Environmentally friendly town works with oil, gas developers

Don’t let the “town” in Erie’s title fool you – this is a full-service community that by the end of the summer of 2012 will have its own state-of-the-art Olympic cycling training facility.

Located just west of Interstate 25 in southern Weld County, Erie is eagerly anticipating the Boulder Valley Velodrome. The facility is expected to attract athletes of all levels, and will easily accommodate Olympic-level cyclists – no small feat for a town the size of Erie.

Erie, which likes to cultivate its community-centric, small-town feel, also boasts an award-winning community center, 20,000-square-foot library, new schools and scenic trails.…