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Smith said the project will cover sections 2, 3, 10 and 11 in the Marketplace area and work from existing zoning and the comprehensive plan toward an implementable vision. “We will be establishing a vision and framework for future development, and also working with stakeholders and the community to develop and refine the sub area plan,” consultant Blake Young told council.

Staff outlined a revised outreach strategy that emphasizes “meeting people where they are”: pop-up events at neighborhood nights, outreach at city festivals and business venues (including Prost and other Marketplace businesses), an online survey and targeted stakeholder meetings with property owners and tenants. The team said it will avoid large open-house sessions in favor of shorter, on-site interactions to boost participation.

Land-use options under consideration include regional and local mixed use, commercial and entertainment uses, townhomes or apartments for housing diversity, and parks or stormwater-open-space elements designed as placemaking features. Smith and Young urged council members to collect visual examples and case studies (they suggested Crocker Park, Ohio, and Legacy West, Plano, Texas) and to send bullet-point feedback to staff in the coming weeks.

Technical constraints and timeline: Staff told council the plan will account for infrastructure limits — including water augmentation and wastewater capacity — and will coordinate with public-works analyses before final recommendations. The schedule calls for existing-conditions work and summer outreach in 2025, scenario development through late 2025 and public review of a preferred plan in late 2025 and early 2026, with adoption targeted for October 2026.

Council members offered early ideas during the kickoff: suggestions included experiential entertainment (indoor mini-golf or arcade), more ownership-friendly housing (townhomes or other “middle housing”), improved pedestrian and bike connections across 104th Avenue, stronger outreach to renters, youth and Spanish-speaking residents, and distinctive public art or “Instagrammable” placemaking features. Smith said staff will send a follow-up “homework” request to council to gather visual examples and short priorities for use in scenario work.

No land-use changes were adopted; the item was a project kickoff and staff asked for council and community input during the coming months.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Study Session - 6/2/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Planning staff and consultants kicked off a subarea plan for the Northglenn Marketplace, proposing mixed-use, open-space and connectivity goals, a revised public-engagement plan of pop-up events and a schedule targeting plan adoption in late 2026.","taxTitle","Northglenn, Adams County, Colorado","taxId",50881,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6218945,"Northglenn economic development director reports steady new-business growth, highlights 5.2 million annual visits to Marketplace",1197,3440000,4637000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3624286-d26602d2082e3b096666cdb0b817cfc1&start=3440&end=4637","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3624286-d26602d2082e3b096666cdb0b817cfc1/thumbnail_3440000.jpg","/articles/6218945/Northglenn/Adams-County/Colorado/Northglenn-economic-development-director-reports-steady-new-business-growth-highlights-52-million-annual-visits-to-Marketplace","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6218945-07c4f28608516f6468b7f8ecae786532/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437770&Signature=Mw3-l7FdtKupCMRfuXfuJ10GeopxooW6LbGPwhyqbrm-x06BMQA9V~lJeLy6pA1H9p5VO8iJZrzq8H4flDnwsleCQu6dg1PQs-o6TWZbdrYIMN6b94RczSfnkXVa3ROVqrEllm31krq8xrXS8DV206hN5BRL0gQnDIFb8qkuVC0~zI~CqvAOSAQnl3E31pHYK9nQdZjeqBAV9GtB8irv7nDPk0jUXF-DQmFvoz-lZ2tF1rYFkWivF6sco~u-U9FXT0RTkwmpcFBzK2-N0wKo07UYF2zXM9mQVIYecn4AHu23r7oh8iVVDwdB9oVZQSuJ1SEmWi3aZ~chpSJ5-hr1vw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Allison Moding, Northglenn’s director of economic development, told the City Council the department closed 2024 with 44 new businesses, 14 new home-based businesses and about 432 new jobs, and reported ongoing redevelopment activity at the Northglenn Marketplace and other centers.

Moding highlighted a new analytics tool, Placer AI, that the city uses to estimate visitation; she said Northglenn Marketplace drew roughly 5.2 million visits in the most recent year, topping the city’s list of destinations. “Northglenn Marketplace is at the top: 5,200,000 visits a year,” she said.

The department reported modest changes in commercial vacancy rates: office and industrial vacancies rose slightly year over year and retail vacancy ticked up a few percentage points, with the marketplace’s largest vacancies concentrated in former anchor and larger box spaces. Moding said 2024 included 36,513 square feet of commercial absorption and described ongoing tenant activity in multiple shopping centers.

Urban renewal and grants: Moding said the city’s urban renewal authority (NURA) manages five active plans and issued 10 grants in 2024 totaling about $77,166 to support façade, signage and utility work. She said most Northglenn businesses are inside an urban-renewal area and the grants help smaller storefront improvements. The Marketplace redevelopment work remains active: Moding said the developer Hutinski Capital Partners is wrapping up signage and final work related to incentives and that the former Prost project’s completion is near. She said one restaurant space in the Marketplace will be occupied soon by Bubba's 33 (a Texas Roadhouse-affiliated concept) and that the city is pursuing potential buyers for Washington Center and reviewing developer interest for a parcel at 112th and Irma.

Business retention and outreach: The department described a business retention-and-expansion program that includes one-on-one visits, “business walks,” quarterly anniversary notices signed by council, ribbon cuttings, and a camera grant program coordinated with the police department. Moding said the city recently debuted Business Prevention Lunch-and-Learns with the police department to advise businesses on crime prevention and camera grants.

Conventions and prospecting: Moding and the city manager attended the ICSC commercial real-estate conference in Las Vegas to meet potential tenants and developers and said the trip yielded useful leads and market intelligence. She said staff are preparing website updates, revising outreach materials and planning the annual business appreciation event for Oct. 28 at the Parsons Theatre.

Active sites and next steps: Moding said the city is tracking vacancies in the industrial park, working prospects for Carl’s Farm remaining parcels, and evaluating Washington Point redevelopment options; she noted discussions with Xcel Energy about possible utility undergrounding to improve development attractiveness at 112th and Irma. She asked council to save Oct. 28 for the business appreciation event and said the department will continue outreach to property owners, tenants and potential grocers for the Marketplace. No council action was taken; council members asked site-specific questions about Webster Lake Promenade vacancies, signage repairs and market data from Placer AI.","Director Allison Moding told council the city added dozens of new businesses in 2024, issued urban-renewal grants, and reported that Placer AI estimates about 5.2 million annual visits to Northglenn Marketplace; staff outlined active redevelopment discussions at Washington Center and other sites.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":79,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6218950,"Adams 12 officials warn budget cuts, enrollment decline drove $27 million reduction and 50-plus job cuts",3353,87000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3624286-d26602d2082e3b096666cdb0b817cfc1&start=87&end=3440","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3624286-d26602d2082e3b096666cdb0b817cfc1/thumbnail_87000.jpg","/articles/6218950/Northglenn/Adams-County/Colorado/Adams-12-officials-warn-budget-cuts-enrollment-decline-drove-27-million-reduction-and-50-plus-job-cuts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6218950-9b2451405c7f03b3313ec1691c586096/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437770&Signature=NUWfOsfCQ5fw48Twb~mWLo90H7MRCgJCn0sGi8g1-oncwdAAwmuXAbxkEOoRw5OBeCRu9cEPPSmyBe2-RJvYtAhjlNCCTeZqnHdfM1KL60jzGGLesVOyielmebQAo5Q6LGB7Bft3yVuTgaP6yEbJC6bGoXU6wglaHgxVGYenavBTh3lM1M4-HWsr4L5l-zDSFs96Vac4qF8otLSRkK9afV0UFqBCu9LiZqvdu4ikp2uTSLZ8SKF9vJdxdsJFrt~x2Xq3m-VWwTVf5BjJnXoaauRQDaeTfeBrKTsWA84ZBtzSNHXqacB~wlHb2uyGa-aRSNFVa5HxkK9cFWi5uohGtw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Adams 12 Five Star Schools Superintendent Chris Godowsky and Board President Lori Gold Steen told the Northglenn City Council that the district made roughly $27 million in general fund reductions for next year — more than a 5% cut — and eliminated over 50 positions amid declining enrollment and state funding changes.

The presentation outlined why the district reduced spending, what the district will do with bond proceeds and how facilities decisions tied to safety and maintenance informed priorities. “We had some fairly significant reductions we had to make this last year to our system for next year,” Godowsky told the council.

The district said enrollment now is about 35,000 students across district-managed and charter-authorized schools and that Adams 12 is the sixth-largest district in Colorado. Godowsky said the district’s general fund is about $400 million and that the $27 million cut was driven by a combination of declining enrollment, a state change in how declines are averaged and double-digit cost increases in utilities, insurance and technology. He told the council the district reduced more than 50 positions as part of the plan and made targeted reductions in roles such as teacher-librarians, gifted-and-talented advocates and some intervention services to try to preserve class-size levels.

The presentation emphasized academic gains and programs amid the financial strain: a 87.3% four-year graduation rate for the class of 2024, 71% of students earning 3–5 scores on AP exams last year and expanded career and technical education pathways. Godowsky and Gold Steen also described a newcomer center at Thornton High School for recently arrived students and said the district enrolls more than 500 students from Afghanistan, the largest Afghani enrollment in the metro area.

Facilities and bonds: Gold Steen said voters approved bond measures totaling $830 million last fall, which the district is using for deferred maintenance, rebuilding Thornton High and other capital projects. Thornton High will be rebuilt in phases on the same property over about five years; the district said it is under contract with Adolfsson and Peterson for construction and expects a new central kitchen and food-storage warehouse near Mountain Range High School, with the food facility currently projected to open in 2027. Godowsky cited plumbing failures, structural vulnerabilities and drainage issues at Thornton High as drivers for rebuilding.

State funding and local revenue: District leaders told the council Adams 12 ranks near the bottom of metro districts on property value per student and supplemental (mill-override) revenue, which they said yields roughly $2,000 per student in supplemental funds for Adams 12. Godowsky noted that property wealth differences make local supplemental revenue harder to raise in Adams 12 and argued the state school finance system creates large disparities across districts. He also cited two legislative-commissioned studies released in late 2024 that, he said, concluded Colorado funding is inadequate by large sums; Godowsky said implementing recommendations could yield a dramatic funding increase for districts like Adams 12.

Compensation and program trade-offs: Godowsky said the district prioritized some compensation changes to remain competitive amid teacher shortages and vacancies in special education, high school math and science. He gave a 2023–24 average teacher salary of about $77,000 for Adams 12 and said the district lags neighboring districts by roughly $20,000 in average pay in some comparisons. He warned that without new revenue the district may be forced into larger class sizes and program reductions.

School consolidation study: Council members asked about possible school consolidations. Godowsky said staff are studying several elementary schools with enrollments now under 300 students and will analyze preschool siting, boundary logic and newcomer enrollment trends before recommending closures. He cautioned the savings from an elementary consolidation are typically around $1.2 million — meaningful but small relative to a $400 million budget — and said closing a school prematurely can create problems if enrollment later rebounds.

What’s next: District leaders told the council they will continue outreach to voters ahead of any future supplemental revenue measures, continue long-range facility planning and study potential consolidations and boundary changes over the next 1–3 years. No formal action or vote by the Northglenn City Council occurred on the presentation.

The council’s discussion followed about 37 minutes of presentation and Q&A; multiple council members asked about consolidation criteria, classroom technology costs, and whether Thornton High students will be shifted during phased reconstruction. Godowsky said the phased build will allow students to remain on site in newly constructed segments while older portions are demolished and rebuilt.","Adams 12 Five Star Schools leaders told the Northglenn City Council the district cut roughly $27 million from a roughly $400 million general fund budget, eliminated more than 50 positions and will rebuild Thornton High while pursuing an $830 million bond-funded facilities program.","actionData","errors"]

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