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‘Apartment buildings next to a big-box store’: Lafayette planners criticize early plans for major development
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (738+ words) Discussion stretched more than 4" hours Wednesday night as the Lafayette Planning Commission reviewed a sketch plan for a proposed development at the southwest corner of Arapahoe Road and U.S. 287, with commissioners and residents raising repeated and wide-ranging concerns. The project, known…...
Lafayette moves ahead for $74M bond-funded city facility upgrades
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (236+ words) The Lafayette City Council'in early January is slated to discuss beginning the initial phases of project development, including design work and pre-construction planning for the three facilities, according to a city announcement. But the bond issuance will not occur until…...
One Lafayette doles out $29K to local orgs as program shifts from city oversight
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (464+ words) The Community Foundation Boulder County has awarded about $29,000 to 12 nonprofits through the One Lafayette fund, supporting organizations that provide food assistance, safety-net services, youth support and community programming in Lafayette. This year's recipients are Coal Creek Adult Education Center, Coal…...
Commercial area in Lafayette could be a new home for historic WWI pillars
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) The World War I memorial pillars that flank Arapahoe Road at the intersection of U.S. 287 could finally have a new home after years of discussion. A plan is underway to relocate the two Road of Remembrance gateway pillars to a parcel…...
Lafayette man gets prison time for choking a woman, then stealing, crashing her car
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (310+ words) A judge sentenced a Lafayette man to prison for choking a woman and stealing her car before crashing it while drunk. Police later learned through interviews and reviewing surveillance footage that earlier that day, Tejeda-Trujillo arrived at the woman's apartment…...
Lafayette City Council votes 5-2 to endorse Ballot Issue 2C property tax increase to fund new civic center, facility updates
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (488+ words) At a Lafayette City Council meeting Tuesday, the members voted 5-2 to approve a resolution endorsing Ballot Issue 2C, which, if passed by voters during next week's election, would fund improvements to three city projects: improvements to the Bob L. Burger Recreation Center,…...
3 minors injured in Lafayette high school parking lot rollover
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (87+ words) A student rolled their car while turning into the Centaurus High School parking lot on South Boulder Road in Lafayette on Thursday afternoon. A student rolled their car while turning into the Centaurus High School parking lot on South Boulder…...
Fallen leaves in Colorado? Here’s how Erie, Louisville, Lafayette and Superior residents can handle them
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (621+ words) Fall leaves are beginning to pile up. What to do with them? There are options for residents in Erie, Lafayette, Louisville and Superior, whether its leaf-ing them be, turning them into compost, or finding local disposal sites. Residents can consider…...
In Lafayette, housing gets $750K from Boulder County’s Affordable and Attainable Housing Tax
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (235+ words) A bucket'of money from Boulder County's Affordable and Attainable Housing Tax " in the amount of $750,000 " will go toward the purchase and renovation of two homes in Lafayette, the county has announced. Both homes, previously owned by the Boulder County Housing…...
Lafayette’s Centaurus High hosts regional marching band competition
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (205+ words) Lafayette's Centaurus High School is hosting the'Colorado Bandmasters Association's Northern Marching Band Regional competition on Oct. 13.' Lafayette's Centaurus High School is hosting the Colorado Bandmasters Association's Northern Marching Band Regional competition on Oct. 13. Twenty bands will compete for a chance…...