Agribusiness  January 6, 2023

CSU Spur opens final building on the eve of National Western Stock Show

The Hydro building includes a cafe where some of the food grown in the Terra building will be served. Denver Water will operate a new water-quality lab on the third floor, and a gray-water catchment system will provide water to flush the toilets in the buildings as well as irrigation for plants and foliage in the adjoining “backyard” space that represent sustainable vegetation native to Colorado. Lucas High/BizWest.
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DENVER — With the National Western Stock Show set to kick off just down the road, leaders in education, government and agriculture gathered Friday afternoon in Denver to celebrate the completion of the Colorado State University Spur campus’ third and final building, the 122,000-square-foot, water-focused Hydro building.

The first-of-its-kind CSU Spur campus in north Denver connects visitors and students to educational experiences and careers in food, water and health.

“It’s a campus that we hope will stimulate new ideas, research that will lead to new solutions and conversations between nontraditional groups that will lead to new approaches to…

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A Maryland native, Lucas has worked at news agencies from Wyoming to South Carolina before putting roots down in Colorado.
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