Live Local Dines
Members of Wheat Ridge Live Local group invite residents to join friends and family at Wheat Ridge Lanes from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, June 14, for their monthly Live Local Dines event. The event will include door prizes, specials on food and drink, and 99-cent bowling and shoe rentals.
Live Local Active
The new Active group with Live Local will host the first Cruiser Pub Crawl along 38th Avenue 6-10 p.m. Thursday, June 14. Starting at Wheat Ridge Cyclery, the group will visit some great pubs before ending at Wheat Ridge Lanes for the Live Local Dines event. All riders are welcome to join for a ride and a pint.
Farmers Market
The first farmers market in Wheat Ridge will be Thursdasy, June 14, at 4252 Wadsworth Blvd. The market will be open every Thursday for the rest of the summer from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or until farmers sell all their products.
Accessibility grants available
City council approved $20,000 in funding to the Wheat Ridge Business District. The money will be used to create a new grant program to address accessibility and usability issues for local businesses. For more information, contact the business district at 720-259-1030.
2012 Engineering Advocacy Awards
Michael and Jesa Griffeth, of Griffeth Engineering in Wheat Ridge, both received 2012 Engineering Advocacy Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado. The council announced the recipients of its 2012 awards last week. The awards are to honor members of the organization who demonstrate leadership and dedication to furthering the consulting engineer industry.