Author: Jim

This is an alarming development as waning participation will erode the overall physical and mental health of our youth……  It will be vital for our youth organizations to modify their programs and for us to also embrace those programs with increasing participation. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303519404579350892629229918

The preliminary votes are in.   I have been re-elected !  Thank you to all of you that voted in the Apex Board election and to all of those that provided support to my efforts toward getting re-elected and serve our community and District for another 4 year term.  I am here to serve and listen.

Today is the big day !!  If you haven’t submitted a mail-in ballot you can vote at the Apex Center or Apex Community Recreation Center tomorrow between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.  I have worked collaboratively to change state policy for the better for small government, to build new and improved recreation…

The window for submitting your absentee ballot requests is winding down.  The deadline is Friday May 2nd.   If you haven’t submitted one you can still go the the Apex Center or Apex Community Recreation Center on May 6th and vote between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.  I have worked collaboratively to change…

Commissioner’s Deed Presented to Apex Park and Recreation District Left to right, Wayne Forman, Jeffco Open Space Advisory Committee Chair;  Chairman for the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners Faye Griffin;  Jim Whitfield, Apex Park and Recreation District Board Member; and Mike Miles, Executive Director of the Apex Park and Recreation District.   At the Thursday,…

Yes.  I am announcing my candidacy for my third and final four year term as one of the board of directors for the Apex Park and Recreation District.  I would be honored to earn your vote to serve the constituents of the district’s team.   There is a lot to achieve at the district between 2014…

The City was awarded a $1 million healthy places grant initiative to look at improvements in SE Arvada near the RTD stations.   I was at their kick-off meeting today as the Apex PRD is a stakeholder. There are 10’s of stakeholders and they are planning to obtain as much input from all of the community…

Your Apex PRD district has been busy.   We will soon be receiving the deed for our Simms St. Recreation Center and we have been busy working on both the inside and outside of the facility.  If you haven’t noticed we added eight Pickle-ball courts and we are about to add even more through Open Space…

On the premise that we may bundle a new 50 meter aquatics facility with a recreation center somewhere in our district I have been mulling over just where such a facility might fit on available property in our District.    The newest 50 meter aquatics facility nearby is the Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in Adams County.…

Item 8 on the agenda: Use of the Arvada Center Property for a proposed Eastside Recreation Center by the Apex Park and Recreation District. A recreation center at this site could not only centrally service residents along the entire East side of Arvada from 52nd to 88th Ave, but it could also help drive more…