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Housing development a 30-year old dream THE SEASON FOR SHARING
City, developers break ground on Cottonwood Greens
including developers, financiers and real estate brokers. “All of these things are factors in getting this project started and moving Fort Lupton into a new era. We have a lot of building going on here now.”
BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Fort Lupton’s Cottonwood Greens development has been a long time coming, according to Developer Jim Righeimer - at least 30 years in the making. “It represents dreams people had 30 years ago when people started looking at a development here,” Righeimer, of Arbor Capital Group, said. “It also represents the different cycles, the business cycle and oil and gas development cycles. As oil comes out of here, these will now be homes for families.” Righeimer was joined by Fort Lupton Mayor Zo Steiber and members of Fort Lupton city staff, the chamber of commerce and the development team March 2 to break ground on the project. It calls for the development of at least 450 housing
Fort Lupton Mayor Zo Stieber and developer Jim Righeimer, surrounded by local dignitaries and members of the development team, cut a vine to open construction of a new 450-unit housing development March 2. PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR
units, between single-family homes and townhomes just north of Aims Community College along Ninth St. “This is a very important part in
the first step for the future of Fort Lupton,” Righeimer said. Mayor Steiber thanked the team that made the project possible,
Phases Work begins right away, with the development split into three phases. The first phase, which will be built along Ninth Street West of County Road 29 1/2, calls for 171 single-family homes. LGI Homes construction company will be the lead contractor on the project. “That was originally broken into three phases, but then we brought in LGI,” Righeimer said. “They are big enough, they can do it all in a single phase.” The second phase, farther north and west of County Road 31, will include another 200 single-family homes. A third phase, along Ninth St. east of County Road 29 1/2 calls for 142 townhomes. Righeimer said he and his team SEE COTTONWOOD, P3
Grocery workers, Coloradans 60-plus now up for vaccine Ag workers, people with two or more high-risk conditions also prioritized
Soon after, public health officials highlighted the arrival of federal authorization for a third vaccine, the shot made by Johnson & Johnson — also known as the Janssen vaccine. That’s in addition to the previously approved Pfizer and ModBY ELLIS ARNOLD erna shots. EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM “They were developed in record time,” John Douglas, executive diIn another fragmentation of Colorector of Tri-County Health Departrado’s long priority list for receivment, said during a March 4 virtual ing a coronavirus vaccine, the state town hall on vaccines in Colorado. officially moved Coloradans ages 60 He added: “There have been some to 64 closer to the front of the line concerns by some people of, ‘Oh, and placed grocery and agricultural that’s too fast. I’m not sure I really workers as the next group of “fronttrust those vaccines.’” line” employees to receive shots. Douglas, who leads the public “I’m focused on ensuring that health department that covers AdColoradans who are at the most risk Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank provide community ams, Arapahoe and Douglas counof COVID due to the environment members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert with Change 4 Change, to callers that the they work in can receive the vaccine ties, emphasized vaccine development process was2. so we canorganization save more lives endwith the UCHealth Pharmacy Technicians Jessica Kurtz, left, and Eva Rozanski fill syringes another thatand helps food drive. See more on Page this pandemic,” Gov. Jared Polis with the Pizer COVID-19 vaccine for a clinic held at the UCHealth Hospital in Highlands said in a Feb. 26 news release. SEE VACCINE, P6 PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES Ranch in February.
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