Mayor Mike COffman
Aurora lawmakers consider rental registration and licensing program to protect renters
AURORA | The city is looking to create a rental registration and licensing program encompassing both multi-family properties and single family homes in an effort to improve standards of living and better enforce code violations. At the June 8 study session, city council members discussed a resolution to direct the city manager to develop a […]
Colfax DDA board candidates set to be finalized by Aurora City Council
AURORA | City council will finalize choosing members of the newly created Colfax Downtown Development Authority with a vote later this month. The candidates that were recommended to be appointed are Amanda Blaurock, Priscilla Montoya, Alemayehu Eshete, Katie Goldman, Matthew Horne, Cynthia Moreno-Romero, Thoa Nguyen, Natasha Sztevanovity and Johnny Watson. The city started with 33 […]
GO GLOBAL — Vacation across the planet for free on one Saturday afternoon in Aurora
AURORA | Aurora’s signature multicultural celebration will return June 13, bringing expanded offerings of international food, music, dance and cultural traditions to the city’s Municipal Center Great Lawn. Now in its 13th year, Aurora Fest is a free, family-friendly event that highlights the diversity of one of Colorado’s most multicultural communities. Organizers say the festival […]
Aurora lawmakers OK oversight for GEO Group immigration detention center
AURORA | A split city council approved a package of new measures designed to give the city more oversight of the GEO Group’s immigration detention center. Progressive members of the council approved the new oversight measures on a 6-4 vote, with council members Françoise Bergan, Curtis Gardner, Stephanie Hancock and Angela Lawson opposed. The package […]
GO GLOBAL — Vacation across the planet for free on one Saturday afternoon in Aurora
AURORA | Aurora’s signature multicultural celebration will return June 13, bringing expanded offerings of international food, music, dance and cultural traditions to the city’s Municipal Center Great Lawn. Now in its 13th year, Aurora Fest is a free, family-friendly event that highlights the diversity of one of Colorado’s most multicultural communities. Organizers say the festival […]
GO GLOBAL — Vacation across the planet for free on one Saturday afternoon in Aurora
AURORA | Aurora’s signature multicultural celebration will return June 13, bringing expanded offerings of international food, music, dance and cultural traditions to the city’s Municipal Center Great Lawn. Now in its 13th year, Aurora Fest is a free, family-friendly event that highlights the diversity of one of Colorado’s most multicultural communities. Organizers say the festival […]
Construction begins on 1,600-home Prairie Point development in southeast Aurora
AURORA | Construction is underway on the Prairie Point development, which will ultimately bring more than 1,600 new homes to southeast Aurora. The 900-acre master planned community from Oakwood Homes, along the E‑470 corridor near Parker Road, will bring a mix of housing options, as well as an 18-hole golf course, parks, recreation areas, trails […]
Aurora breaks ground on $51.3 million animal shelter project, slated to open in 2028
AURORA | City officials and animal activists put on the dog yesterday in Aurora to mark the construction of a new, exponentially larger animal shelter in the city. Long coming, officials said the $51.3 million replacement shelter is critical in meeting the needs of a growing community and improving care for animals. The 42,000-square-foot, two-story […]
Aurora lawmakers move to repeal controversial housing authority changes
AURORA | Coming full circle, Aurora lawmakers moved forward a measure that would repeal the former city council’s attempt to make structural changes to the city’s affordable housing authority amid a bevy of controversies. Aurora Council members at a May 18 study session moved the repeal measure to the council floor for consideration. The Aurora […]
PERRY: Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman signals a city moving to a higher state
What a difference a year makes in Aurora. This time last May, a small-and-mostly-gone-now part of the Aurora City Council was clappy-happy that Donald Trump was doing exactly what he promised he’d do if elected. He was rounding up thousands of brown immigrants and opening the throttle on local bogus claims that rogue Venezuelan death […]