Category Archives: Aurora

Aurora Furlough

This Friday is a mandatory furlough day for all city employees. Luckily, Aurora’s golf courses will remain open. From the city’s website:
Furloughs are being used as a cost avoidance to help balance the 2010 budget, in addition to the reductions that have occurred across the city. Many cities across the state are using furloughs during […]

Aurora declares its own land “blight”

The Aurora City Council agreed Monday that a nearly vacant field near Interstate 70 and E-470 could be considered blight, paving the way for negotiations to begin on tax incentives for a massive $1.5-billion urban development.
Blight. Merriam-Webster defines it as something that frustrates plans or hopes. Maybe the new plans for that area don’t mean […]