http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5More than a dozen local leaders demonstrated their tortilla making talents on Friday as part of ‘Tortillas for Tepeyac’—a fundraiser for local nonprofit health provider, Clinica Tepeyac.      Among those engaging in the tortilla tomfoolery at  Denver's Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Hall wer...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~48446.aspx1/27/2006 2:35:14 PMJeff MartinezThe Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund recently presented a $29,000 grant to Clínica Tepeyac to promote the benefits of mammograms, self- and clinical-breast examinations to Latinas throughout the metro area. The north Denver health clinic will use the funds to reduce the disparity in breast ca...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~52783.aspx2/12/2006 5:21:08 PMJeff MartinezThe Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund recently presented a $29,000 grant to Clínica Tepeyac to promote the benefits of mammograms, self- and clinical-breast examinations to Latinas throughout the metro area. The north Denver health clinic will use the funds to reduce the disparity in breast ca...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverSouth/Stories/News/General-News/Story~52784.aspx2/12/2006 5:42:54 PMJeff MartinezAurora’s Community Development Division expects to see renewed interest this year in an initiative that helps property owners renovate aging apartment buildings throughout the city. First introduced in 1982 and funded through the federal Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~56731.aspx2/24/2006 3:32:52 PMJeff MartinezAurora City Council members Renie Peterson and Deborah Wallace are working cooperatively to benefit north Aurora youngsters. The elected officials this winter are visiting area elementary and middle schools as part of their North Aurora School Wish List Project --an effort to leverage pr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~63991.aspx3/17/2006 10:03:09 AMJeff MartinezAurora City Council members Renie Peterson and Deborah Wallace are working cooperatively to benefit north Aurora youngsters. The elected officials this winter are visiting area elementary and middle schools as part of their North Aurora School Wish List Project--an effort to leverage priv...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~64038.aspx3/17/2006 10:45:02 AMJeff MartinezComposer, musician, singer and actor Daniel Valdez will perform many of the songs he's written over the course of an impressive career that spans four decades as the entertainment headliner Clnica Tepeyac's "Fiesta on the Plaza:Caring for the Next Generation," a fundraising event set for 6 - ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~64319.aspx3/18/2006 12:24:20 PMJeff MartinezClnica Tepeyac has added two key staffers that will help thenorth Denver health care clinic deliver health care services andeducation to the metro area's medically uninsured residents. Maya Vigil has been named the clinic's newDevelopment Director. Previously, the 26 year-old Denver res...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~67148.aspx3/26/2006 11:51:49 AMJeff MartinezResponding to Aurora's emergence as a growing retail hub, theAurora Business Development Center (BDC) is set to host a specialseminar series targeting retailers. Set for 7:30 - 9 a.m. Wednesdays, April 5 - 26, the Aurora BDC'sfour week Details of Retail' seminar series is designed to giv...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~67717.aspx3/27/2006 2:42:49 PMJeff MartinezResponding to Aurora's emergence as a growing retail hub, theAurora Business Development Center (BDC) is set to host a specialseminar series targeting retailers. Set for 7:30 - 9 a.m. Wednesdays, April 5 - 26, the Aurora BDC'sfour week Details of Retail' seminar series is designed to give...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~67723.aspx3/27/2006 2:55:42 PMJeff MartinezWHO: The Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership is seekingartistswithAsian-themed works in their portfolio to participate inan art exhibit during the Ninth Aurora Asian Film Festival, June 1- 4, 2006. WHAT: Artwork with Asian themes is desired. Hanging pieces of artare prefera...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~67747.aspx3/27/2006 3:22:14 PMJeff MartinezWhich Colorado city has the fastest employees? Will Englewoodtarnish Golden? Can Rifle shoot down Gunnison? Is Colorado Springsbolder than Boulder? On April 4, the mayors of Aurora, Denver and Lakewood threw downthe gauntlet to all Colorado towns and cities, challenging them tocompete f...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~71349.aspx4/4/2006 3:58:54 PMJeff MartinezUnderstanding the power of the pulpit to reach the community,the Aurora Police Department (APD) hosted a conference today withlocal clergy to highlight its people, programs and policies. More than 100 local ministers, community leaders and arearesidents turned out for the Aurora Police...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~71580.aspx4/5/2006 12:24:41 PMJeff MartinezUnderstanding the power of the pulpit to reach the community,the Aurora Police Department (APD) hosted a conference today withlocal clergy to highlight its people, programs and policies. More than 100 local ministers, community leaders and arearesidents turned out for the Aurora Police...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~71597.aspx4/5/2006 12:48:49 PMJeff MartinezFor the first time, the Aurora Business Development Center (BDC)will expand its Small Business Revolving Loan program toentrepreneurs citywide, making even more qualified Aurora smallbusiness owners eligible for thousands of dollars in financialassistance. Originally created to help no...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~77506.aspx4/21/2006 11:59:08 AMJeff MartinezFor the first time, the Aurora Business Development Center (BDC)will expand its Small Business Revolving Loan program toentrepreneurs citywide, making even more qualified Aurora smallbusiness owners eligible for thousands of dollars in financialassistance. Originally created to help no...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~77508.aspx4/21/2006 12:01:26 PMJeff MartinezAn Aurora-based leadership group is set to spearhead a day ofselflessness in the state's third largest city. On Saturday, May 13, Leadership Aurora will coordinate theinaugural Aurora Unite! A Day of Giving -- the first event of itskind to recruit and mobilize an army of volunteers to...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~77563.aspx4/21/2006 1:49:12 PMJeff MartinezAn Aurora-based leadership group is set to spearhead a day ofselflessness in the state's third largest city. On Saturday, May 13, Leadership Aurora will coordinate theinaugural Aurora Unite! A Day of Giving -- the first event of itskind to recruit and mobilize an army of volunteers t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~77572.aspx4/21/2006 2:04:01 PMJeff MartinezThe Aurora Police Department's Victim Services Unit on Tuesday,April 25, will host the 3rd Annual Flag Ceremony to commemorateVictims Rights Week. Set to begin at 12 noon on the steps of the Aurora MunicipalJustice Center, 14999 E. Alameda Parkway, the department will stagethe event to...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~77689.aspx4/21/2006 5:26:27 PMJeff MartinezThe Aurora Police Department's Victim Services Unit on Tuesday,April 25, will host the 3rd Annual Flag Ceremony to commemorateVictims Rights Week. Set to begin at 12 noon on the steps of the Aurora MunicipalJustice Center, 14999 E. Alameda Parkway, the department will stagethe event to...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~77690.aspx4/21/2006 5:28:31 PMJeff MartinezA caring community coalition will help the state develop atobacco cessation program for metro area Latinos. The Colorado Dept. of Public Health and the Environment recentlypresented a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit alliance of theColorado Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic N...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~80271.aspx4/29/2006 12:18:06 PMJeff MartinezA caring community coalition will help the state develop atobacco cessation program for metro area Latinos. The Colorado Dept. of Public Health and the Environment recentlypresented a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit alliance of theColorado Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic N...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverSouth/Stories/News/General-News/Story~80274.aspx4/29/2006 12:24:30 PMJeff MartinezBRIGHTON -- Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. (BRI) is about togive a boost to a bounty of Brighton-based abodes. This Saturday, May 6,the nonprofit housing services providerwill work with volunteers from several faith-based organizations toparticipate in the city's inaugural Help for Homes ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Brighton/Stories/News/General-News/Story~81199.aspx5/2/2006 12:29:57 PMJeff MartinezFrom the East Colfax corridor to the Cherry Creek Reservoir, volunteers will be hard at work in Aurora this Saturday. That's when a group of business and community leaders will coordinate the inaugural "Aurora Unite! A Day of Giving"-- the first event of its kind to mobilize volunteers in the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~84152.aspx5/10/2006 3:09:33 PMJeff MartinezThey came. The cleaned. They contributed to the community. From the East Colfax corridor to the Cherry Creek Reservoir, more than 150 volunteers participated last Saturday in the inaugural "Aurora Unite! A Day of Giving"-- the first event of its kind to mobilize volunteers in the state's third...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~85999.aspx5/16/2006 3:49:19 PMJeff MartinezThey came. The cleaned. They contributed to the community. From the East Colfax corridor to the Cherry Creek Reservoir, more than 150 volunteers participated last Saturday in the inaugural "Aurora Unite! A Day of Giving"-- the first event of its kind to mobilize volunteers in the state's third...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~86011.aspx5/16/2006 4:18:45 PMJeff MartinezTickets are now on sale for the metro area's premier cinematic celebration. The Ninth Aurora Asian Film Festival returns to the Aurora Fox Arts Center June 1-4, and will feature nearly a dozen films chronicling the Asian-Pacific experience through the lens of filmmakers from China, Japan, Mongo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~90020.aspx5/30/2006 11:16:26 AMJeff MartinezTickets are now on sale for the metro area's premier cinematic celebration. The Aurora Asian Film Festival returns to the Aurora Fox Arts Center for the ninth time June 1-4, and will feature nearly a dozen films chronicling the Asian-Pacific experience through the lens of filmmakers from China,...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/News/General-News/Story~90040.aspx5/30/2006 11:46:00 AMJeff MartinezThe Ninth Aurora Asian Film Festival returns to the Fox Arts Center with a star-studded premiere on June 1, and will feature nearly a dozen films chronicling the Asian-Pacific experience through the lens of filmmakers from China, Japan, Mongolia, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, and the U.S....http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~90044.aspx5/30/2006 11:57:13 AMJeff MartinezBusiness is booming in the African-American community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 1.2 million African-American business owners nationwide-up 45 percent from 1997. That growth has fueled rising revenues, as receipts from black-owned businesses have grown a collect...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Opinion/Write-a-Column/Story~90923.aspx6/1/2006 12:10:33 PMJeff Martinez