Colorado's I-25 North: Road To Growth

23 April 2001 - 7:00am

Urban growth is pushing north along the interstate from Denver, gobbling up farm land and open space.

"The boat and trailer sales outlets cropping up near the I-25 outpost with the "world famous cinnamon rolls" barely hint at the commerce heading its way. Coming soon: a golf course community along the river to the north, with an adjoining office/retail center planned to grow larger than Park Meadows mall. The urban growth that gushed south along Interstate 25 from Denver in the 1990s is turning north. From Denver through Fort Collins, a Denver Post analysis found, every mile of a 70-mile interstate trip now lies within some community's urban-growth boundaries."

Source: The Denver Post, April 22, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.