FORT COLLINS The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce has launched Northern Colorado Prospers 2.0, a major fund drive to support a series of overarching goals for the community and its businesses.
As announced Wednesday at a kickoff event an event that also celebrated the contributions of about 50 investors so far the campaign has a $4 million goal. And $2.9 million is already committed from community investors, said Kevin Unger, president and CEO of UCHealth in Northern Colorado. Unger is among the campaign leadership council. And like vaccinating the remaining adults in the community, the hard part of the fundraising campaign remains to be accomplished, he said.
Assisted living center planned near Fort Collins hotel, Foothills mall
A Denver developer plans to turn nearly 4 acres of undeveloped land at the corner of Monroe Drive and Stanford Road into an assisted living and memory care facility.
The project is currently designed for 24 memory care units and 113 assisted living/independent living units just east of the Marriott Fort Collins with whom it would share an overflow parking lot. The facility expects to employ about 15 staff on a typical shift.
Developer Matt Oermann of Cherrywood Pointe Investment LLC won approval from the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board in late May. He is now clear to file final plans and get the permits to begin work.