RV resort proposed at I-70, C-470

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e owners of 36 acres on Rooney Road want to put an RV resort on the property — and this wouldn’t be an average RV park.

Westside Resort, which says it owns the property, wants to create a destination location including a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse with a ve-star restaurant, laundry, retail, tness space, gathering space and more, plus motorhome suites, a gas station and vehicle repair area, according to Marcus Pachner with e Pachner Co., who represented the owners at a community meeting on April 25.

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The residents of Lakewood and surrounding communities await “The Great Wait in Line Event” also known as the grand reopening of Casa Bonita restaurant. For those impatient for the May 23 opening, there are events like the April 26 Casa Bonita Sip N’ Paint, hosted by Westfax Brewery and Arts in the Open.

Pachner explained to 15 people on the Zoom call that the two parcels, most of which are across the street and north of the under Valley motocross park, would be a gateway destination for RV users. e property is nestled against Interstate 70 and C-470, so it would have limited visual impacts to any nearby businesses or homes, he said.

e community meeting is the rst step before the owners le a formal application with Je erson County to rezone the property from agricultural to planned development. No one at the meeting expressed concerns about the proposal.

Pachner said since the pandemic,

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