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Wheat Ridge council approves Clearvale urban renewal plan, designates area blighted
Summary
Wheat Ridge City Council unanimously approved Resolution 45-2025 establishing the Clearvale Urban Renewal Area, finding blight on about 109 acres and authorizing use of tax-increment financing to support redevelopment.
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — The Wheat Ridge City Council voted unanimously Monday to adopt the Clearvale Urban Renewal Plan, designating roughly 109 acres between Wadsworth Boulevard and Garrison Street as an urban renewal area and finding the location met statutory criteria for blight.
The action, passed as Resolution 45-2025, allows Renewal Wheat Ridge (the Urban Renewal Authority) to use tax-increment financing (TIF) within the Clearvale boundary for eligible site and infrastructure improvements aimed at encouraging industrial and retail redevelopment and improving multimodal connections to the Clear Creek Trail.
City economic development staff and consultants told council the study area contains 28 parcels and met seven of the 11 blight factors used under state law, citing poor street…
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