Brighton Youth Sport Complex closure begins Aug. 20

The Brighton Youth Sport Complex will be closed to the
public starting Monday, Aug. 20.  The City of Brighton will have acontractor laying several additional concrete walkways throughout the complex
which will take about two weeks to complete...

Eagle View Adult Center offering class showcase

The Eagle View Adult Center offers more than 40 different classes for adults 55 years of age and older. To give its visitors the opportunity to learn more about the classes being offering this fall, Eagle View will host a “Back to School&rdq...

Trash Bash returning in September

The City of Brighton will offer its Trash Bash drop-off program for Brighton residents for large item disposal. Residents wishing to dispose of large items may do so from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sept. 14 and 15. All items must be brought to the Brighton Wastewate...

Victim Services Unit hosting open houses to recruit volunteers

The Brighton and Commerce City
Police Departments are seeking highly motivated individuals to become VolunteerVictim Advocates (VVA). The Victim Services Unit will be hosting a series of
open houses to give interested citizens a first-hand look into w...

Touch-A-Truck returning for second year on August 25

For the second year, the City of Brighton is bringing out the heavy machinery and asking kids to help us decorate our fleet. This event is from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, August 25, at Brighton City Hall, 500 South 4^th Avenue.

Touch-A-Truck will be a fun ...

Vision Zero survey results being implemented

The City of Brighton is now actively making upgrades around the community following the input it received from the Vision Zero survey conducted earlier this year. Vision Zero is a new initiative in Brighton aimed at eliminating all traffic fatalities and ...

Roof Permitting Update

Due to the recent hail storm in the area, the City of
Brighton has seen an unprecedented number of roof permit applications, with acontinuous increase in the number of applications daily. 

We are working diligently to process roof permits as qu...

Police prepare to go back-to-school

As Brighton families begin buying new clothes and stacks of supplies to prepare for school to restart, police officers in Brighton are also prepping for this annual event. Beginning on August 9th, BPD officers will be renewing their annual education and e...

City Council hires city attorney

Brighton City Council appointed Jack D. Bajorek City Attorney at the July 17 city council meeting. Bajorek replaces Margaret Brubaker, who recently retired after serving the city in a contract capacity for nearly 30 years. Bajorek’s first day is today.

Pri...

Major construction projects underway, alternative routes advised

The City of Brighton is gearing up to start a number of major construction projects to improve the roadways we all use every day when driving around town. These roadway improvements will be starting as early as this month and are expected to be complete l...

Director of Information Technology appointed

City of Brighton City
Manager Philip Rodriguez is pleased to announce the appointment of David Guo toserve as Director of Information Technology. As Director, Guo will oversee technology
infrastructure and security, business services, and location ser...

Come enjoy downtown’s new parklet

The Brighton community now has a new space to enjoy while spending time in historic downtown Brighton. The city’s first parklet is set to open Friday. The Brighton Urban Renewal Authority (BURA), with funding assistance from the City of Brighton...

Applications for projects still being accepted for Brighton Investment Program

In December, the Brighton Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) in partnership with the Brighton Urban Renewal Authority (BURA) and the Brighton Lodging Tax Committee launched the Brighton Investment Program (BIP), a business assistance program designed...

Brighton Recreation Center offering Monday classes for School District 27J students

The Brighton Recreation Center has created special programming to accommodate School District 27J students who are looking for fun activities on non-contact Mondays.

Registration for RecPlay Monday programming will be available starting on Monday, July 16....

Director of Public Works appointed

City of Brighton City Manager Philip Rodriguez is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Woodruff to Director of Public Works. As Director, Woodruff will oversee streets services, fleet services, and construction inspections.

Woodruff came to the C...

Brighton Youth Commission looking for adult members

The Brighton Youth Commission (BYC), is looking for two adults to join its mission of advocating for youth by providing them the opportunity to learn, lead, and serve through community outreach, service projects, and establishing youth-adult partnerships....

What to do with your hail damaged trees

The hail storm that rolled through Brighton on Monday left many homes, cars and trees damaged. Many residents know what to do with their homes and cars that were damaged but the proper ways to care for your trees might surprise you.

First, even if leaves a...

KBRI-8, Brighton’s community television channel, now in high-definition

The
City of Brighton’s television channel is now available in high-definition (HD)to some residents. KBRI-8 provides our community with live city council
meetings, local special events, featured issues, arts, cultural, andeducational programming.

&am...

City of Brighton awarded two open space grants

On Tuesday, the Adams County Board of
Commissioners (BOCC) awarded the City of Brighton $554,800 in open space grantsfor two projects thanks to the voter-approved Open Space Sales Tax. Funding for
this grant cycle came from revenues from the second ha...

Big Little Idea Contest winners announced

The four winners of the Big Little Idea Contest were announced and
recognized at the city council meeting on Tuesday, May 1. The recipients of theBig Little Idea contest each received a check for $750 and will have until
December 18, 2018 to implement...

Street Preservation Project starting first week in May

The City of Brighton’s 2018 Street Preservation Project will
begin construction the first week of May. Work will begin on Main Street northof Bromley Lane and will continue at designated areas until mid-November.
During the six months, the f...

Monthly gardening events planned for summer

Those with a green thumb have a new resource at their
fingertips! Cassey Anderson with the Adams County Master Gardeners will beholding monthly meetings in Brighton throughout the summer. She’ll offer
research based advice and information fo...

City Council adopts 2018 budget

The Brighton City Council adopted the 2018 budget by an 8-0 vote at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. One council member was absent from the meeting. The vote approved $99,047,975 in all the operating, capital, utility (water, wastewater and storm drainage)...