The next few months should be the beginning of a downtown demolition zone as several buildings are razed to morph into a shiny, new version of a county judicial center that will jumpstart the planned downtown civic campus.
Though not quite talking dollars yet, the Greeley City Council Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement with Weld County to begin land swaps that will restructure downtown to make way for the changes. They passed the measure after a few questions clarifying that the agreement has nothing to do with funding of the project.
“There’s a lot of discussion going on with all of our budgets and where we’re at today with west Greeley and downtown,” said Councilman Johnny Olson. “Knowing that we’re in this budget crisis, we want to make sure we’re not moving forward with our development until we have a better understanding of where the city is (budget wise).”…