Updates
On December 17, the Arapahoe County Planning Commission approved a zoning request for Eastgate, a 144 acre, residential/mixed use development south of I-70 at the Air Park Rd., adjoining the Sky Ranch development.
1000 homes, 405,000 Sq feet commercial.
Also, that night the commission approved a rezoning proposal by Plus Power, a national energy storage company, for a 19-acre parcel east of Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. Further approvals will be required.
On December 20, the Byers Water and Sanitation District Board held a public
hearing to consider a RV resort application for inclusion into the district and to
introduce a new state-mandated requirement to build a new water treatment plant. The next hearing on this is scheduled for January 15, 2025.
The biochar venture Orenga, near Watkins, was given building permit approval by Arapahoe County to construct a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. It is also in positive discussions with CDPHE to obtain pilot program status for the operation.
The Adams County-led sub area revision plan for Strasburg has attracted impressive public interest to determine what the town should look like in the future.
Newly re-elected Arapahoe County Commissioner Jeff Baker is now the commission liaison to the county's public works department to oversee the county's permitting process.
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