Dallas Heltzell, BizWest
Reporter, BizWestWith BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public 暗黑爆料 Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-暗黑爆料, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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A group hoping that voters will repeal the Greeley City Council鈥檚 approval of the complex financing plan for a $1.1 billion sports and entertainment project on the city鈥檚 western edge has won approval of its petition form from the city clerk鈥檚 office and began collecting signatures of registered voters over the weekend. -
An office building and adjacent warehouse that have been home to a Christian publisher may be acquired by the City of Loveland to house its utilities department. The City Council on Tuesday will consider an ordinance allowing the city to pursue the $12 million purchase. -
Weld County is taking the Town of Hudson to court in an attempt to keep construction of a planned truck stop along Interstate 76 from further damaging a heavily traveled county road. Learn more from BizWest. -
A U.S. District Court judge has denied Future Legends LLC鈥檚 request for a temporary restraining order against the Town of Windsor over the pending expiration of temporary certificates of occupancy, but the owner of the troubled sports complex on Friday appealed the town鈥檚 decision to let the permits expire Sunday night. -
A once-thriving and ambitious hotel management and development company that aspired to grow beyond Northern Colorado is now selling its four remaining hotels 鈥� the last vestiges of an empire built by the late William G. 鈥淏ill鈥� Albrecht 鈥� amid a swirl of bankruptcies, lawsuits, receivership and internal feuds. -
A plan facing a public hearing Wednesday before the Loveland Planning Commission would add up to 2,277 housing units in a 150-acre parcel of the Centerra South development in east Loveland. -
Boulder Housing Partners' work is underway on the Alpine-Balsam project. The affordable-housing venture is decades in the making. -
Developer Martin Lind鈥檚 proposal to Greeley would require the city to guarantee the Cascadia project鈥檚 $1.1 billion debt. Cascadia would be funded through the revenues it generates once it opens as well as through $793 million in bonds. Greeley city officials are now reviewing a market study and will receive an economic impact report on Dec. 20. -
Some Northern Colorado towns could soon be able to approve projects and development reviews now that North Weld County Water District has officially lifted its 3-year-old moratorium on new taps. -
The Loveland City Council will hold a special meeting next Tuesday to name a new city manager, city attorney and municipal judge. The three appointments must be ratified by a supermajority of council members.
