Boulder completes $8M purchase of Shanahan Ranch

BOULDER — The city of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks has acquired the $8 million Shanahan Ranch.

“With the completion of this acquisition, the city has acquired one of Boulder County’s oldest working ranches and has achieved one of its highest acquisition priorities over the last five decades,” OSMP wrote in a letter to the Boulder City Council.

The city first eyed the 179-acre property in 1967, when Boulder became first in the nation to approve a tax to buy and maintain open space. The property lies south of the city and west of Colorado Highway 93.