3rd Annual Wheat Ridge Child Safety Fair – April 27, 2013

In celebration of Children’s Day, the Wheat Ridge Police Department is partnering with local businesses and the Colorado Department of Transportation to sponsor the 3rd annual Wheat Ridge Child Safety Fair on Saturday, April 27th from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The event is for Wheat Ridge residents and is intended to increase community awareness about some of the dangers facing today’s children.

The primary focus of the Safety Fair will be FREE inspection and replacement of child safety seats. There will be bi-lingual car seat inspection technicians on hand to perform child safety seat inspections and educate participants on proper car seat use. Car seats that fail the inspection will be disposed of and replaced for FREE, while supplies last, with car seats that were obtained through a grant from CDOT. While replacement car seats are free, donations for the seats will be accepted.

Residents should bring their bicycles too! There will be a bike rodeo for the children that will teach them how to safely operate their bicycles. Wheat Ridge Cyclery will be conducting FREE bicycle safety inspections and Exempla Lutheran Medical Center donated bicycle helmets that will be distributed for a $1.00 donation.

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Tags: bicycle, car seat inspection, CDOT, helmet, Police Department, safety, Wheat Ridge, WR2020

Comments (0) Apr 12 2013

Tickets Available for the Welcome to Wheat Ridge Tour

You’re invited to a bus tour of Wheat Ridge! Join us to learn more about what the Wheat Ridge community has to offer, meet other newcomers to town, and learn how to become more involved in the community.

Date: April 6, 2013
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: All around Wheat Ridge!
Cost: $5.00

The tour will begin and end at Brewery Rickoli at 4335 Wadsworth Blvd. (44th and Wadsworth). The $5.00 cost includes a beverage ticket (beer or in-house brewed black cherry soda or root beer) at Rickoli’s as well as delicious pizza pies from Infinitus Pie for the social following the tour.

The tour is limited to 50 people. A few tickets are available and can be purchased at check in between 1:30 and 1:45 at Rickoli's.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Genevieve Wooden

Rickoli's Brewery
Infinitus Pie

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Tags: Brewery Rickoli, homeowner, tour, Wheat Ridge, WR2020

Comments (0) Mar 19 2013

Healthy Community Story by Ted Heyd

Winter’s shorter days and cooler temperatures often drive many away from getting the exercise they enjoy through the warmer months. Not Lindsey Morgan. A stay-at-home mom from Arvada with two young children, Lindsey is in full gear through the Wheat Ridge-based Winter Fitness Challenge. The Challenge is a 3-month physical activity program integrating yoga, pilates, and running. It was created and is being lead by Live Local Active, a community-building group under Wheat Ridge 2020.

Since last summer, Lindsey had been looking for a fun group activity through which she could get some regular exercise. She started a diet last August and when the pounds started coming off, she hoped to find a means for keeping them off. The Challenge has delivered. Each week, through her enthusiastic involvement in a group activity, Lindsey feels a bit better, stronger, and faster. She has lost 28 pounds since August and 15 pounds in the last month and a half.

Asked about her accomplishments, Lindsey says, “I never knew that exercising could be fun before the Winter Fitness Challenge. I needed to find something that would really change my lifestyle and anytime I can get hooked up with other people to exercise, it’s a great thing. The Challenge has been a blast.”

Through the Challenge, Lindsey also learned about the free Weigh and Win program http://www.weighandwin.com/ that is available to all Colorado residents. Through a program kiosk in Westminster, Lindsey weighs herself every week to track her progress. As she says, “It keeps me accountable and aware of how I’m doing in relation to my weight loss goals.” She recently won a $15 prize for participating and she used it toward the purchase of a heart rate monitor that will help ensure she is burning more calories per day than she is consuming; a key part of her ongoing efforts. Building on her personal success, Lindsey is branching out to others and creating a Weigh and Win team including four other moms. Together, they will compete against other teams striving to achieve collective weight loss goals. All participants are eligible for prizes.

Looking ahead to the spring, Lindsey is also exploring 5K or 10K running races that she hopes to do with new friends made through the Winter Fitness Challenge. As she says, “I never knew that running could be so enjoyable. Getting out there with friends and doing it together just makes it a lot of fun.”

Keep up the great work Lindsey! You’re an inspiration.

Additional information on the Winter Fitness Challenge can be found at the link below.

http://www.wheatridge2020.org/community-residents/live-local/2013-winter-fitness-challenge/

Blog post gratefully supplied by Ted Heyd of LiveWell Wheat Ridge

Posted: under Wheat Ridge 2020, Wheat Ridge Business, Wheat Ridge Community.
Tags: Active, fitness challenge, Live Local, LiveWell, Wheat Ridge, Wheat Ridge 2020, WR2020

Comments (0) Feb 28 2013

Holiday Celebration on Ridge at 38 A Great Success

On Sunday, December 8th, over 1,200 people came to the Holiday Celebration on Ridge at 38. The tree looks spectacular and seeing so many people shopping and dining on our main street was even better. Visit the Ridge at 38 website for more pictures and to keep updated on all the happenings on Ridge at 38.