VOLUME 52 | ISSUE 22
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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Case dismissed Idaho Springs approves development plan for Clear Creek School District’s bus barn BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Kids, costumes, candy and community P7 VOICES: 10 | CURRENTS: 12 | LIFE: 14 | SPORTS: 19
Clear Creek Library in Idaho Springs celebrates Booook Fest for Halloween Oct. 31.
Months of friction between Idaho Springs and Clear Creek School District officials concerning the school district’s proposed bus barn ended when the Planning Commission approved the site’s Final Development Plan. On Nov. 1 after 20 minutes of discussion, the Idaho Springs Planning Commission unanimously approved the plan to put the bus barn, known as the Transportation and Maintenance Facility or TMF, on the track site just south of the former middle school on Highway 103. The decision ends a lawsuit that Idaho Springs filed against the school district in August because the city contended the school district hadn’t gotten the proper zoning approvals and permits before site work began. The city said its regulations
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Grand opening November 11th.