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Strong leadership at the water helm
Information and photos provided by CPNMD
The Castle Pines North Metro District (CPNMD) Board of Directors appointed Chuck Lowen to ll the available board vacancy created last October.
Lowen owns
and manages
a successful commercial property management
and brokerage company that he formed in 2006. He has expertise in every facet of real
estate property management, leasing, sales, brokerage,
development and consulting, and has more than 48 years of experience in commercial and residential property and asset management, construction management, and real estate brokerage.
Lowen is the property manager and real- estate agent for Village Square at Castle Pines, which is home to many Castle Pines small businesses and community partners, including Duke’s Steakhouse, Pino’s Italian Kitchen & Bar, The Bundt Shoppe, Podiatry Associates and Douglas County Libraries – Castle Pines.
“Chuck is a savvy, civic-minded resident, whose voice and relationships with our small business community, previous Metro District leaders have historically ignored
or summarily dismissed,” said Director Robert Merritt. “Moving forward, I think that our board, residents and businesses
are extraordinarily fortunate to have the bene t of Chuck’s wisdom and professional experiences.”
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Home Rule Charter Commission in place
Information and photo provided by the City of Castle Pines
Pictured left to right: Bill Hodges, Ron Cole, Geo Blue, Fredrick Lee, Jean Henry, Erik Bowman, Jim Mulvey, Carol Lewis, Dave Brennan, James Coudeyras, Charley Heard, Judge Louis Gresh and Je rey Hu ; not pictured: Doug Gilbert.
The 13-member Home Rule Charter Commission was sworn in on Thursday, November 29 and began work on drafting the City of Castle Pines charter document. The Commission’s goal is to present the draft charter to City Council and the community in early 2019. Look for periodic Charter Commission updates online at castlepinesco.gov.
New RTD fares to take effect January 2
Chuck Lowen
Separately, the board named Jim Worley as its full- time, in-house district manager, and in so doing, removed the word ‘interim’ from his title.
Information provided by RTD
Changes to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) fares and pass programs
will begin on January 2, including the implementation of a youth fare that increases the discount o ered to riders between 6 and 19 years old to 70 percent.
The new, age-based youth discount – no longer requiring enrollment in elementary, middle or high school – is one of several key changes that will take e ect in the new year.
Another new product is the three-hour pass, enabling riders to travel for up to three hours in any direction within the fare category for which they have paid (e.g., local, regional), replacing the current one-way transfer or ticket.
New RTD fares take e ect at 3 a.m. January 2, at the start of the service day. Over the New Year’s holiday, RTD will o er its riders 32 hours of free service starting at 7 p.m. on December 31, 2018, through 2:59 a.m. January 2, 2019.
Additional new reduced-fare programs have been implemented for 2019 as well. All of the changes being made re ect feedback RTD received from thousands of people during the most recent fare review process, scheduled to take place every three years.
For additional information, call RTD customer care at 303-299-6000 or visit rtd-denver.com/fares-2019.shtml.
Jim Worley
“The directors and I worked diligently these last couple of months to build relationships of mutual respect and trust,” said Worley. “They, and the entire community, can rest assured that the heavy lifting required to deliver on the board’s renewable water vision will continue with renewed vigor.”
“In the two months
that he has been our interim district manager, Jim has constantly demonstrated superior management and interpersonal skills,” said Director Denise Crew.