Fort St. Vrain power plant
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Weld County’s largest power plant to get bigger

The Weld County Board of County Commissioners recently approved Public Service Company of Colorado’s (Xcel Energy) request to build two new natural-gas fired combustion turbines and its associated facilities. The two combined will add an additional 364 megawatts of power-generation capacity, which would at most be enough to provide power to 364,000 homes.

Erickson Senior Living map, Westminster.
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Erickson seeks approvals for large Westminster senior community

Baltimore-based Erickson Living Properties LLC, a national developer and operator of senior-living communities, is seeking approval for a series of land-use changes that would pave the way for construction of a project slated to include 1,350 independent living units and 135 assisted living and memory care units in Westminster.