Here is the link to the revised petition. After 9 months of our community members advocating for the best development, we had to create a new petition.
https://www.change.org/QuailAnnexationStopThisDevelopment
Today is the last day! We need more signatures. Please click on the link above and sign. Then pass it to your family, friends and neighbors.
We have paper petitions out in the community that I will collect today to present to the mayor and council tomorrow in addition to your online signatures.
This is our last push to have the city council know how much we care about the growth of our city so they can do their job and advocate for the best development! Not just any development.
There was a great article in the Longmont Times Jan 25th addressing this annexation at 8902 Quail Rd (Clover Basin between Airport Rd and S Fordham St) and our concerns. It was written by the journalist, Matthew Bennett.
Here is the link of the full article:
Longmont: The world’s ‘greatest village’ or ‘Apartmont’?
Here is a section of the article:
Longmont City Councilmember Sean McCoy, who voted against the 8902 Quail Road annexation and concept plan during its first reading on Jan. 14, said that he has heard concerns from constituents about the amount of high-density, for-rent residential developments going up in the city and shares those concerns.
“I think we’ve allowed the least resistance to win the day here,” McCoy said.
The Longmont government’s active development log lists several multi-family projects as approved, including: 224 residential units in Echelon at Harvest Junction, a 276-unit apartment complex in Sandstone Ranch Apartments and a 324-unit multi-family apartments at Thompson Thrift, among others. The city’s active development log also lists several projects as being under construction, such as the 198-unit, four-story, four-building apartments at the intersection of East Second Avenue and Martin Street.
McCoy pointed to Prospect New Town in Longmont, which features tree-lined streets connecting residences to parks and amenities, as an exemplary development. Prospect has a mix of housing styles and rear lanes behind houses to separate car and pedestrian traffic.
“Since that time, I’ve never seen another development brought forward … of that caliber,” McCoy said referring to Prospect. “I kind of wonder to myself, what’s wrong with us?”
Originally Published: January 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM MST