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City seeks a few good teens for youth corps
By Peter Jones
The Centennial Youth Commission, the city’s advisory panel of teenagers, is looking for teens to participate in its new Mayor’s Youth Corps, which will run community outreach projects for the commission.
Unlike the commission, youth corps members are not required to be Centennial residents.
The youth corps will meet regularly to focus on issues such as teen alcohol abuse, community health and safety and environmental sustainability, says Patrick Pratt, the city’s staff liaison to the youth groups.
“The youth commission has many goals and would like to have a larger presence, than they already do, within the community,” he said. “Hence, the idea of the youth corps came about.”
The corps and the commission will work closely together to create and implement new youth-related programs within Centennial, according to Pratt, who last year at age 20 was the youngest member of the Centennial Charter Commission, the elected body that drafted the city’s voter-approved home-rule charter.
“This is a great opportunity for youth to be a part of their community and make a difference for their future,” he said.
The next youth corps meeting will beheld July 23 at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.
The youth commission was formed by the city council in 2003 as a way to provide a voice in city government to Centennial’s youth. The appointed commission is composed of 11 teens who live in Centennial.
The commission was instrumental in passage of the city’s teen-smoking ordinance and organized this spring’s Battle of the Bands in the Best Buy parking lot at Streets at Southglenn.
For more information, visit centennialcolorado.com.
Unlike the commission, youth corps members are not required to be Centennial residents.
The youth corps will meet regularly to focus on issues such as teen alcohol abuse, community health and safety and environmental sustainability, says Patrick Pratt, the city’s staff liaison to the youth groups.
“The youth commission has many goals and would like to have a larger presence, than they already do, within the community,” he said. “Hence, the idea of the youth corps came about.”
The corps and the commission will work closely together to create and implement new youth-related programs within Centennial, according to Pratt, who last year at age 20 was the youngest member of the Centennial Charter Commission, the elected body that drafted the city’s voter-approved home-rule charter.
“This is a great opportunity for youth to be a part of their community and make a difference for their future,” he said.
The next youth corps meeting will beheld July 23 at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road.
The youth commission was formed by the city council in 2003 as a way to provide a voice in city government to Centennial’s youth. The appointed commission is composed of 11 teens who live in Centennial.
The commission was instrumental in passage of the city’s teen-smoking ordinance and organized this spring’s Battle of the Bands in the Best Buy parking lot at Streets at Southglenn.
For more information, visit centennialcolorado.com.
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