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WORDS Continued from page 8 to low $300,000s.

A 9.8 acre part industrial, part res- PERRY PARK – Twenty-four new homes are in various stages
idential parcel located on the east of construction as land prices
boundary of the Douglas County continue to rise for lots that
Fairgrounds at 249 S. GILBERT are buildable (streets and utili-
Street is in the process of being ties) and speculation continues
rezoned to all light industrial. The to grow on lots that are adja-
Town’s public trail use easement cent to, or near existing streets.
along the common boundary has Number of home sales similar
expired and the Town is in the process of acquiring the 1.56 acre to last year at this time – dollar volume up substantially.
strip as a part of the overall zoning process. The Town Council
has approved the rezoning and the process is underway.
PALMER LAKE – Wounded Warriors USA is in the process
of raising funds and materials to com-
Directly across Woodlands Bou- plete the MEDAL OF HONOR – Mas-
levard from the Church of Christ, ter Sergeant William Crawford Me-
the CALVARY CHAPEL, a 5.4 morial (May 19th 1918 ~ March 15th
acre parcel located at the north 2000) at The Lake in Palmer Lake by
west corner of 5th Street and this October. “During World War II, after
Woodlands Boulevard, has been destroying two machine gun nests, Bill was taken prisoner by
approved for annexation into the the Germans. He was reported missing in action and presumed
town of Castle Rock. The process includes annexation, zoning dead by the U.S. Army. Bill’s father accepted the Medal Of
and a development agreement with the use of the site limited Honor for his son from
specifically to church use only.
President Franklin Roos-
evelt in 1943. Forty-one
years later, President
Ronald Reagan presented
the Medal Of Honor to a
very much alive Master
With the on-going population Sergeant Bill Crawford
explosion, Castle Rock contin- at the US Air Force Academy on May 31, 1984.” The planned
ues to have increased pressure to permanent memorial is in recognition of all one can give for
house its growing student body. his country. Donations may be made to “Crawford Memorial
As a partial answer, Douglas Committee” – 224 S. Highway 105, Palmer Lake, CO 80133.
County continues to approve
new charter schools for Castle DENVER – More jobs for the area as U S BANK acquires
Rock. The most recent approv- two buildings backing
al was the APEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL which has just on the Centenial Airport
broken ground in the Meadows west of Castle Rock Adventist in Denver’s south side
Hospital. The initial year of operation is 2018 with a capacity Inverness Office Park.
of 450 students ranging from kindergarten through sixth grade. They plan to bring over
By 2021, they will expand the grade levels to include seventh 300 jobs to their new
and eighth grades and a total capacity of 750 students. For in- campus. The side-by-
formation on their curriculum and enrollment, please visit their side properties include the 65,700 sq. ft. 7459 S. Lima Street
websitee at www.ApexSchool.co.
and the 49,500 sq. ft. 79 Inverness Drive buildings acquired at
a cost of approximately $25 million.
MONUMENT – Greenwood Village developer, Lokal Homes,
has started the development As population and traf-
of 40 townhomes just east of fic continue to grow,
the King Sooper – Jackson concentrated multi-fam-
Creek Crossing Shopping ily development tends
Center on Lyons Trail Road, to concentrate near or at
to be known as JACKSON the FastTrak Park & Ride
CREEK TOWNHOMES. There will be eight individual stations. The latest an-
buildings with four to six units each on the 4.18 site. The nounced development is
24-foot wide individual lots will have three designs ranging by a joint venture of L.A.-based Cityview investment firm and
between 1,490 and 1,920 square feet. The townhomes will Houston-based developer Dinerstein Company. The proposed
include covered patios, attached two-car garages, optional fire-
places and finished basements priced from the upper $200,000s Continued on page 10
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