Berthoud subdivision to seek home-grown power

BERTHOUD – A proposed mixed-use subdivision in north Berthoud is touting a variety of innovative features, including a resident-owned solar farm to slash utility bills – and perhaps break new legal ground.

The 900-home Prairie Star is the brainchild of Boulder developer Scott Sarbaugh and his partner, Richard McCabe. If successful the development would offer a unique living space on a 190-acre site that straddles the U.S. Highway 287 Berthoud bypass.

“What occurred to us was a need to launch into a new age of development and (we) determined that Berthoud and this site would be on the cutting edge of that,”…