IGA will prevent sprawl, county, city officials say

The Northwest Parkway will have a decidedly different look from the link that runs through Adams County to Douglas County.

No business parks or industrial development here. Boulder County, Broomfield, Lafayette and Louisville officials decided that open space and farmland would be a better border for the Northwest Parkway to preserve “the unique and individual character of Broomfield, Lafayette and Louisville.”

And, under terms of an Intergovernmental Agreement, signed this year, it will be that way for at least 30 years.

“What our councils deemed they wanted in the future was if you leave our city, you weren’t going to get to the…