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WORDS Continued from page 8                               designed to maintain the colloq-
                                                                  ial feel of the area and the yard
        with consideration of making a toll lane in each direction.  The   will be gravel surface. The first
        total cost estimate is currently being pegged at $350 million.  A   floor will have 3 bays used to fix
        lot of effort is being put into the plan to kick start construction   the equipment being stored and
        in 2019 with a 2021/22 completion objective.  This is a “must   an  administrative  office.    The
        succeed” effort!
                                                                  second  floor  is  proposed  future
                                                                  office space.
        MONUMENT
                                    Carlos  Miguel’s  bites  the   COLORADO SPRINGS
                                    dust  at  the  Walmart/Home   Across the street from the Western Mining Museum, is an 18-
                                    Depot Jackson Creek Shop-     acre tract appropriately named ACADEMY GATEWAY, un-
                                    ping Center, BUT, is quickly                              dergoing  ground  work  for
                                    replaced by DON TEQUI-                                    the  development  of  four
                                    LA MEXICAN GRILL &                                        commercial/office   struc-
                                    CANTINA.   Located cad-                                   tures and two future builds.
                                    dy-corner  from  the  Kohl’s
        Department  Store,  Don Tequila  is  already  receiving  rave  in-                    The   Parcel’s   primary
                                                                                              frontage  runs  north  along
        ternet reviews for its quality Mexican dinners. With pricing in                       Struthers  just  past  Glen
        the mid to high $teens, the menu includes Carne Asad, Steak
        Monterrey, El Toro Steak and Puntas De Res.  The over-all ap-  Eagle  Drive,  with  about  1⁄4
        pearance remains the same, but the food – um um good!!!
                                                                  of its frontage on Northgate,
                                                                  and  is  separated  from  I-25
        Also joining the center near the                          by a strip owned by the Air
        entrance  is  THE  KILN  ART                              Force.    It  will  be  accessed
        STUDIO.  No matter if you are                             off of Stuthers with a private
        a beginner, or professional, adult                        circular  drive  servicing  the
        or kid (have a kid’s party) you                           property.  A round-about is planned at thee Strutheer’s Road/
        can create and paint your own                             Gleneagel Drive intersection which is currently served by four-
        pottery, canvas or glass fusion.                          way stop signage.  This truly caps the entrance to the rapidly
        The Kiln is a family owned and                            growing commercial NorthGate Corridor.
        operated friendly place offering
        a casual place for your artistry.
                                                                  POLARIS POINT - In the strip shops behind the Loaf and Jug,
                                                                                              nestled  between  the  selec-
        LARKSPUR                                                                              tion  of  brewery  and  eater-
                                      Thanks  to  an  overloaded                              ies,  is  coming  one  of  the
                                      electrical  box,  without                               hot,  new,  exercise  trends
                                      the quick response of the                               –  RUSH  CYCLE.    Their
                                      Larkspur  Fire  Depart-                                 program  is  group,  high  in-
                                      ment, we could have lost                                tensity  aerobics  performed
                                      the  LARKSPUR  COR-                                     on  stationary  cycles,  per-
                                      NER MARKET.  Fortu-                                     fomred  to  music,  subdued
                                      nately,    after  a  couple  of
        days downtime, electrical repair and inspection, they are back   lighting,  and  orchestrated
                                                                  by an instructor.  Lots of
        to business as usual.  Sometimes we don’t know what we have   push  ups  and  butt  back/
        until we nearly lose it.  It’s not pretty, but it works - pizza any-  butt forward moves while
        one?
                                                                  pumping  away  on  the
                                                                  cycle to tunes that envigo-
        Following  months  of                                     rate your efforts.  The for-
        planning  and  review,                                    mal terminology is Spin Class and Indoor Cycling.  The online
        the  MOLTZ  CON-                                          reviews rave about classes.  Just watching the videos on the
        STRUCTION  STOR-                                          Internet wear me out.
        AGE  YARD  has  bro-
        ken ground about a half                                   The Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse at Polaris Pointe plans to
        mile north of the Lark-                                   build a small concert venue on the adjacent parcel.  The 15,000
        spur Town Hall at 8440 Spruce Mountain Road. This 6.97 acre   square foot facility will seat 750 people inside, and an additional
        site will be used for both yard and building storage of construc-  200 more in a 9,000 square foot outdoor patio (seasonal).  The
        tion equipment for Moltz when it is not in use at their project
        development sites.  The 9,868 square foot, two story building is                          Continued on page 10
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