VOLUME 60 | ISSUE 11
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19, 2023
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accelerate UPLANDS GETS UNDERWAY Cities turf wars with Shaw Boulevard closing signals project beginning P6
construction bans, median rip-outs BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Broomfield has joined a swelling wave of Colorado communities sharply limiting thirsty turf grass in new development, with more communities about to follow, while other cities and parks departments are starting to rip out useless grass in medians and rights of way for replacement with water-wise landscapes. State water officials, meanwhile, have closed out the first year of $1.5 million in local turf removal grants with nearly 40 applications for the money, and water resource experts hope to use the momentum from the antiturf evolution to create a bigger state-funded buyback next year. “The momentum toward waterwise landscape transformation is unprecedented in the last year or two,” said Lindsay Rogers, SEE TURF WARS, P8
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