Tag: buc-ee’s
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LETTERS: No place for Buc-ees; making an immeasurable mark
Not the place for Buc-ee’s Buc-ee’s is trying to build a travel center at County Line and I-25, near Monument and Palmer Lake. Imagine, if you will, the Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. No, not the festival itself. Imagine hopping on the freeway and not being able to drive to Denver on the weekends during the…
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LETTERS: Data centers; suppression by exhaustion
Questions on data center I’d like to register my opposition to the data center proposal, Project Taurus and here are a few reasons and unanswered questions that inform my opposition; I’m a long-time resident of the Springs, and I remember the last project that came in on time (and under budget) was our current airport,…
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LETTERS: This is Buc-ee’s; decriminalizing prostitution
This is Buc-ee’s El Paso County’s statement that no Buc-ee’s application has been filed misses the point entirely. What is before the county is a Boundary Line Adjustment (BLA, File No. EXBL261) — a property line change the applicant is seeking to push through as a quiet administrative action, no public hearing required. Its purpose…
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El Paso County pushes back on Buc-ee’s rumors
Addressing “significant public interest,” El Paso County released a statement on its website last week saying that planning staff have not received an application for a Buc-ee’s. “A project such as the construction of a Buc-ee’s does require a transparent public process,” read the statement. The county’s note addressed rumors around a land application opened…
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El Paso County pushes back on Buc-ee’s rumors
Addressing “significant public interest,” El Paso County released a statement on its website last week saying that planning staff have not received an application for a Buc-ee’s. “A project such as the construction of a Buc-ee’s does require a transparent public process,” read the statement. The county’s note addressed rumors around a land application opened…
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With Buc-ee’s withdrawn from Palmer Lake, other communities signal interest
The withdrawal of Buc-ee’s developers’ plans with Palmer Lake could be welcome news to other communities that have actively sought to attract the Texas travel chain. The pullout comes after over a year of increasing opposition efforts, but a local consultant with the company said on Wednesday that Buc-ee’s still wanted to build in the…
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Buc-ee’s withdraws Palmer Lake application
DECK: Spokesman says company still wants to build a travel center in region The long battle in Palmer Lake over supersized travel center Buc-ee’s may be over. The town confirmed Wednesday that the contentious annexation application by Buc-ee’s developers has been withdrawn. Mark Waller, a consultant with the company, said that there “really wasn’t much…
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Buc-ee’s withdraws Palmer Lake application
The long battle in Palmer Lake over supersized travel center Buc-ee’s may be over. The town confirmed Wednesday that the contentious annexation application by Buc-ee’s developers has been withdrawn. Mark Waller, a consultant with the company, said that there “really wasn’t much to say” as of yet on the reason for the withdrawal. He said…
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Lack of Palmer Lake legal representation stalls Buc-ee’s decisions
Palmer Lake may be stuck when it comes to key decisions after the Board of Trustees terminated the town’s attorney at a meeting last month. “We as a staff will not be creating resolutions without an attorney,” said Glen Smith, the town’s interim administrator, at a meeting Friday night. The trustees voted to fire former…
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Lack of Palmer Lake legal representation stalls Buc-ee’s decisions
Palmer Lake may be stuck when it comes to key decisions after the board of trustees terminated the town’s attorney at a meeting last week. “We as a staff will not be creating resolutions without an attorney,” said the town’s interim administrator Glen Smith at a meeting Friday night. The trustees voted to fire former…