Article Contributed on: 6/15/2009 1:25:28 AM
The
Thornton Revitalization Task Force is a group of Thornton residents, business leaders and stakeholders, who were recruited from all areas of Thornton and appointed by city council to serve the city residents by providing a pathway of suggestions and needs to make Thornton a better community for all.
The group, met at seven general meetings with an additional five or six concentrated small group meetings an additional two or three times over the first 6 months of 2009.
The group was assisted as mentors by
Dennis Donald and
John Huyler of the
Ospry Group and city of Thornton staff
Matt Barnes,
Robin Brown,
Jeff Coder,
Jenny Dowdell,
Nicole Jeffers,
Pam Meis,
Tamara Nielsen,
Martin Postma, and
Susanna Sotelo.
The citizens we represented by:
Val Brown (ward 2 resident),
Lillian "Chicki" Cabral (ward 1 resident),
Clarke Carlson (ward 4 resident),
Angelo Celeste (ward 4),
Jenice Dove (ward 1 resident and city council candidate),
Ernestine Garcia (ward 2 resident),
Mack Goodman (ward 1 resident and city council candidate),
Nicole Hanlen (ward 2 resident),
Jessica Hiddle,
Kathy Hill (ward 2 resident),
Dean Kallis (ward 4 resident),
Sue Kuhl (ward 4 resident),
John LeFebvre (ward 2 resident),
Jerilynn Martinez,
Gabe McBride (ward 1 and city council candidate),
Michael Miller,
Greg Moran,
Gene Myers,
Lee Overholt,
Homer Paddock (ward 3 resident),
Jacque Phillips (ward 1 resident),
Chris Rieks (ward 3 resident),
Joe Rutherford (ward 2 resident),
Gina Salazar (ward 1 resident),
Carol Snyder (ward 4 resident),
Gary Staples (ward 2 resident),
Brian Thornton (ward 3 and city council candidate),
Howard Tress (ward 3 resident),
Tony Unrein (ward 4 resident),
Val Vigil (ward 2 resident), and
Dana West (ward 3 resident).
The City of Thornton is Currently seeking six Task Force members. If you are interested and are not currently a candidate for City Council or a member of another City Board or commission, please consider applying for a position on the Advisory Board. The board members will determine the meeting day, time, and whether they will be meeting on a monthly or every-other-month basis. Staff anticipates that the selection of Advisory Board members will be completed by the end of the summer and the Thornton Revitalization Advisory Board will have a first meeting in the fall.
For complete Information on the Thornton Revitalization Task Force, it's members, reports, or minutes, please visit
http://www.cityofthornton.net/Neighbor/RevitalizationTaskForce/