A new 500+ home development project can now move forward in the Colorado town of Erie after the town settled a lawsuit with the landowner. Redtail Ranch is in Weld County, north of Baseline Road and west of Interstate 25 in Erie. Erie’s mayor posted that the approval was a choice that pitted logic against emotion with significant consequences.
There has been some controversy around the development because of contamination that was underneath a small portion of the property.
But Richard Dean says when his company, Stratus, bought these 300 acres more than a decade ago, no one knew about those contaminants…