Serving Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and beyond
WEEK OF MAY 4, 2023
VOLUME 39 | ISSUE 41
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Casa Bonita Sip N’ Paint
RV resort proposed at I-70, C-470 BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Casa Bonita fountain is open, but still secured as the renovations continue ahead of the May 23 opening night.
PHOTOS BY JO DAVIS
BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The residents of Lakewood and surrounding communities await “The Great Wait in Line Event” also known as the grand reopening of Casa Bonita restaurant. For those impatient for the May 23 opening, there are events like the April 26 Casa Bonita Sip N’ Paint, hosted by Westfax Brewery and Arts in the Open.
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The owners of 36 acres on Rooney Road want to put an RV resort on the property — and this wouldn’t be an average RV park. Westside Resort, which says it owns the property, wants to create a destination location including a 25,000-square-foot clubhouse with a five-star restaurant, laundry, retail, fitness space, gathering space and more, plus motorhome suites, a gas station and vehicle repair area, according to Marcus Pachner with The Pachner Co., who represented the owners at a community meeting on April 25. Pachner explained to 15 people on the Zoom call that the two parcels, most of which are across the street and north of the Thunder Valley motocross park, would be a gateway destination for RV users. The property is nestled against Interstate 70 and C-470, so it would have limited visual impacts to any nearby businesses or homes, he said. The community meeting is the first step before the owners file a formal application with Jefferson County to rezone the property from agricultural to planned development. No one at the meeting expressed concerns about the proposal. Pachner said since the pandemic,
The host leads the April 26 Sip N’ Paint.
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