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WORDS Continued from page 9 submissions and then voting
yea or nay. Their initial effort
five- story buildings will contain 350 units with easy access to was the July presentation to the
three light rail lines at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Council of an 83-page, very
Evans Avenue. COLORADO STATION APARTMENTS preliminary draft of a 20-year
plans to break ground late summer with completion anticipated plan that proposes a 19-floor
by the second quarter of 2019. Amenities will include a roof hotel that would support the
terrace, on-site virtual sking simulator, and for those that choose tourist draw of the Olympic Hall, and a one-story residential
to drive, electric charging stations for their cars.
building, a 15-story office building, retail space and under-
ground parking. This is all-conception, without any real num-
LARKSPUR – The Town and Chamber sponsored a delight- bers or potential developer interest and is admittedly just the
ful MUSIC IN THE PARK concert beginning shot at the City Council’s effort to lead rather than
in July featuring ASHTONZ, a Monu- follow. Good start – we will see what the future has to hold.
ment-based music group, who in spite
of the pending evening storm, played Another downtown hotel is in the
to a group of sturdy local residents who “NOW” time frame vs the 20-year
knew how to weather the event. Town plan. With a 10 story, 165 room
Clerk Matt Krimmer kept a faithful eye Hilton Garden Inn already under
out for lightning. The KANTANKER- construction at Bijou and Cascade
OUS brought their Blue Grass magical Streets, a local developer wants to
sounds to the August 4 concert with bring the Marriot flag to downtown
over 300 folks stomping their feet to the rhythm. Hard to beat with a dual flag operation to be built
the great feeling of the small town band concert-in-the-park to at the corner of Tejon and Costilla
lift your spirits.
Streets. The combined 230-room project would house a 120
room MARRIOTT SPRING HILL SUITES and a 110 room
The Larkspur Town MARRIOTT ELEMENT in the same 9-story structure. The
Council held a Town project would cost about $50 million and include 7,500 square
Meeting to hear feet of ground-floor retail, 3,500 square feet of meeting space,
comments on their and an activity area with pool, fitness center, bar and outdoor
proposed sale of patio would be located on the fifth-floor. Needed for the “go
the 3.51 acre Town ahead,” would be approval by the City of the 1 acre site desig-
owned parcel to the
Truck Stop develop- Continued on page 11
ment (Off the Chain 2 LLC) and provided zoning to permit the
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planned three restaruarant facilities. About 40 citizens were
present, and a half dozen opponents voiced their displeasure. Computer Support
The meeting was recorded and the council will review the com-
ments, go forward with a third party appraisal,and discuss the
results at their Sept 7th board meeting. If the council approves When you need it. Where you need it.
transfer of the parcel for the planned restaurant additions to Local, hometown computer support for your home or
the truck stop, in addition to the sales proceeds, it is estimated office. Larkspur resident with 35 years of computer and
that the town will receive nearly $1-2 million in stabilized an-
nual sales tax proceeds from the overall development thereby customer support experience. Fair and honest service.
providing more funds for other community needs as well as HARDWARE SUPPORT: System troubleshooting & repair, Upgrade
providing about 80 year-round jobs within the town. With the analysis & recommendations, Laptop, LCD Monitor & Electronic
pending I-25 expansion and the Tomah Road frontage road repairs, Network hardware installation & configuration.
expansion to connect with Spruce Mountain Road, this proj- SOFTWARE SUPPORT: ALL versions of MS Windows desktops,
ect would anchor the highway end of the Town’s commercial RedHat Linux operating systems. Virus, Malware & Spyware
strip and hopefully kickstart other development along the entire removal, User Data Recovery and transfer , System Administration

strip to enhance the community’s CBD. Some want things to training, Assistance with application software problems.
remain, but changes are coming in any event, and the Town
Council is making an effort to coordinate the community needs
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