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VOLUME 156 | ISSUE 11
Lawmaker talks mobile home legislation Says bill aims to stabilize rent, protect affordable housing, create greater accountability BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Colorado lawmakers plan to introduce a bill this week giving more than 100,000 people living in mobile home parks across the state more protection from unregulated rent hikes. The Mobile Home Park Residents Protection Act would cap lot rent increases each year and keep them in check with the consumer price index, mirroring that seen in fixedincome adjustments, such as in SEE MOBILE, P2
Members of the Golden Hills Mobile Home Park community gather Feb. 27 at the Golden Community Center to learn more about PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY upcoming legislation that, if passed, would help stabilize lot rent in the 38-unit park.
CoorsTek Project gets second continuance Applicant cedes ‘more time and community engagement necessary’ BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Golden residents hoping to learn more about the CoorsTek 9th Street Project rezoning and redevelopment proposal will have to wait. Again. In a last-minute letter to the city, CoorsTek Chief Executive Officer Michael Coors asked that the Feb. 23 public hearing be postponed, and the item continued to the April 6 planning commission meeting.
The Golden City Planning Commission granted that request unanimously. “I will say we’re disappointed, but this is our request,” said Dan Cohen, CoorsTek redevelopment project representative. He said the company has heard from many community members asking for more time and more community engagement to better understand the complex redevelopment project. “We want to honor that request,” Cohen added. “We want to make sure people feel they thoroughly understand the issues. But, again, it’s a big project; it’s complicated, and we know some of the issues are SEE COORSTEK, P4
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Representatives for the CoorsTek 9th Street redevelopment project put the brakes on their Feb. 23 public hearing. They say they have heard from numerous community members asking for more time and more public outreach before approving the comPHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY pany’s rezoning and alley vacation application.
RISE OF THE MONARCHS
Scientists hopeful butterflies making a comeback P14