Superior CO: New Homes, New Community Center?
So will Superior Colorado get a community center that most residents have been wanting for years?
Richmond Homes has proposed to build 38 new single family homes on a tract of land that is currently zoned commercial. That’s the first hurdle; getting the town to approve re-zoning the land for residential.
You may remember a controversy a year or more ago about a ‘land swap’ and people getting up in arms over proposed development of the original middle school location in the south part of Rock Creek near Torreys Peak Dr. and Indiana.
There was once a proposed land swap where Richmond American homes might have developed a handful of homes on that location, in exchange for their ownership of the McCaslin & Coalton location.
Massive controversy streaked through the community and the town board over this issue as debate roiled about whether the town board could approve a land purchase from the Boulder Valley School District on Indiana, then sell or swap the land for the parcel at Coalton & McCaslin.
In the end, not much changed, and the land near Eldorado K-8 on Indiana will become the property of the Town of Superior in short order anyway according to the agreement between the town and BVSD.
Since BVSD opted to build a K-8 instead of a separate middle school building several years ago, there has been a large parcel of vacant, unused land in the middle of the southern portion of Rock Creek.
Now, some folks are excited, and some are anxious and differing opinions and desires float about the community over this new idea of land development on the corner of Coalton & McCaslin.
Free Recyling “Hard To Recycle” Items
Do you have items in your office, home, car, etc. that you’d like to get rid of?!?!
Just drop them by the office…
and we’ll take care of the rest!!
Tomorrow, Saturday May 21st, my office is sponsoring a free recycling day for hard-to-recycle items.
Things such as computer monitors, computers, phones, old TV’s and other electronics.
Also accepted at no charge are any documents which will be securely collected and shredded offsite.
Best of all, this is totally free!
Don’t hesitate, this is only one day, from 10:00 am until about 1:00 pm.
Click on the image to see the full size flyer.
Jefferson Parkway, Superior… C470?
Up to now, the town of Superior, Colorado has been rather contentious about the proposed paths for the last part of the 470 highway system which eventually will complete the path between C-470 in Golden, Colorado, and the Northwest Parkway which connects Superior and Broomfield, near the ConocoPhillips property, with E-470 at I-25. Rock Creek residents in Superior are concerned about the noise and traffic impact on their community.
Superior’s planning commission has had several closed-door sessions, and at least one standing-room-only Planning Commission meetings which considered the issue of the highway.
Superior, Colorado Andrew Muckle suggested recently that the town of Superior take an official position to oppose the Jefferson Parkway, according to a recent local newspaper article, and the article reported that the town board seemed to generally agree with Muckle.
The conflict seems to be in the details about which path the road would take, and its effect on the community.
Superior Bike Park
Superior Bike Park, also knows as the Superior “Three Parks Site” has been essentially unused for years.
Well, other than a favorite walking/running path for local Superior residents.
I know I’ve used part of this area as a regular part of my early morning running route between Lakeshore Athletic Club and the Community Park trails many mornings.
Dog walkers, of course, and the occasional run-in with coyotes and rabbits too.
I know several local kids are flocking to the park almost daily, and with spring break, the park has seen quite a work-out from very skilled riders, to young children trying out a park like this for the first time, to many spectators.
While the park sparked some controversy over the cost associate with building costs, in the end, it’s great to see another outlet for kids besides hanging out at the mall or outside the grocery store!
C-470, Jefferson Parkway Impact on Superior, CO
The Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority has initiated the project development process for the Jefferson Parkway…
a proposed approximately 10-mile toll road that will connect SH128 in Broomfield, Colorado to SH93 in Jefferson County about one mile north of West 64th Avenue.
The Authority consists of Jefferson County, City of Arvada, and the City and County of Broomfield.
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