JoAnn (Saurini) was born and raised in an area of Commerce City that is now referred to as Adams City. She attended Adams City Elementary, Adams City Junior High and Adams City High School, graduating in 1957.  Joann worked at South Adams County Water & Sanitation District until she decided to further her education and went to Barnes Business College where she studied accounting and business. JoAnn was a stay at home mother for their 5 daughters until 1983. With the girls all in school she then went to work at the families Precast Concrete Company and worked there until it was sold in 1997. She was the President of the Corporation for 10 years and also served on the Denver minority business committee. In all, JoAnn and her husband Richard owned and operated this business in Commerce City for over 30 years. She is now retired and lives in Reunion, with her husband of 55 years.

Over the years, JoAnn has been involved in several civic projects such as leading a committee to stop the city of Commerce City from ever having jails, pre-parole facilities, mental facilities or medical waste facilities without a vote of the people. Most recently she served on the board of directors of the South Adams County Water & Sanitation District, as President for 6 of the 8 years that she served. She is currently serving as an Advisory Board Member for the Commerce City Historical Society. Joann’s personal “most exciting thing” that the CCHS accomplishes each year since we started, is that we honor the people that have made a profound and lasting impact for Commerce City.

We have built partnership relationships with many entities in Commerce City, including the City. We are very involved educating our citizen in the rich history of Commerce City.