{"id":1318605,"date":"2020-03-06T17:21:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T00:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994342"},"modified":"2020-03-09T08:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:47:26","slug":"colorado-gov-jared-polis-visits-glenwood-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-gov-jared-polis-visits-glenwood-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Gov. Jared Polis visits Glenwood Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks with members of the community during a public meeting on Friday morning.<\/strong>
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks with members of the community during a public meeting on Friday morning.<\/strong>
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Gov. Jared Polis exited his black suburban shortly after 8 a.m. in Glenwood Springs on Friday.<\/p>\n

Polis\u2019 first order of business was to tour a future affordable housing site, which once completed will provide units for Iron Mountain Hot Springs, Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and Colorado Department of Transportation employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need both,\u201d Polis, a Democrat, said with respect to free market and affordable housing. \u201cThis is an example of a good partnership that\u2019ll have 19 units; about five will be (for) our state employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gov. Jared Polis, center, speaks to Iron Mountain Hot Springs and Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Owner Steve Beckley, right. Matthew Bennett \/ Post Independent<\/strong>
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Following his tour of the site located just east of Iron Mountain Hot Springs and immediately south of Interstate 70, the governor headed to Morgridge Commons. <\/p>\n

John Krousouloudis, chair of the Garfield County Democrats, introduced Polis to the nearly 100 people in attendance Friday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe took on the role over a year ago, and what I personally love is he\u2019s delivering results,\u201d Krousouloudis said.<\/p>\n

Polis discussed the ongoing mission of examining state-owned properties and how they could be repurposed to meet the needs of local communities like Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing a full inventory of all of our state-owned properties,\u201d Polis said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with you for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polis also commended Glenwood Springs for becoming one of the few cities in the U.S. to be powered entirely by renewable energy. Last year, city council unanimously approved a resolution to purchase wind power supplied by the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska.   <\/p>\n

\u201cI was just highlighting Glenwood Springs and Aspen at the Net Zero Cities conference in Loveland yesterday,\u201d Polis said. \u201cOf course our goal is 100% renewable energy statewide by 2040.\u201d <\/p>\n

In addition to housing and renewable energy, it wasn\u2019t long before COVID-19 was brought up. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced Thursday that two people had tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Colorado. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to act initially, strongly and boldly to try to contain it,\u201d Polis said. \u201cCongress did get their act together to pass an emergency supplemental (bill) of about $8 billion, which we\u2019re appreciative of. I think it\u2019ll be signed shortly by the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

DACA recipient Mateo Lozano, 25, said he attended Friday\u2019s meet and greet to ask Polis if he would sign a Senate bill that would protect individuals from civil arrest while present at a courthouse. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to be able to be safe when you go to a courthouse,\u201d Lozano said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I want to take advantage of any chance possible to talk to the Governor about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a>   <\/em><\/p>\n

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