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TINY NEIGHBORHOOD WINS — or did it?
Residents of the Rawles Open Space Neighborhood fought developer Kristine Hembre, below, and her plans to build five houses on a five-acre parcel in the tiny community along Mesa Road north of Uintah...
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OLD VS. NEW PITS VILLA DE MESA AND GOLD HILL
This is an early architect's drawing of the Gold Hill Mesa residential and retail development. Notice the rectangular white hole in the middle of the drawing for Gold Hill Mesa? That is Villa de...
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NEIGHBORS TELL BROADMOOR TO PITCH TENT
This is the type of tent, covering 40,000 square feet, that The Broadmoor wants to erect next to its Events Center for the Space Symposium in April and other conventions. Say your neighbor wanted to...
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BAKERY STUNNED WHEN YEARS OF NEIGHBORHOOD PEACE ENDS ABRUPTLY
Larry Vasterling installs parking signs outside the bakery he bought in 1996 with his wife, Jane Vasterling. Recently, they asked the city for a technical change to their zoning and were stunned by...
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DEVELOPER SAYS MASSIVE TOWNHOMES BUILT ‘BY MISTAKE’
Three new buildings in the Dublin Terrace Townhomes complex tower over the adjacent neighborhood. The city said the buildings violate the site development plan. Deverlop Todays Homes says their...
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CONVENIENCE STORES TRIGGER CONTROVERSY IN NEIGHBORHOODS
. This is the tale of two convenience stores. One story is complete and the other has not played out quite yet. But I was intrigued by the parallels. A year ago, a hundred or so angry Springs Ranch...
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BIG WHITE FENCE A RED FLAG FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TROUBLE
A tall white fence surrounds the home of Michele LaPierre on Cheyenne Road. Neighbors complained that it blocked their views when backing onto the busy road and was too tall. City planners agree and...
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