Jan Bach

Councilmember, Ward 1

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I have been a Adams County resident for 30 years and a Thornton resident for 20 of those years. I moved to Thornton because I liked its rural feel and abundance of homegrown produce, dairy products and top grade fresh meat. I have watched our community evolve from its agricultural roots to a busy city filled with retail, restaurants and growing neighborhoods. In the eighties I gave birth to a beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. This wonderful young woman, now in her twenties, has taught me much about patience, acceptance of human differences, and setting priorities that are of real value.

During the past 20 years I have served the citizens of Adams County in a variety of forums.

• I served as vice-chairman of a board whose priority was meeting the needs of families with special needs children and providing early childhood intervention through the Colorado Department of Education.
  
  
• I organized groups in two counties to assist school districts in the development of inclusion strategies in their neighborhood schools.
  
  
• While working for an organization in Denver, I served families forced into homelessness due to job loss, illness, high housing costs, domestic violence, and lack of access to higher education. Many of the families I served were my neighbors in Adams County and many had been evicted from the corporately owned mobile home parks in Thornton.
  
  
• For the past seven years I served as chair of the Mobile Homeowners Tenant Association of Redwood Estates (MHOTA), which is a statewide organization committed to balancing the power between corporate owners and mobile homeowners.
  
  
• I currently also serve on the Adams County Community Development Advisory Board to the County Commissioners for oversight of the Community Service Block Grant monies and on the Adams County Housing Task Force who is committed to affordable housing.

I am honored to serve the citizens of Thornton in making our city a buffet of opportunities for the many working families who call Thornton “home.” Citizens can contact Jan Bach via e-mail Jan.Bach@cityofthornton.net or through the City of Thornton at 303-538-7534.