Catch-all Corner: food, water, drugs, awards, and a vacancy
A variety of tidbits
I often hear about city happenings or pick up a bit of information here and there and I think hmmm that might be of interest to some folks, but it’s not enough for a post so I leave it floating around in my brain (a dark and scary place to be!). I decided to start popping these snippets into a draft report titled Catch-all Corner and send it out to you every so often.
Bucatino Trattoria Romana is open.
It is located in the former Tings building on Public Rd across from City Hall.
A Carl’s Jr. is planned near Exempla Hospital, there is a public hearing at the March 13th Planning Commission meeting
The Old Town Lafayette website is a handy site to check out if you are looking for events, businesses, and other Old Town related information.
Drug Take Back - March 19, 10:30-11:30 am, Senior Center, 103 S. Iowa Ave
Take your expired, unwanted, or unused prescription and nonprescription medications to the Senior Center for proper disposal. Brought to you by the Lafayette Senior Center in partnership with the Lafayette Police Department.Â
Lafayette Waterwise Program 2024
Available conservation programs via the city’s partnership with Resource Central.
-Lawn removal
-Garden in a Box - low water use plants
-Slow the Flow - sprinkler audits
-Smart controllers - no cost but audit required
-Outdoor Water Efficiency Rebates
-Free Online Waterwise Yard Seminars by Resource Central
Apply to fill a vacancy on the Mental Health and Human Services Advisory Committee
I wrote about this new committee back in June of 2023.
There is one opening. Please apply before Wednesday, March 20.
From the city website:
The committee is responsible for reviewing grant applications and recommending funding awards to City Council. These grants are funded via the 0.1% sales and use tax approved by Lafayette voters in 2021 to support mental health and human services.Â
Lafayette residents with lived, personal, or professional experience related to health and human services, grant program management, or the needs of Lafayette residents are encouraged to apply. The application is open until Wednesday, March 20.Â
2023 Hutchison Heritage Award Program
Every other year since 2001 the Historic Preservation Board presents Hutchison Heritage Awards. These awards are for residents worthy of recognition for maintaining, adapting, or rehabilitating homes over 50 years old and for keeping the construction in scope and scale with the surroundings.
The award is named for James Hutchison, who was sometimes referred to as Mr. Lafayette. For years he and his wife Beth were the keepers of Lafayette history over at the Miner’s Museum. He wrote a book about Lafayette called Lafayette, Colorado, treeless plain to thriving city: Centennial History, 1889-1989. You might know his daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Gerry Morrell.
Here are the recipients of the 2023 awards.
Images from the city website.
 New Construction: Kelsey & Paul Dennison 703 S. Longmont. Award for construction that is in keeping with the scale and character of the neighborhood.
Adaptable Reuse: Â Woody and Ky Boese. 705 S. Longmont. Award for construction that is in keeping with the scale and character of the neighborhood.
Rehabilitation: Seth White. 311 E. Chester. Award for the relocation and adaptive reuse of a historic structure that has preserved the building’s unique historic characteristics. This building was moved from the old Circle Motel site on Baseline.
Rehabilitation: Kathy Gritz. 401 E. Oak. Award given for rehabilitation that has preserved the building’s unique historic characteristics.
