Business

COMMERCE CITY — A public hearing is scheduled for July 23 at the Adams County Government Center to discuss a conditional use permit request for the proposed Big Toy Ranch, an open, outdoor storage facility for vehicles.

A request for comments period regarding the application ended July 3, and those comments are to be included in a staff report likely to be presented at the July 23 meeting.

DENVER — Figures indicate that new vehicle sales are on the rise statewide in 2015.

Colorado Automobile Dealers Association president Tim Jackson said in a May 26 press release that registrations increased by 3.5 percent in Colorado in April of this year, compared to 2014, and added that those figures are consistent with trends of more new car purchases overall in 2015 in Colorado. 

COMMERCE CITY — Alpine Waste & Recycling has acquired the rights to A-1 Organics’ commercial container/retail-based compost pick-up routes in a strategic partnership that will allow A-1 to continue receiving and processing those compostable materials.

BRIGHTON — With about 800 in attendance at the annual meeting, United Power members gave their collective nod to the incumbents in the April 15 director election at the Adams County Fairgrounds.

Tim Erickson retained his East District seat, garnering 2,959 votes to top Bruce Sparrow (1,487 votes) and Thomson "Thom" Stanfield (960 votes).