Edgewater City Weekly: August 10, 2018

From the City of Edgewater:

PARKS AND RECREATION

YOUTH SPORTS
Youth Soccer registration deadline is right around the corner. The season is set to start on September 5th, so the registration deadline is August 26th. Please register on time. With the amount of late registrations, we had last time we could have formed another team and we do not want to run into that again. We would love it if everyone could be out there playing, so make sure to sign up now at www.playedgewater.com. Youth soccer is for 5-6-year old’s, 7-9-year old’s, and 10-12-year old’s. We are not a competitive league; every player will learn the fundamentals of the sports as well as learning team play more than anything. We have players who have never touched a soccer ball, and players who have played with us for 6 years. All are encouraged to come out.

Registration Deadline: August 26th

SCHOLARSHIP
Did you know Edgewater has a scholarship program for youth programs? Edgewater will pay up to 80% of your registration fee should you qualify for this scholarship.

Applicants must meet at least one requirement for each section.

Section 1: Residency Requirement

1) Family is a resident of Edgewater

2) Children attend one of the two Edgewater Elementary Schools (Edgewater or Lumberg)

Section 2: Income Eligibility

1) Child(ren) participate in the Free and Reduced lunch program with Jefferson County School District

2) Child(ren) participates in Head Start Program

3) Family currently receives city, county, or state subsidized day care.

4) Family receives food stamps or other federal living assistance funding.

A copy of the requirement eligibility is needed at check out to be awarded a scholarship. Please call 720-763-3010 if you have any questions.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Our Community Picnic is here once again and is set for August 25th starting at 3pm. We will have jumpy castles, vendors, information booths for services around Edgewater, a small Farmers Market vendor showing, live music, and we will have a small firework show to end the evening. Please bring your family and a blanket to pick your spot along the grass to enjoy the live music and shows.

PARKS
If you haven’t walked by Citizen’s Park lately please do. We are trying to get the park back into shape with a few projects.
1) Resurface the breezeway along the exterior of the softball fence
2) Add a border and sod to north side of softball field. (We ask that everyone please stay off the fence we have protecting the newly placed sod. The fence has been found knocked down a couple of times now from jumping over it with footprints in the newly placed sod.)
3) We are also shaving down parts of the sidewalk, around the pavilion area, that has popped up from tree roots and have become a tripping hazard. This will now be shaved down to where it is flush with the surrounding sidewalk.
Along with those projects we have upgraded our irrigation clock system which will allow us to do more with irrigation and run a cycle/soak program that will save us water in the long run and still allow us to water deeper into our grass to get the roots healthy. Our Citizen’s Park has had a lot of events lately and it has taken its toll, but we have good people working to get it back.

CODE ENFORCEMENT

Graffiti: If you see graffiti anywhere in the city, whether it is on your property, a neighbor, or city property, please report it immediately so it can be removed as soon as possible.

Trash in Alleys: Please make sure all trash is in your trash and recycle containers. Trash and/or recycling not inside containers will not be picked up and you could receive a Code Violation if it is not in a container.

Joel Newton

Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.