Fifty-six million trees are planted each year to be used for future holidays, and 30 million to 35 million families will buy a real Christmas tree this year, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.

The new 14-screen Hollywood Theaters has opened at Streets at Southglenn amid five days of fanfare befitting the real Tinseltown.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of a Centennial firm involved in what officials have described as a Ponzi-like scheme. Speed of Wealth and its principals, Wayde and Donna McKelvy, have been indicted.

Arapahoe County has planted 99 young hackberry, cottonwood and oak trees in Arapahoe County Community Park. A dozen of the trees were donated by Branch Out, a local tree nursery.

A government district affected by a recent tax mix-up in Arapahoe County has agreed to a year’s extension for back taxes to be paid, but has rejected a request to waive interest payments.

Developers building homes within Arapahoe County’s Regional Transportation Impact District are getting temporary relief from a fee used to improve major arterials and construct new traffic signals in unincorporated areas.

How does an entrepreneur survive the cold winters of an economic downturn when his entire business is built around one December holiday largely tied to retail sales?