WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
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Bus barn issues prevail for school board, accountability team BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
constructed a new football field at the high school and middle school in Evergreen. Starting in early September, developers say they will drill at least 90 core soil samples. The cores will be dug two feet into the ground, and
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series about issues surrounding the Clear Creek School District’s planned bus barn — called the Transportation and Maintenance Facility. This story looks at the tension among some school board members and the Citizens Accountability Team or CAT, particularly its location on the track site south of the former middle school and the potential for partnerships in the county. Clear Creek school board members and members of the district’s Citizens Accountability Team hope to meet later in September to iron out issues and differing opinions about the new bus barn, called the Transportation and Maintenance Facility or TMF. Those on both sides of the issue believe they have spent too much time on one building, especially
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Project rendering of the future Fieldhouse in Idaho Springs Aug 29.
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Developers plan to break ground for apartment complex on former Golddigger Field in November BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Four Points Development plans to break ground on former Golddigger Field and start construction on an apartment complex on Nov. 1, according to Carla Pokrywka Cole, Space Inc owner and Four Points
Development representative. The three primary apartment buildings are planned to be built on the former Golddigger Field football site in Idaho Springs, which hosted games for more than 50 years and is a common landmark for travelers on Interstate 70. The Clear Creek School District
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