El Bohio Criollo Cuban Cuisine (2080 Youngfield). They have great cuban sandwiches and fried plantains -- perfect for takeout back home or to a socially-distanced picnic location. Plus the sandwiches are big enough for 2 meals! I'm trying to stop by once a week (about 2x as often as before the zombie apocalypse) and pick up dinner for our entire family. I hope this great little neighborhood gem is still around when this nonsense is over!

Inspiration Fitness (inFit); I have been taking classes from them since they opened their doors - they have a wide variety of offerings from personal training, small group, Functional Fitness, BodyWork, Strong45, Zumba and Barre - all taught virtually now (they've even put together fitness kits you can buy to use at home). One can purchase memberships, punch-cards and/or do a drop-in. Check them out at InspirationFitnessStudio.com. I take classes 5 days/week and my daughter does one. Will continue to support in any way they need.

Move! (20th and Youngfield). I was so happy to see this place go in, and I like the community events and different classes they offer. You can get a punchcard to support them and use it for online classes or even use it down the road, because it never expires.

Mugs and Cones (20th and Kipling). It's a coffee, ice cream, and Mexican cafe (a mix of burritos, tostadas, and some of the best churros) over by the DMV. This is a great mom-and-pop that just celebrated its first year in business. They have some of the best breakfast burritos in this state. We call ahead and then swing by to pick up our order. We try to go a few times a week. If you haven't been there yet, you should go today!!

Youngfield Cleaners at 20th and Wadsworth. This is the dry cleaners behind Teller's. They've take a huge hit with everyone working from home. We've continued to take items in, and we're taking in those random items around the house (throw pillow covers, curtains, wedding dress), that we've wanted to get done for some time.

Want to feature your favorite businesses?
If you're a business owner, share here what support you could use at this time: https://forms.gle/eMjCwNJCutt7fe2dA

If you're a loyal customer, use this link to let us know which neighborhood business you're wanting more folks to support: https://forms.gle/ufGajPrGPyRp6e7E6


Save the (NEW) Date!!

The Colorado Bike-to-Work Day has been rescheduled. It will now occur on the National Bike-to-Work Day date, September 22nd.

Are you interested in curbside composting?

In case you missed it in our email last month, we want you to know:
there is an effort to gather a group of neighbors to set up a group deal/discount for curbside composting.

What can be composted via this program?
food scraps, including meats, dairy, breads, cooked foods, fruits, vegetables, egg shells and cartons, dead flowers, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, paper napkins, paper towels, paper towel and tp rolls, newspaper, paperboard, pizza boxes, brown paper bags, hair, nails, leaves, garden prunings, grass clippings, small branches up to 3 inches in diameter

If you're interested, please click here. There is no obligation. This will just help us keep you in the loop!

An Applewood Community Garden!?

We are excited to report that there's some momentum that is stirring around the Stober Elementary / Sustainable Applewood Community Garden.

We need your help, though.

If you'd like to be involved or learn more,

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX8bk5Kjkwk3XE-yOCf4n1X4jy0Gke_gno4stXeCY2CMKsuw/viewform

Join us for our next meeting!

Sustainable Applewood will be meeting again via Zoom. We hope you can make it! Please join us Thursday, June 11th, 6-7:30p.m.

The link and password for the meeting can be found below.
https://zoom.us/j/92871323826
Meeting ID: 928 7132 3826
Password: SA
Please let us know if you have any questions.
[email protected]
Other places where information about the Applewood Sustainable Neighborhood initiative can be found:

www.facebook.com/SustainableApplewood

www.sustainableneighborhoodnetwork.org/applewood


Upcoming Events
Saturday, May 27th 10a.m.
Gardening 2.0 - Free online workshop
Online via Zoom (link above)

Thursday, June 11th 6p.m.
Monthly Meeting - all are welcome
Online via Zoom (link above)

4th of July -- TBD

September 22nd, 2020
Bike-to-Work Day
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The Applewood neighborhood joined the Sustainable Neighborhoods Program in June 2017. It is located in northwest Lakewood, bounded by W. Colfax Avenue, Youngfield Avenue, W. 32nd Avenue and Simms St.

04/03/2020

Letter to Jeffco Families,


“Dear Jeffco Public Schools staff, students, and families,

On Wednesday, April 1, Colorado Governor Jared Polis extended the state-wide suspension of in-person instruction at all public and private schools through April 30 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. School districts have been encouraged to work with their local county health departments for further guidance on how to proceed.

After consultation with Jefferson County Public Health and in coordination with other districts in the metro Denver area, we have made the difficult decision to suspend in-person instruction for the remainder of the school year. We will continue on our path delivering remote learning for students and remote work for staff through the end of this school year, 2019-2020.

The key factor leading to this decision is guidance from county health officials and the information shared in the Governor’s announcement that the impact of COVID-19 is likely to peak from mid-April through possibly July. This creates a significant safety risk for all of our students, families, and staff members and because of that determination, we believe extending our remote learning program is a wise step for us to take as a district and a community.

The joint statement below reflects this similar action taken by 14 metro-area school districts. We believe that making this decision at this time will bring clarity and reduce some of the uncertainty being experienced by our students and families.

We know there are many unanswered questions, including the status of graduations and other end-of-year events, final exam schedules, preparing buildings and classrooms for end-of-school-year closures, and construction plans. We are working to determine the answers to these, and other questions, and we will be sharing that information as soon as possible. We appreciate your ongoing support, trust, and patience as we work through these challenging issues and uncertain times as a community.

Jeffco Public Schools



April 3, 2020

Dear Community Members,

As many of you know, upon becoming aware of the spread of COVID-19 in Colorado and the myriad concerns inherent, school superintendents took action several weeks ago to protect students, staff and the community. We have been working hard to provide leadership guidance to families throughout Colorado. As school superintendents, we consult and collaborate many times each day to share thinking and to problem solve as a regional group.

Two days ago, on April 1, Governor Polis announced extended closures of schools in Colorado through April 30, 2020. Over the past several weeks, we have spoken regularly and often to public health officials and state officials to better understand the timeline and path forward for the year, both with regard to COVID-19 and “traditional” school year expectations. We understand that there are not specific answers to exactly how and when we return to “life as normal” during this unprecedented health crisis. Given that, we must rely upon our best judgement and place safety above all else.

What is clear is that there will not be definitive, universal guidance to proceed as normal. Rather, there will be a gradual lifting of restrictions and a step-by-step return to normalcy. What we do know is that once the “Stay at Home” orders are lifted, we will continue to have restrictions on social distancing and the size of group gatherings for at least several weeks, if not months. Given the nature of a school environment (classrooms, passing periods, buses, playgrounds, etc.), these restrictions are not practical within the school setting. As such, there does not appear to be a viable way for us to convene traditional in-person learning this school year.

Collectively we believe, and are making the decision, that in the best interest of the children, staff, and the communities that we serve, our schools will remain closed to in-person learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.

A significant consideration in making this decision today is guidance from the respective health departments serving our districts. Many models currently show that the impact of COVID-19 is likely to peak in the last week of April. Even once COVID-19 reaches its peak in Colorado, we know that there will be an equivalent amount of time after the peak in which the virus continues to pose a significant threat. The continued safety and public health risk this presents for our students, staff, families, and communities moves us to take the step of extended closure to in-person learning through the balance of the school year.

Additionally, providing a concrete direction now with regard to in-person learning for the duration of the school year allows us to focus our energy and attention to addressing questions and concerns, rather than ongoing uncertainty. It will also allow us, as school district leaders, to shift to a proactive stance in that we can begin to plan for completing the current year remotely, and returning to school in August when we are able to joyfully welcome our students, staff and families back into our buildings.

Making this decision was extremely difficult. We do believe, however, that this is the right decision given all of the information that we have received from health experts and state officials. Our teams have been hard at work developing quality remote learning opportunities for our students. Please know that the health and safety of our students, staff and families is paramount. We believe that finishing this school year through remote learning is one of the most effective ways in which we can do our part to avoid exposing anyone to unnecessary risk.

Sincerely,

Chris Fiedler
27J Schools

Chris Gdowski
Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Don Rangel
Adams 14 Schools

Rico Munn
Aurora Public Schools

Scott Siegfried
Cherry Creek School District

Karen Quanbeck
Clear Creek School District

Susana Cordova
Denver Public Schools
Thomas Tucker
Douglas County Schools

Wendy Rubin
Englewood Schools

Jason Glass
Jeffco Public Schools

Brian Ewert
Littleton Public Schools

Charlotte Ciancio
Mapleton Public Schools

Patrick Sandos
Sheridan School District 2

Pamela Swanson
Westminster Public Schools



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