Fort Lupton embraces downtown vitality

FORT LUPTON — On June 21 more than two years of planning came to fruition when the Fort Lupton City Council approved a ?Getting Down to Business? master plan.
In the spring of 2002, the city council created the Business Corridor Ad Hoc Committee. Members included local business owners and representatives from other city departments and committees.
The committee formed in response to a new Safeway grocery to be built outside of the existing business corridors. Brian Grubb, Fort Lupton?s city planner, said it was the first time a ?significant business? located outside of the traditional corridors.…