A potential new annexation: both sides of Baseline at 119th
Neighborhood meeting Feb 27
Date: Thursday, Feb. 27
Time: 5:45pm
Location: Confluence Small Business Collective
Address: 75 Waneka Parkway, Lafayette, CO 80026
Yes, another developer is eyeing our town, this one from Texas. I am aware of it and am in the process of writing a post with some details you need to know. However, the city just sent out a notification about the neighborhood meeting with the graphic you see above so I am jumping in.
These two properties are on the north and south sides of Baseline and are part of that rural gateway you see when coming into our city from the east. They have been on the Lafayette Open Space Advisory Board’s wish list for years which can be found in the Parks and Open Space Plan. Together they are top priorities for adding to our open space portfolio.
I have been working to keep this area rural for decades and much has been saved.
My fellow political hobbyists and I are going to fight this project and annexation.
Stay tuned, I have much to tell you but I wanted to get this information about the meeting out to you asap.
The developer is Kairoi Here’s the company website. Here are some of their projects.
Want to offer more support? Awesome!
Hi Karen, I posted this on ND and thought I'd share it here too:
That looks like Chuck and Lois Waneka's farm. He built that house in 1946. The year before he died, Chuck and his son Bill harvested a record crop of wheat there. I knew Chuck and Lois for many years through our church. They were one of the first people to welcome me when I moved here and loaned me the History of Lafayette book that they helped put together in the late 80's when they were part of the Historical Society. It was personal stories and family histories from all the current residents of Lafayette. I couldn't put it down for 2 straight days! I was always in amazement that I now lived somewhere with places named after people I knew (Waneka Lake, Waneka Marketplace {Sprouts}, Waneka Parkway, and he donated the land for the Great Bark dog park)! Chuck was a tough old farmer and rancher, highly intelligent, hilarious, sentimental, shrewd and savvy. And I'm pretty sure Chuck would put a torch to any 3 story "luxury condos" that touched his farm. At his funeral, he didn't have a hearse. No, his casket was strapped to a flatbed trailer towed behind his tractor. He went out and did a loop around his farms, paused at his and Lois's home on Baseline, and then proceeded to the Lafayette Cemetery where he joined Lois.
Maybe you'd want to contact their son Bill (who now lives in Wyoming) to see what his intent is for their home and farm?
Thanks, Karen. As a fellow Old Towner for many years, I would hate to see this development proceed.
Sally Symanski