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71-689: Ball Corporation is a global aluminum manufacturing company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado . It is best known for its early production of glass jars , lids, and related products used for home canning . Since its founding in Buffalo, New York , in 1880, when it was known as the Wooden Jacket Can Company, the Ball company has expanded and diversified into other business ventures, including aerospace technology. It eventually became

142-510: A Ball Brother metal fabricating factory. The brothers decided to add their logo onto the surface of the glass jars, which were amber or aqua (blue-green) at the time. On February 13, 1886, the five brothers incorporated the business under the name Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company. About the same time the factory in Buffalo was destroyed by fire in 1886, the brothers began to consider moving their business closer to natural gas supplies. While on

213-469: A German-based metal-can beverage company and created Ball Packaging Europe. This move boosted Ball’s beverage can sales by more than $ 1 billion USD annually.   Sensing an opportunity to expand its packaging business in other categories, Ball entered the steel aerosol business in 2006 with the acquisition of U.S. Can, an U.S.-based steel aerosol and specialty metal packaging company. 2009 brought two milestones to Ball Corporation. First, on March 6, 2009,

284-801: A brick Italianate house now known as the Bowles House . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The village of DeSpain Junction grew into a small farming community and continued to attract new settlers despite the difficulty of farming in Colorado's arid climate. Connecticut real estate developer C.J. Harris arrived in DeSpain Junction in 1885 and purchased the DeSpain farm, among others. Harris combined

355-632: A bus rapid transit service that travels in the US 36 express lanes. The Westminster Center park-n-Ride operated by the RTD is located on both sides of U.S. 36 and is immediately across Sheridan Boulevard from the site. Approximately 1,546 people per weekday board at this facility, with approximately 498 buses per day serving this park-n-Ride. RTD opened the B Line to the public in 2016 which brings commuter rail service between downtown Denver and Westminster Station . The 6 miles of commuter rail transports riders from

426-517: A business trip in Cleveland, Ohio , Frank heard about the natural gas boom in Findlay, Ohio . After visiting the town, he told Edmund about the economic advantages of using natural gas instead of coal for manufacturing glass. Edmund visited several towns in the gas fields, including Muncie, Indiana . The two brothers decided to make a more extensive trip to investigate the possibility of establishing

497-409: A city and changed its name to Westminster, in honor of the university which is now on the National Register of Historic Places. In July 2006, it was ranked as the 24th best place to live in the US by Money magazine. Westminster City Hall features a 14-story bell tower topped by a pyramid shaped steel mesh structure. The 130-foot spire, which is widely known and referenced as a community landmark,

568-637: A continuation of the company's difficulties in Muncie, workers organized with Local 200 (Glass Workers) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) at the main facility, and went on strike in March 1910 in advocacy of wage increases. A settlement was quickly reached on March 29, but company management reneged on the agreement and threatened to declare a lockout . The strike continued, but was weakened by

639-522: A factory in Poughkeepsie, New York . Around 1885 a group of Belgian glassblowers who were passing through Buffalo encouraged the Ball brothers to build their own factory. The Ball brothers purchased land in East Buffalo, where they built a two-story brick building for the stamping works and a one-story frame factory for the glass works. Although a fire destroyed an early glass factory in Buffalo,

710-590: A glass factory closer to an abundant supply of natural gas. They briefly had doubts about extending beyond Buffalo, but decided to explore the use of natural gas as a means of expanding their glass-making business. Frank and Edmund first visited in Fostoria, Ohio , where they were enthusiastically welcomed. The next stop was Bowling Green, Ohio . After a night in town, Edmund returned to Buffalo, but Frank remained. After Frank had been in Bowling Green for about

781-631: A new Westminster High School replacing both the existing Westminster High School and Ranum High School , which graduated its last class that year. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School is a pre-k3 through 8th grade Christian school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Westminster. Westminster has an extensive trail network and open space system. The highlight of the trail system

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852-446: A proposal that offered the Ball brothers 7 acres (2.8 hectares) of land for a factory site, a gas well, and $ 5,000 in cash to encourage the move to Muncie. In addition, city officials agreed to provide a railroad connection to the brothers' new facilities. By September 1887 construction had begun on the Muncie factory and the Ball brothers began plans to move their glass manufacturing operations from New York. Frank remained in Muncie to get

923-600: A publicly traded stock company on the New York Stock Exchange in 1973. The stock began trading at $ 26 per share (not split adjusted) on the NYSE on December 17, 1973. Ball stock has split two-for-one six times since going public. Ball's trading symbol is BALL. Ball no longer produces its glass canning jars. In 1996, Ball exited the home-canning business when it established a subsidiary named Alltrista, which consisted of seven smaller Ball subsidiaries that included

994-416: A week, he received a telegram from James Boyce, a Muncie businessman. Frank, who had become weary of Bowling Green, was ready for a change and "decided to run down to Muncie and see what they had to offer." As Frank recalled his early discussions with Muncie's town leaders, "There was nothing about the town that particularly appealed to me, but the men were all courteous, kind, and businesslike." Frank agreed to

1065-816: Is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor . The Westminster Municipal Center is located 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver . Gold discovered in the South Platte River Valley in 1858 brought national attention to the area that would become Westminster, Colorado. The promise of fortune and The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged many pioneers from

1136-526: Is bordered to the north by Broomfield , to the northeast by Thornton , to the east by Northglenn and Federal Heights , to the southeast by Sherrelwood , Twin Lakes and Berkley , and to the south by Arvada . At the 2020 United States Census , the town had a total area of 21,695 acres (87.796 km ) including 1,480 acres (5.990 km ) of water. As of the census of 2000, there were 100,940 people, 38,343 households, and 26,034 families residing in

1207-561: Is known as the known as the CSX 8888 incident . It traveled more than 65 miles south of Toledo before being stopped by a veteran railroad worker near Kenton; he jumped into the train while it was moving. No one was hurt and there was no property damage in the incident. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 12.61 square miles (32.66 km ), of which 12.56 square miles (32.53 km )

1278-581: Is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km ) is water. Bowling Green is within an area of land that was once the Great Black Swamp which was drained and settled in the 19th century. The nutrient-rich soil makes for highly productive farm land. Bowling Green, Ohio is in the North Western hemisphere at approximately 41.376132°N, -83.623897°W. As of the census of 2010, there were 30,028 people, 11,288 households, and 4,675 families living in

1349-545: Is located on the northeast side of the city, along and north of Wooster Street ( Ohio State Route 64 , Ohio State Route 105 ). As of September 2020, it has 20,232 students. Bowling Green has the main branch of the Wood County District Public Library. A public demand response bus service is operated by the city through B.G. Transit. Bowling Green State University offers shuttle services via its own buses with routes throughout campus and

1420-616: Is the Big Dry Creek Trail which extends approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the eastern boundary of the city to Standley Lake. Other trails parallel the Farmers' High Line Canal, Walnut Creek, and Little Dry Creek . Westminster began preserving open spaces in 1985 when voters first approved a sales tax specifically earmarked to acquire and maintain open space. The city now owns more than 3,000 acres in all parts of Westminster. The city has preserved large expanses of land in

1491-475: The Great Depression and World War II . Prior to 1933, Ball was the largest domestic manufacturer of home canning jars. In 1939 it manufactured 54% of all the canning jars made in the US. A drop in demand for the jars during the 1930s led the Ball brothers to begin manufacturing other types of jars and bottles for commercial use, and eventually expanding into other lines of business. During World War II

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1562-708: The Standley Lake Regional Park Archived February 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , and the Westminster Hills area, among others. Westminster City Park, City Park Recreation Center Archived February 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , and many other neighborhood and community parks provide various recreation facilities. Westminster has several golf courses, including Legacy Ridge Golf Course, The Heritage Golf Course at Westmoor, Walnut Creek Golf Course and

1633-791: The Western Fuels Association . Westminsters' top employers represent leading companies in high-tech, medical, energy, and other expanding fields. In 2019 the top ten primary employers in Westminster, ranked by number of employees included: High schools in or near Westminster include the Academy of Charter Schools, Hidden Lake High School, Jefferson Academy High School , Legacy High School, Mountain Range High School, Northglenn High School , Pomona High School , Standley Lake High School , and Westminster High School . In 2010 Adams County School District 50 opened

1704-571: The Westminster Mall , demolished in 2012 to make way for the Downtown Westminster development. Downtown Westminster is a 105-acre site almost equidistant between downtown Denver and Boulder. The new downtown will feature 18 acres of parks and public space. It integrates Smart City functionality to reduce consumption of water and energy and will have smart streetlights, parking garages, and meters. Development began with

1775-626: The 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), among many others. Westminster, Colorado The City of Westminster is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Jefferson counties , Colorado , United States. The city population was 116,317 at the 2020 United States Census with 71,240 residing in Adams County and 45,077 residing in Jefferson County. Westminster is the eighth most populous city in Colorado. The city

1846-588: The Ball Aerospace-built Kepler spacecraft carrying the largest camera ever sent by NASA beyond Earth’s orbit, was successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL. The second milestone arrived when Ball acquired four metal beverage can plants from AB InBev. Just one year later in 2010, Ball owned the title of the largest supplier of aluminum slugs in the world with two acquisitions of Neuman Aluminum and Aerocan S.A.S. In 2016, Ball acquired British firm Rexam plc to become

1917-477: The Ball Corporation in 1969, it acquired Jeffco Manufacturing Company, a maker of recyclable aluminum beverage cans, and became the largest producer of recyclable beverage cans in the world. Although glass production in Muncie ceased in 1962, it continued at other Ball plants until its final glass manufacturing operations were sold in 1996. Ball Corporation's stock went public on July 13, 1972. It became

1988-578: The Ball Corporation in 1969. It became a publicly traded stock company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BLL in 1973. On May 10, 2022, the company changed its ticker symbol to BALL. Ball no longer produces glass mason jars and the home canning business altogether in 1996 by spinning off a former subsidiary (Alltrista) into a free-standing company, which renamed itself Jarden Corporation. In 2016, Jarden Corporation merged with Newell Rubbermaid to become Newell Brands who owns

2059-421: The Ball brand for mason jars and home canning supplies. In 1880, Frank C. and Edmund B. Ball borrowed close to $ 200 from George Harvey Ball, their uncle and founder and first president of Keuka College , to purchase the Wooden Jacket Can Company, a small manufacturing business located in Buffalo, New York . Soon, William, Lucius, and George Ball joined their brothers, Frank and Edmund, in Buffalo. (Years later,

2130-489: The Ball brothers installed gas converters to use Indiana coal in their factories and continued manufacturing operations. The company's F. C. Ball machine, patented in 1898, introduced mass production into its glass-blowing process and gave it a competitive market advantage. By 1905 the company was producing 60 million canning jars per year and had acquired other glass manufacturers, expanding its operations to include seven factories in addition to its main facilities at Muncie. In

2201-510: The Ball jar and other canning-related products. When Alltrista Corporation became a separate company in April 1993, Ball shareholders received one share of Alltrista stock for every four shares of Ball stock. Alltrista was renamed Jarden Corporation in 2001. In 2016, Jarden merged with Newell Rubbermaid to become Newell Brands. Today, Newell Brands has the license to use the Ball registered trademark on its line of home-canning products. Ball became

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2272-525: The Hyland Hills golf course. Downtown Westminster intersects directly with the new U.S. 36 Bikeway linking the largest trail system in the Front Range with over 145 miles. Westminster is home to The Orchard Town Center, an outdoor mall featuring over 90 speciality retailers, dining and entertainment located at the intersection of I-25 and 144th Avenue. The city's major mall had previously been

2343-406: The Muncie factory were oil containers and lamp chimneys, not fruit jars. By 1889 the Ball company's headquarters and its glass and metal manufacturing operations had moved to Muncie. The other Ball brothers moved to Indiana in the 1890s. George moved to Muncie in 1893, William arrived in 1897, and Lucius, a company shareholder and a physician, moved to Muncie in 1894. In the late nineteenth century,

2414-562: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) with $ 1.4 million in grants, launched into space on March 7, 1962, at Cape Canaveral, Florida . Its success led to additional contracts to build more satellites, a total of seven, but not without setbacks. An explosion killed three workers and damaged the company's OSO-2 satellite in 1964. The company continued to expand into other areas including avionics , aerospace systems, and metal beverage and food containers. Renamed

2485-427: The age of 18 living with them, 30.7% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 58.6% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.82. The median age in

2556-400: The age of 18 living with them, 33.2% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 56.8% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were people living alone, including 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21, and the average family size was 2.84. In the city, the population was spread out, with 13.1% under

2627-461: The age of 18, 46.6% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 13.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 30,599, and the median income for a family was $ 51,804. Males had a median income of $ 33,619 versus $ 25,364 for females. The per capita income for

2698-564: The amount of energy being produced by the turbines. The Black Swamp Arts Festival is a free arts and live music festival held the first full weekend after Labor Day. Its mission is to "connect art and the community by presenting an annual arts festival and by promoting the arts in the Bowling Green community." Public elementary schools of the Bowling Green City School District include Kenwood Elementary, Conneaut Elementary and Crim Elementary. Ridge Elementary

2769-403: The average family size was 3.15. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 36.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.9 males. The median income for a household in the city

2840-620: The brothers rebuilt and expanded the business. To keep the new factory's furnace operating at full capacity, the company introduced new products and made improvements to its glass and metal manufacturing processes. Around 1884, when the brothers discovered that the Mason Improved fruit jar patent was due to expire, their company began manufacturing canning jars in their glassworks. The Ball Brothers' jars, which were produced in half-gallon, pint, and midget sizes, were manufactured during 1884, 1885, and 1886. “Buffalo” jar lids were produced in

2911-407: The brothers reciprocated their uncle's early assistance by providing financial support to Keuka College.) The Ball brothers' company made tin cans encased in wooden jackets to hold kerosene, paints, or varnishes. Because the acid used to refine kerosene caused corrosion in tin, the brothers decided to use glass for the inserts of the wood-jacketed cans. Initially, they bought the glass containers from

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2982-461: The city limits. There are four turbines that are each 257 feet (78 m) tall. These turbines generate up to 7.2 megawatts of power, which is enough to supply electricity for some 3,000 residents. Located about six miles (10 km) from the city, the turbines can be seen for miles and have become a local attraction . At the site of the turbines, a solar-powered kiosk provides information for visitors, including current information on wind speeds and

3053-414: The city was $ 15,032. About 8.0% of families and 25.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over. Lubrizol maintains a soap and surfactant production plant in Bowling Green. The Bowling Green plant opened in 1994 and was expanded in 2013. Ohio's first utility-sized wind farm is located along U.S. Route 6 just west of

3124-406: The city was 23.2 years. 12.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 43.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.5% were from 25 to 44; 15.7% were from 45 to 64; and 8.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 29,636 people, 10,266 households, and 4,434 families living in the city. The population density

3195-480: The city. The population density was 2,390.8 inhabitants per square mile (923.1/km ). There were 12,301 housing units at an average density of 979.4 per square mile (378.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 87.6% White , 6.4% African American , 0.2% Native American , 2.1% Asian , 1.4% from other races , and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.8% of the population. There were 11,288 households, of which 18.9% had children under

3266-450: The city. The population density was 3,203.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,237.0/km ). There were 39,318 housing units at an average density of 1,248.0 units per square mile (481.9 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 84.19% White , 1.23% African American , 0.74% Native American , 5.48% Asian , 0.08% Pacific Islander , 5.52% from other races , and 2.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.23% of

3337-482: The company continued to grow and prosper, but not without experiencing some challenges. Fires at its Muncie factories and warehouses in 1891 and 1898 damaged its facilities, which were eventually rebuilt. Despite the economic panic of 1893 , the company was able to produce 22 million fruit jars for the year beginning in September 1894, and 37 million jars by 1897. When natural gas supplies in the area began to diminish,

3408-652: The company to suffer its first net operating loss. With legal restrictions on the company's ability to expand its glass-making business and declining demand for its canning jars, Ball company executives decided to diversify the company to achieve growth. Throughout the 1950s the Ball company explored expanding into the aerospace industry. The Ball Brothers Research Corporation began operating laboratories in Boulder, Colorado , and in Muncie. The company first began manufacturing aerospace equipment around 1959. Its OSO-1 ( Orbiting Solar Observatory ) satellite, designed and built for

3479-528: The company's operations were converted to produce shells and machine parts for the military. After the war, Ball's glass-making business was hindered by an antitrust case in which the company was one of several defendants. The legal case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court . The final decision, which was handed down in 1947, restricted Ball's ability to acquire other glass manufacturers and other businesses producing glass-making machinery without prior court approval. In 1949 decreasing demand for canning jars caused

3550-806: The completion of over 300 housing units, including 118 affordable housing units. Downtown Westminster features a now-open Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and a 125-room boutique hotel, the Origin Hotel , with an opening, slated as of February 2020 , to be possibly July 2020. Downtown Westminster is planned to house 300 hotel rooms, 2,300 multi-family, condo and townhouse residential units, 2 million square feet of collaborative and class A office space, and 750,000 square feet of retail space. Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Westminster include figure skater Mariah Bell , Texas newspaper publisher Frank Willis Mayborn , silent film actor Pete Morrison . Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green

3621-672: The east to settle in Colorado rather than continue on to California. Before the settlements came, wildlife like antelope and buffalo made their homes in the area. There is also evidence of Arapaho Indians near the Crown Point (Gregory Hill) area. Westminsters' first permanent settler was Kentucky farmer Pleasant DeSpain, who built his home in 1870 on 160 acres (near what is now West 76th Avenue and Lowell Street). The area became known as DeSpain Junction and attracted other settlers including Edward Bruce Bowles, who in 1881 constructed

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3692-567: The factory up and running, while Edmund closed the glass factory in Buffalo, then moved to Muncie to join Frank. Their brothers, William and George, remained in Buffalo to operate the stamping works and a factory in Bath, New York . In 1888 the company opened its first glass manufacturing facility in Muncie. On February 18 fires were started in the new factory's furnace; on March 1 its first glass products were made. The first products to be manufactured in

3763-478: The four main components of their core product line of canning jars included glass, zinc, rubber, and paper, the Ball company acquired a zinc strip rolling mill to produce metal lids for their glass jars, manufactured rubber sealing rings for the jars, and acquired a paper mill to fabricate the packaging used in shipping their products. The company also acquired tin, steel, and later, plastic companies. The Ball company faced additional challenges and opportunities during

3834-638: The historic center of Westminster to the dynamic Union Station Transit Center where they can connect to the C/D, E, and W light rail lines, the A Line to Denver International Airport, as well as Local and Regional buses, and the FreeMallRide and FreeMetroRide downtown shuttles. Westminster is served by Denver International Airport and nearby Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport . Companies based in Westminster include DigitalGlobe , Ball and

3905-696: The industry became centralized in Detroit , Michigan . Bank robbers Pretty Boy Floyd and Billy the Killer encountered police in Bowling Green in April 1931. Their armed confrontation resulted in the death of Billy the Killer. During World War II Italian and German prisoners of war were held nearby. They were used to staff the Heinz Tomato Ketchup factory in town. The ketchup factory closed in 1975. A runaway freight train carrying hazardous liquids passed through Bowling Green in 2001, in what

3976-591: The largest supplier of cans in the Chinese market when it acquired M.C. Packaging Ltd. in China in 1997. In 1998, the Ball Corporation moved its corporate headquarters from Muncie to Broomfield, Colorado, where it would oversee global operations as a manufacturer of metal food and beverage containers, as well as a manufacturer of equipment and supplier of services to the aerospace industry. Continuing its growth through acquisition, in 2002, Ball acquired Schmalbach-Lubeca AG,

4047-789: The most recent Combined Annual & Sustainability Report . The first report was an ACCA-Ceres North American Sustainability Awards cowinner of the Best First Time Reporter award in 2009. Most recently, Ball has been recognized as a sustainability leader by organizations and governing bodies such as TIME’s list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024, USA Today and Statista’s 2024 list of America’s Climate Leaders, FTSE4Good’s 2024 Index Series , S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook in 2023 and 2024 , Newsweek’s 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 lists of America’s Most Responsible Companies and

4118-464: The opportunity in sports and entertainment ripe, in 2020, Ball of Pepsi Center in Downtown Denver and renamed it Ball Arena . The naming rights were sold to Ball as a part of a global multi-year agreement with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE). In 2024, Ball Corporation left the aerospace business after selling Ball Aerospace to BAE Systems Inc. for $ 5.6 billion in cash. The move

4189-408: The population. There were 38,343 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and

4260-552: The refusal of machinists affiliated with the American Federation of Labor to join the strike. By the end of April, the strike was lost. For over 90 years, Ball continued to be a family-owned business. Renamed the Ball Brothers Company in 1922, it remained well-known for manufacturing fruit jars, lids, and related products for home canning. The company also entered into other business ventures. Because

4331-591: The separate homesteads and divided it into smaller tracts of land, which he sold to fruit farmers. Harris renamed DeSpain Junction with his own name and the area was referred to as Harris, Colorado. In 1890, New Yorker Henry T. Mayham convinced the Denver Presbytery to build a university on land that he owned in Harris. After delays caused by the depression of 1893 , the school was built from red sandstone quarried in Colorado's Red Rocks region. The curriculum

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4402-457: The time can still be seen in the downtown storefronts, and along Wooster Street, where many of the oldest and largest homes were built. A new county courthouse was also constructed in the 1890s. The Neoclassical US post office was erected in 1913. This period was followed by an expansion of the automobile industry . In late 1922 or early 1923, Coats Steam Car moved to the area and hired numerous workers. It eventually went out of business as

4473-523: The world's largest manufacturer of recyclable aluminum packaging for a variety of beverage, home and personal care applications. The Ball brothers renamed their business the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1886. Its headquarters, as well as its glass and metal manufacturing operations, were moved to Muncie, Indiana , by 1889. The business was renamed the Ball Brothers Company in 1922 and

4544-456: The world’s largest producer of aluminum beverage cans.  Spearheading innovation in the aluminum beverage space, Ball introduced its innovative lightweight Ball Aluminum Cup® in 2019. The cup was recognized in Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards with an honorable mention in the consumer products category. The cup is popular in sports and entertainment arenas and venues. With

4615-593: Was $ 56,323, and the median income for a family was $ 63,776. Males had a median income of $ 41,539 versus $ 31,568 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 25,482. About 3.1% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over. Westminster is intersected by several state highways : I-25 , US 36 , US 287 , SH 95 , SH 121 , and SH 128 . The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) provides bus service to Westminster connecting it to Boulder and Denver via Flatiron Flyer ,

4686-484: Was 2,919 inhabitants per square mile (1,127.0/km ). There were 10,667 housing units at an average density of 1,050.6 per square mile (405.6/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 91.84% White , 2.82% African American , 0.21% Native American , 1.83% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.81% from other races , and 1.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.48% of the population. There were 10,266 households, out of which 20.2% had children under

4757-560: Was closed in 2013 and Milton Elementary was closed in 2011. Two private primary schools, Bowling Green Christian Academy and the Montessori School of Bowling Green, and one parochial, St. Aloysius, also call Bowling Green home. The Bowling Green Early Childhood Learning Center (Montessori) offers kindergarten and Plan, Do and Talk goes up to grade three. Secondary schools include Bowling Green Middle School and Bowling Green Senior High School . Bowling Green State University

4828-607: Was first conceptualized as a symbolic tie and tribute to the clock tower of Westminster Palace in England known as Big Ben . The unveiling of the Bell Tower in 1986 was attended by the then mayor of Westminster, England . An English Oak can be seen on the City Hall property today- a gift to Westminster, Colorado, from Westminster, England. Westminster is located in western Adams County and northeastern Jefferson County. It

4899-452: Was first settled in 1832, was incorporated as a town in 1855, and became a city in 1901. The village was named after Bowling Green, Kentucky , by a retired postal worker who had once delivered mail there. In 1868 Bowling Green was designated as the county seat, succeeding Perrysburg. With the discovery of oil in the area in the late 19th and early 20th century, Bowling Green enjoyed a boom to its economy. The results of wealth generated at

4970-549: Was patterned after Princeton University and was referred to as the "Princeton of the West". The school was incorporated as Westminster University of Colorado, and classes began in 1908 with one year's tuition costing $ 50 ($ 1,411 in 2018). The school ceased operating in 1917, when all students in attendance left to fight in World War I . In the following decade it operated as a church and school. In 1911, Harris voted to incorporate as

5041-434: Was strategic in allowing Ball to increase its focus on “low-carbon, best-value aluminum packaging initiatives”, said CEO Dan Fisher at the time. Ball Corporation has made improvements to its environmental record since 2006, when the company began its first formal sustainability efforts. In 2008, Ball Corporation issued its first sustainability report and began releasing subsequent sustainability reports on its website including

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