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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Four Greeley residents on Friday challenged the legality of a citizen-initiated petition that could derail the city’s financing plan for a $1.1 billion entertainment district on the city’s western edge. -
Windsor’s troubled Future Legends Sports Complex faces yet another challenge, with a lender filing for foreclosure against the property on July 18. -
The League of Women Voters Greeley Chapter endorsed a petition that's been circulating to invalidate the present funding agreement the City Council has unveiled. KUNC's Desmond O'Boyle spoke about the issue with Biz West Editor and Publisher, Chris Wood. -
Future Legends Sports Complex will remain shut down because of safety concerns. District Court judge Kimberly Schutt ruled that, “based upon all of the evidence before the Court at this juncture, that the Town has met its burden of proving, through clear evidence, that grounds exist … for the Court to issue a preliminary injunction” to keep the complex closed until its owners satisfy a list of safety issues. -
A group hoping that voters will repeal the Greeley City Council’s approval of the complex financing plan for a $1.1 billion sports and entertainment project on the city’s western edge has won approval of its petition form from the city clerk’s office and began collecting signatures of registered voters over the weekend. -
An office building and adjacent warehouse that have been home to a Christian publisher may be acquired by the City of Loveland to house its utilities department. The City Council on Tuesday will consider an ordinance allowing the city to pursue the $12 million purchase. -
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.
