21, 2021, City Council vote in its favor, this summer may be when ground finally breaks on its project. While developer Oread Capital & Development has yet to move a thimble of dirt since the Dec.
Exactly one year ago this week, elected leaders in this city northwest of Denver approved the 2,350-home Uplands project, a mixed-use development whose centerpiece is the 150-acre farm - with breathtaking views of the mountains - at the corner of W. “People are just amazed that there’s something like this that’s still around in a city.”īut the 64-year-old Westminster native knows the geese, and the expansive field where they gather, are on borrowed time. “It can be very peaceful,” he said, motioning to three large flocks of the birds spread across the field. It’s a spectacle John Palmer has long enjoyed watching from the front porch of his house on Lowell Boulevard, from where he has an unimpeded view of a piece of ground that’s largely been frozen in time for more than a century.
WESTMINSTER - A flock of geese exploded suddenly out of a dormant farm field and into a frigid December sky, creating cacophony and a momentary sense of overhead chaos. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu