Community uses favored for Sheridan Green

Council gets report on uses for former elementary school

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Westminster residents made one thing clear regarding how they’d like to see the future of Sheridan Green Elementary School: they want a community-oriented use.

City Sta hosted neighborhood meetings and created a web page where residents could submit feedback for their vision of the future of the school. e feedback was included as an information-only report presented to the City Council in the July 17 study session agenda.

Recommendations included a recreation center, library, preschool, daycare, summer camps, a senior center and more. Residents also voiced interest in programming and classes, such as culinary arts, writing, maker spaces, music, gardening and more. e Je Co Public School District closed 16 elementary schools at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. e next public meeting will be scheduled for August 2023 where residents will be able to share more ideas with sta .

“Residents are interested in upgrading the outdoor space including xing the tennis courts, constructing a picnic shelter, providing indoor and/or outdoor pickleball courts, a community pool, dog park, and a community garden,” the report reads.

With Sheridan Green as one of them, the city is debating how to transform it into something di erent, as the property will be the city’s.