Photo courtesy of R2 Partners.
Garfield County staff provided an impact analysis on the proposed annexation of 15 acres in West Glenwood during Monday’s county commissioners meeting, highlighting concerns about additional traffic congestion.
Wyatt Keesbery, Garfield County Road and Bridge Director, said that he would like to see the city annex and take ownership of Donegan Road, Storm King Road and Mel Ray Road, the three roadways that surround the proposed development site.
“I think this would be a great opportunity for the city of Glenwood Springs to take on all of West Glenwood,” Keesbery said.
“Right now there’s very limited use basically just West Glenwood uses those roads.”
The Glenwood Springs Mall in West Glenwood.
The developers of a multi-use development in West Glenwood announced Monday that they are also under contract to purchase the adjacent Glenwood Springs Mall.
“R2 Partners and the Glenwood Springs Mall owner, Frank Woods, jointly announce that a contract is in place to purchase and redevelop the Glenwood Springs Mall in West Glenwood,” the real estate group said in a news release.
A contract sale price was not disclosed.
The Glenwood Springs Mall is an area that has been identified for redevelopment in the city of Glenwood Springs’ comprehensive plan. The city has formed an Urban Renewal Authority to study and help facilitate redevelopment or renovation options.
Regular vs social media stats
A recent article from CNN.com caught my eye. It concerned the news that about 100 people who received the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccination later came down with Guillain-Barré
syndrome. Mathematically, that comes out to 0.0008% of that group. That is 8 ten-thousandths of 1%.
CNN followed that statement with the statement, “It’s not clear whether those cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome resulted from the vaccine.” CNN is not alone in reporting this news this way. It’s got everbody on social media up in arms, too.
The problem? CNN goes on to report that 3,000 to 6,000 people develop Guillain-Barré (out of our population of 330 million) which is (wait for it)…. 0.0009% to 0.0018%, 9 to 18 ten-thousandths of a percent.
The Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-0 last week to deny both the annexation of 15 acres in West Glenwood and rezoning the parcel as a residential planned unit development, citing conflicts between…
The Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning Commission will continue deliberating the approval of a planned unit development district application near the West Glenwood Mall due to resident concerns about population density and building heights.
The project plans involve constructing 360 rental units at 214 Center Drive, which is currently a vacant lot. It also includes multiple infrastructure upgrades within the area.
The current owner of the parcel is the Diemoz family, who own the company under the company Glenwood Partnership LLLP.
R2 Partners, the developer for the project, will purchase the parcel from Glenwood Partnership LLLP.
The official applicant is listed as 214 Center Drive, LLC, which is an official affiliate of R2 Partners.