Sharon Dunn, BizWest
Sharon Dunn is an award-winning journalist covering business, banking, real estate, energy, local government and crime in Northern Colorado since 1994. She began her journalism career in Alaska after graduating Metropolitan State College in Denver in 1992. She found her way back to Colorado, where she worked at the Greeley Tribune for 25 years. She has a master's degree in communications management from the University of Denver. She is married and has one grown daughter — and a beloved English pointer at her side while she writes. When not writing, you may find her enjoying embroidery and crochet projects, watching football, or kayaking and birdwatching on a high-mountain lake.
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The difference between moving the Weld County Justice Center 2 miles north or keeping it downtown just got a bit more complicated, as downtown Greeley developers on Monday presented a much different conclusion to the expense of such a move — around $200 million less than originally presented.
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A trifecta of governmental bodies is considering an ambitious plan to co-locate new facilities to preserve downtown Greeley as an employment center for Weld County, the City of Greeley and Greeley-Evans School District 6.
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The Greeley City Council is going to take a little more time to wade through the mountain of information associated with the proposed West Greeley project that would put the city in $1.1 billion in debt while at the same time ushering in a future within the community.
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The 15 members of the Northern Integrated Supply Project will have to collectively come up with more than $33 million this year to fund continued planning and design and legal work for the ongoing water project that is designed to secure their future water needs.
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Future Legends Sports Complex and Northern Colorado Hailstorm owner Jeff Katofsky is now suing the United Soccer League. Katofsky alleges fraud and claims the league failed to pay out tournament prize money for his team.
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The Board of Weld County Commissioners on Wednesday approved a solar farm that will create one of the largest solar projects in the country.
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Colorado State University is entering the race to create long-term fusion energy. The university recently broke ground on a 150-million-dollar facility named “The Advanced Technology for Laser Applications and Science,” or ATLAS, Center.
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A Weld District Court judge put the Future Legends structures under receivership Tuesday, after Future Legends and owner Jeff Katofsky failed to pay six notes that now total more than $45 million.
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Mounting debt, legal issues threaten Future Legends’ future.