Real Estate & Construction  August 30, 2023

Loveland council rejects developer’s plan for Monroe school site

LOVELAND – After hearing impassioned pleas from nearly two dozen city residents, the Loveland City Council late Tuesday night voted to oppose a plan to demolish a shuttered elementary school and replace it with a mixed-use commercial and residential development along the East Eisenhower Boulevard corridor.

The 7-2 vote largely crossed ideological lines, with Mayor Pro Tem Don Overcash siding with Mayor Jacki Marsh against the plan. Only council members Steve Olson and Richard Ball supported the proposal by United Property Development LLC of Minneapolis and Denver that would have demolished the nearly 60-year-old Monroe Elementary School and replaced it with…

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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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