Experience Counts.
Karen served on the first Wheat Ridge 2020 Board of Directors and is currently chair of the planning committee
“Wheat Ridge residents should be excited by the prospects for the city's future. The Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy and Wheat Ridge 2020 can help put the struggling city back on the regional map. The vision the council demonstrated in putting this plan together is refreshing.”
–Wheat Ridge Transcript, 2005
Karen Berry understands the needs facing the residents of District I.
- Wheat Ridge City Council representing District I since 2003
- Wheat Ridge Planning Commission
- Wheat Ridge Liquor Authority
- Wheat Ridge 2020, Board of Directors
- Certified Planner, American Institute of Certified Planners, with more than 20 years experience in community planning
- BSc. Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines.
- Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control
- Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality
- Professional Geologist
Giving back to the community, support Karen for her civic service
Current Community Activities:
- Planning Chair, Wheat Ridge 2020
- Board Alternate, Denver Regional Council of Governments
- Policy Committee, Colorado Municipal League
- Board of Directors, Jefferson Conservation District
- President, Coalition for the Upper South Platte
- President, Upper South Platte Watershed Association
- Urban Committee, National Association of Conservation Districts.
- Front Range Fuels Treatment Partnership
- Urban Chair, Colorado Association of Conservation Districts
Completed Community Activities:
- Citizen Review Panel, Wheat Ridge Architectural Design Manual and 38th Avenue Streetscape
- Citizen Review Panel, Founder’s Park Design
- Coach, Odyssey of the Mind
- Jefferson County Expansive Soils Task Force
- Jefferson County Engineering Advisory Board Committee, Colorado Natural Hazards Mitigation Council
- Participated in development of the Jefferson County Central Plains Community Plan, North Plains Community Plan, and Evergreen Community Plan
- Colorado Conservation Leadership Program
- Executive Committee, Jefferson County Mountain Ground Water Resource Study
Protection of open space, drinking water, and natural resources are important to Karen. As a member of the Jefferson Conservation District, she volunteered in restoration efforts after several severe wildfires. Karen Berry (left) and the USDA Forest Service, participate in a field review at the site of the Hayman Fire.