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>obtrusive. In Block 33, most of the buildings are 20' and the
Aargest is 54'. The buildings on the adjoining 3 corners of Cherry
>and College are all one story, and although this project is said to
>be only several stories, it is going to be 74' tall, and right up to
>the sidewalk.
>The neighbors feel this height is not compatible with the other
>buildings adjoining it...... it is also too close to the river for
>that height. In our view, it will stick out like a sore thumb with
>the surrounding development and is a bad entrance to our
>neighborhood. Although it is allowed by the City Code, it is not
>compatible. Mikal is meeting with us on Monday, April 18, to
>discuss this. This meeting was not required by the City for his
>development ........ we asked him to come, although it is late in the
>process to do this and I don't know that he views this as anything
>more than show and tell.
>We are upset about this. Business needs community. Mikal says in
>your paper, that it would be a disservice to build under the footage
>allowed in the area ....... WHO is it a disservice to? We're not
>against business, but good business works to find solutions with the
>community. The developers on Block 33 and Mason St North have been
>great at working with the neighbors. Mikal knows all about that.
>He lived here during the Trillium project, where the neighbors were
>able to negotiate with the Railroad for a project that worked for
>all of us (let me know if you are not aware of that). Because Mikal
>lived in the neighborhood at that time, he was involved with this
>and went on to design the River Rock CoHousing because of it. Most
>of the folks he worked with then are still here. He knows we like
>to be involved in what is going on in our neighborhood (which he
>also calls his neighborhood, in his last em to me) ..... and yet, out
>of courtesy, he did not contact us about this project. His own
>neighbors! I'm sure he was aware, knowing us, that this would be
>controversial. Contacting us would've been the right thing to
>do ..... now we are in more of an adversarial position. To us, this is
>a very bad way to do business.
>I know this seems like a boon to the business community, but I think
>your readers need to know about the bigger community it is
>affecting. There are ways to have a win -win for both, and Mikal
>Torgerson has not done that here.
>Please let me know if I can write something in your paper.
>Thanks,
>Chris Maldonado
>412 N. Whitcomb St.
>FC 80521
>221-7246
Tom Hacker
News editor
Northern Colorado Business Report
141 S. College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
(970) 221-5400 x223
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From: "Dan Rotner" <drotner@coburndev.com>
To: "Anne Aspen (E-mail)" <aaspen@fcgov.com>
Date: 04/15/2005 4:32:42 PM
Subject: FW: Cherry St. Station
As discussed, I'm sending this along for your information.
Best,
Dan
—Original Message —
From: Tom Hacker [mailto:thacker@ncbr.com]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:00 AM
To: Dan Rotner
Subject: Fwd: Chevy St. Station
Dan, here's the letter from a neighborhood resident I mentioned to
you, for your information only.
We'll probably publish this in our April 15 edition.
Penny Flats? Ran out of time during our conversation to ask about the
name. How did that arise?
Thanks for your help,
Tom
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>Hi Tom,
>I read your article on the Cherry St. Station project. The article
>was given to me by a neighbor. Are there places in your paper for
>public comments? I would like to write something about the
>following....
>The neighborhood, Martinez Park, is not happy about this Cherry St.
>Station project. We are not against development ...... the neighbors
>I have talked with are very happy about the Mason St North project
>as well as Block 33, but not this one.
>The height is the issue for most neighbors. The Mason St. N.
>project has 2/3 buildings that are 26' and 1/3 which are 39' and
>will be set in the middle of the 26' buildings so they are not so