Colorado Porch

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planned community

3 Porch Notes tagged “planned community,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Adams County

Northglenn was planned around services, parks, and a shopping center

Developer Perl-Mack laid out Northglenn north of Denver as a complete community: schools, parks, churches, a golf course, and a shopping complex.

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History and culture - Adams County

Thornton's city story starts on the old Eppinger farm

Thornton began as the Eppinger family farm north of Denver, where Sam Hoffman bought land in 1952 to build a planned postwar community.

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History and culture - Adams County

Thornton and Northglenn were built as planned postwar suburbs

Several Adams County cities, including Thornton and Northglenn, grew from planned subdivisions laid out by developers in the postwar boom, not from old town centers.

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