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Fort Collins City Council
300 LaPorte
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Dear Mayor Hutchinson and Council members Manvel, Poppaw, Brown, Troxell, Ohlson and
Roy:
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce encourages the Fort Collins City Council to
amend the I-25 Subarea Plan and the City Plan Structure Plan map and to rezone 105 acres
located at the northeast comer of 1-25 and East Prospect Road.
This interchange is a key community gateway and this rezoning provides an important
economic development opportunity for Fort Collins. Rezoning will allow for not only an
increased number of employment acres within our Growth Management Area, but will also
allow for a regional retail center. The value of such a center is two -fold: it provides the
opportunity for the City of Fort Collins to capture vital sales tax revenue that funds our
quality of life, but also re-establishes Fort Collins as the retail and economic leader of
northern Colorado.
As has been noted in the materials provided by staff, the area will see an additional 1.5
million square feet of retail in the next 10 to 15 years. Downtown, Foothills Mall, Harmony
Road and south College cannot accommodate larger format regional retail centers because
they are largely built out. This site provides one of the few opportunities for Fort Collins to
capitalize on the increase in retail in the area. We can either be prepared for this development
and see that it is done correctly or watch others capitalize on the opportunity and in a way not
befitting our community.
This interchange faces the same challenges that other gateways to our community do: there
are no state or federal dollars available to improve this important transportation infrastructure
for our residents. We must be creative in holding on to our vision for this area while
capitalizing on the opportunity to fund improvements. This rezoning allows us to do just that.
Sincerely,
Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
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David L. May
President & CEO
cc: Darin Atteberry