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Week of June 2, 2022
ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
ElbertCountyNews.net
VOLUME 127 | ISSUE 16
May snow shuts down Elbert County Community rodeo postponed, fundraiser for building delayed BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The northeast corner of the Pine Ridge Apartments development.
PHOTO BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON
Pine Ridge Apartments underway in Elizabeth Residences are intended to fill gap in housing market BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Modern apartments are making their way to Elizabeth, the first of their kind in Elbert County. Located off South Elizabeth Street next to Big R and the Elizabeth branch of the Pines & Plains Libraries, the Pine Ridge Apartments will consist of 64 two- and three-bedroom residential units. The site development plan was approved in 2019 by the Town of Elizabeth Board of Trustees. Construction of the first two buildings, SEE APARTMENTS, P6
A dog at the Pine Ridge Apartments construction site is considered an honorary COURTESY OF GRACE ERICKSON worker and the site mascot.
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Like much of the Denver metro area and the Colorado Front Range, Elbert County was battered by the unseasonal May snowstorm. Parts of Elbert County received over a foot of snow on the weekend starting May 20, leading to the decision to cancel many events. The Elizabeth Stampede 2022 Community Rodeo, one of the first rodeo events of the season for the area, was postponed due to the inclement weather. The event was to be held at Casey Jones Park on May 21 and May 22 with several events including barrel racing, mutton bustin’, and rough stock (bares, broncs and bulls). Stampede Gymkhana was to follow the next day. “We felt it was in the best interest of all the athletes, both livestock and human, as well as our volunteers, to postpone the Elizabeth Stampede Community Rodeo to a later date,” Elizabeth Stampede president Traci McClain wrote in an online correspondence on May 23. “With that much snow on the ground, the footing might not have remained as consistent as we had liked, and we didn’t want to risk any humans or animals getting injured. Additionally, extreme fluctuations in temperature like we experienced with highs in the 80s on Thursday to highs in the 30s on Saturday, can be difficult on livestock and we did not want to place added pressure on them by asking them to execute SEE SNOW, P11
EHS TEENS HONORED
Elizabeth students get awards, scholarships P8