Thank you for clarifying the location. Your past efforts to conserve this area must be continued by the community. The meeting is on my calendar. I will work to bring other interested citizens.
Karen, I am still not sure where Old Town/Chuck’s Pond is located. I am familiar with Waneka Centennial Farm, but know of no pond in that area. What am I missing?
Drive east on Simpson till you can't go further. You will hit Burlington. Get on the trail at Simpson, turn right, and walk a short distance. You will see the pond, it has a berm around it. There is no water in it right now. That's one of the things the city needs to figure out, how to get water in it. But walk down the trail until you are about halfway down the width of it and look out east. You can see Broomfield out in the distance and then all the way back from there is farmland. The farm is off to the left. It's a beautiful view, especially in the spring and summer. Picture the pond full of water, look to the north, and the silos and grain elevator are right there next to the trail. It has a great feel to it.
You got it. The land that is to be developed is from Emma to Baseline and Burlington to 119th surrounding the pond on three sides and will sever the connection visually and physically from the land already purchased as open space. The other parcel is on the north of Baseline and runs along 119th.
Wow! I've not explored these areas at all, and will look at them this weekend. I've put the meeting of the 27th on my calendar and look forward to meeting you then.
Thank you for clarifying the location. Your past efforts to conserve this area must be continued by the community. The meeting is on my calendar. I will work to bring other interested citizens.
Thank you!
So what do we have to do to get the city to buy it back and prevent development?
It's not that the city has to buy it back, they need to negotiate with the landowner and convince him to sell it to us instead of a developer.
Amazed at what you’ve done & continue to do for the community.
Will attend & hopefully meet you.
Oh, thank you, Barbara. I love this place. Look for someone with long hair, a long skirt and a smart-ass look on her face, and come and say hello.
Keep that smart-ass look going!
We came from Boulder (where I was born & raised) ten years ago.
Lafayette is beginning to feel like home & Boulder no longer. ☹️
Thanks for all you do.
Sadly I can't turn the smart-ass look off. 🤣Thanks for watching and getting involved.!
Karen, I am still not sure where Old Town/Chuck’s Pond is located. I am familiar with Waneka Centennial Farm, but know of no pond in that area. What am I missing?
Drive east on Simpson till you can't go further. You will hit Burlington. Get on the trail at Simpson, turn right, and walk a short distance. You will see the pond, it has a berm around it. There is no water in it right now. That's one of the things the city needs to figure out, how to get water in it. But walk down the trail until you are about halfway down the width of it and look out east. You can see Broomfield out in the distance and then all the way back from there is farmland. The farm is off to the left. It's a beautiful view, especially in the spring and summer. Picture the pond full of water, look to the north, and the silos and grain elevator are right there next to the trail. It has a great feel to it.
Thanks to you and Nick…I do know of the place, but didn’t think of it as a pond without water; perhaps more of a “basin.”
It took me a while to figure out and I live right next to it. I believe it’s the area around this the pin in this link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/d2YCjRGJuaQwuExMA?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
You got it. The land that is to be developed is from Emma to Baseline and Burlington to 119th surrounding the pond on three sides and will sever the connection visually and physically from the land already purchased as open space. The other parcel is on the north of Baseline and runs along 119th.
Wow! I've not explored these areas at all, and will look at them this weekend. I've put the meeting of the 27th on my calendar and look forward to meeting you then.
Do come and say hello!
Once again, sage advice among warm details of the value for a few large blocks of open space
Thanks Ralph!