Dallas Heltzell, BizWest
Reporter, BizWestWith 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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Weld County is taking the Town of Hudson to court in an attempt to keep construction of a planned truck stop along Interstate 76 from further damaging a heavily traveled county road. Learn more from BizWest. -
A U.S. District Court judge has denied Future Legends LLC’s request for a temporary restraining order against the Town of Windsor over the pending expiration of temporary certificates of occupancy, but the owner of the troubled sports complex on Friday appealed the town’s decision to let the permits expire Sunday night. -
A once-thriving and ambitious hotel management and development company that aspired to grow beyond Northern Colorado is now selling its four remaining hotels — the last vestiges of an empire built by the late William G. “Bill” Albrecht — amid a swirl of bankruptcies, lawsuits, receivership and internal feuds. -
A plan facing a public hearing Wednesday before the Loveland Planning Commission would add up to 2,277 housing units in a 150-acre parcel of the Centerra South development in east Loveland. -
Boulder Housing Partners' work is underway on the Alpine-Balsam project. The affordable-housing venture is decades in the making. -
Developer Martin Lind’s proposal to Greeley would require the city to guarantee the Cascadia project’s $1.1 billion debt. Cascadia would be funded through the revenues it generates once it opens as well as through $793 million in bonds. Greeley city officials are now reviewing a market study and will receive an economic impact report on Dec. 20. -
Some Northern Colorado towns could soon be able to approve projects and development reviews now that North Weld County Water District has officially lifted its 3-year-old moratorium on new taps. -
The Loveland City Council will hold a special meeting next Tuesday to name a new city manager, city attorney and municipal judge. The three appointments must be ratified by a supermajority of council members. -
County officials said they were surprised and disappointed to learn through media reports that Martin Lind, whose company owns the Colorado Eagles minor-league hockey team, is in talks with the city of Greeley about moving the team there. The news comes even though the county’s purchasing office had terminated negotiations with Lind’s company in May.. -
Construction has begun on the first of two golf courses planned at Rodeo Dunes, a developing resort property north of Roggen in Weld County