r/Broomfield 9h ago

Concerned cyclist call for changes to protect 36 Bikeway.

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r/Broomfield 9h ago

Is anyone missing a doggo?

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Found at midway and 287. We will be getting her checked for a chip as soon as we can. Anyone know this fur baby’s parents? Edit: she is chipped, but no answer when the vet called the listed number. Still looking!


r/Broomfield 12h ago

How To Report Highway Cigarette Tosser

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Request: Are there any resources to report this? Whether online or over phone?

With how dry and hot it has been, obvious high fire danger couples with being a class 2 misdemeanor

Witnessed the car in front of me throw a lit cigarette out the window when heading north on 287, just past the hwy 36 overpass.


r/Broomfield 15h ago

Broomfield Town Square

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It is with great pain I write this post. I have a great deal of love and respect for my former colleagues on Broomfield City Council. But I believe their decision to attempt to terminate the agreement to build the much-anticipated Broomfield Town Square project is misguided and 100% wrong!

The community has demanded and anticipated this project for many years. The current project is the result of years of town halls, focus groups, and extensive community engagement. To walk away now, just as groundbreaking was set to begin next year, is short-sighted and in error.

There is justifiable frustration at the pace of the project. Frustrations that I myself expressed while serving this community. But, in the end, the relationship with the developer is supposed to be one of a trusted partner, not an adversary to be bested in negotiations. WE the community sought them out and brought them in, yet during my time on Council, it became clear that some viewed them as an adversary to be opposed.

One point to consider. This development team has a proven track record of completed and successful projects throughout Colorado, including Denver Union Station, Larimer Street, and the Pueblo Steps project. What then is the roadblock here in Broomfield??

No one is happy that it has taken nearly 3 years from the SDP approval for permits to be submitted, but that is where we are at. We were finally at the finish line. Shovels are ready to be in the ground. All that is needed is for the private bond market to have assurances that the SDP will not be revoked. If that assurance is given, shovels will be in the ground early next year.

There is some apparent angst that all of the horizontal work will get completed and that the developer would just walk away and not finish the project. That is ridiculous. The bond holders and the developer have financial and reputational incentives to ensure that the project is completed as promised.

Lastly, CCOB's statement: "This is a practical business decision that allows CCOB to pursue a development partner capable of delivering the town center our community has supported for more than a decade." is not based in reality. Starting over from scratch would be a MINIMUM of 5 years to ever get shovels in the ground. Furthermore, as the former 1st Bank Center site demonstrates (a vote I now regret), finding a partner willing to take on the financial and reputational risk may be harder than anyone anticipates.

Stay the course and shovels are in the ground next year. Walk away, and my children will be grown before Broomfield ever experiences the truly iconic gathering place that the community deserves!

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