March 16, 2023

BoCo planners OK terminating conservation easement near Longmont

BOULDER — Despite hearing impassioned pleas from more than a dozen area residents, the Boulder County Planning Commission has voted unanimously to vacate a conservation easement on a large parcel just southwest of Longmont’s city limits as part of a developer’s plan to get the 40-acre parcel annexed into that city and win approval for a subdivision that could include around 426 housing units.

A rendering depicts the proposed Somerset Village development, on land outside Longmont that is currently designated as the Kanemoto Estates Conservation Easement. Courtesy Boulder County Planning Commission

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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