Evans prepares for residential explosion

EVANS — The Evans housing market is bulking up at an astonishing rate, bearing out predictions of a few years back that the city would see the same sort of home-building boom that Greeley has experienced.

Tom Hamblen, Evans’ chief building official, reported that in the first quarter of 1998, the city issued 16 residential building permits, and in 1999, first-quarter permits totaled 49.

“1998 was a record-breaking year, but 1999 is going to be huge,” Hamblen said. “We’ve been issuing permits left and right for these new subdivisions.”

Evans has several new housing developments either in the planning process or under construction.

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