ARCHIVED  February 1, 1997

35-Acre Task Force seeks to preserve rural qualities new state law encourages ‘cluster’ developments

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In 1972, when the state passed a law saying one home could be built on a 35-acre parcel without any county land-use review, the state thought this would preserve county land.
It was an innovative idea at the time, but that was 25 years ago, when land was much cheaper and developers were not gobbling up every square inch of agricultural land.
After taking a long look at what has occurred over the last 25 years, the state decided, with the input from counties, that ranches and farms divided into 35-acre parcels with a home plunked in the center of…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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