Economy & Economic Development  October 20, 2024

Erie developing at its own pace

Town focuses on downtown infill, development around core

ERIE — While most Northern Colorado and Boulder Valley communities located adjacent to Interstate 25 race to develop available land and capitalize on retail and commercial growth, Erie has opted for a slower, less in-your-face approach to real estate development along the region’s main transportation artery.

If you pass by Colorado Highway 52 on your way north on the interstate, you may not notice much happening at all.

But Erie is quietly working on downtown infill, growth on its western edges and residential and commercial projects around the town’s core. 

Infrastructure hasn’t quite made it the three miles east to the interstate. But…

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Sharon Dunn is an award-winning journalist covering business, banking, real estate, energy, local government and crime in Northern Colorado since 1994. She began her journalism career in Alaska after graduating Metropolitan State College in Denver in 1992. She found her way back to Colorado, where she worked at the Greeley Tribune for 25 years. She has a master's degree in communications management from the University of Denver. She is married and has one grown daughter — and a beloved English pointer at her side while she writes. When not writing, you may find her enjoying embroidery and crochet projects, watching football, or kayaking and birdwatching on a high-mountain lake.
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