Jefferson County ballots will be mailed on October 16 and drop boxes will open ahead of Election Day on November 7. Arvada ballots will include City Council elections and school board elections, as well as two statewide ballot measures: Proposition II and Proposition...
Housing
How will Proposition HH Impact Your Property Taxes in the Long Term?
Proposition HH is one of the most complicated and controversial ballot measures ever presented to voters. It is a proposition the Arvada Chamber is tracking closely given its potential impact on income-aligned housing for Arvada employees. The proposition...
Arvada Chamber Announces Housing KAPS Council to Advance Income-Aligned Housing Solutions
August 23, 2023 - ARVADA, CO. Today, the Arvada Chamber of Commerce announced its Housing KAPS Council to help Arvada and Jefferson / Adams Counties increase the stock of workforce housing to ensure workers can attain housing within reasonable proximity to their jobs....
Five Takeaways from the State of Housing
The Arvada Chamber hosted the State of Housing on August 18 as part of its Community Impact Forum series. Andrew Knudtsen, Managing Principal at Economic & Planning Systems (EPS), provided a keynote on the challenges facing the development of more essential...
B.O.L.D. BITES: Three Things to Know About Prop 123
By Marsha Barancik, Senior Vice President of Strategic Impact The Arvada Chamber congratulates the City of Arvada for being one of the first municipalities in Jefferson County and across Colorado to file a Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) commitment to increase the...
Mapping Arvada’s Income-Aligned Housing Supply
The Arvada Chamber of Commerce is now tracking the proximity of the city’s income-aligned housing inventory relative to where onsite jobs are generally located, by analyzing real-time supply of 60-120% AMI (area median income) housing inventory for sale or rent by zip...