BizWest

Is there a light at the tunnel for the region’s real estate doldrums? Perhaps, participants in BizWest’s Boulder Valley CEO Roundtable said Tuesday. But what if that light doesn’t represent a means of escape, but a train barreling straight towards us?

About five months after financial struggles forced the YMCA of Northern Colorado to end aquatics, fitness and recreation services at its Longmont location, the City of Longmont is planning to buy the 950 Lashley St. facility and turn it into a public recreation center.

Buoyed by a unanimous Colorado Supreme Court decision in a Telluride case and the City of Greeley’s response, supporters of the proposed Catalyst entertainment district and Cascadia mixed-use developments are asking the Weld District Court to strike down voters’ Feb. 24 repeal of zoning for the projects in west Greeley as unconstitutional.

Colorado State University has officially joined the Pac-12 Conference.

Despite deep divisions and pointed accusations among members of the Johnstown Town Council, the town will continue to work with the YMCA of Northern Colorado in the operation of its recreation center.

Supporters of the proposed Catalyst entertainment district and Cascadia mixed-use developments in west Greeley cheered Monday’s unanimous Colorado Supreme Court ruling in a case involving the town of Telluride, hoping that it invalidates the citizen-initiated measure approved Feb. 24 by Greeley voters that repealed the planned-unit development zoning for the projects that was approved last September by the Greeley City Council.

A process that could eventually result in the creation of a downtown development authority in Boulder is proceeding apace through planning (by city staff) and early vetting (by Boulder officials) stages, but some skepticism over a DDA’s viability remains among Boulder City Council members.

Older Americans have been getting into cannabis in record numbers in recent years.

Northern Colorado Regional Airport has started a construction project to expand the facility’s main north-south runway.

Johnstown, CO now ranks #10 nationwide for population growth.