is proposing to demolish the two 100+-year-old silos at the Coy Barn District, a Colorado Historic Landmark near the NW corner of Lemay and Mulberry--the gateway to Old Town. The Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Commission voted unanimously in March 2016 to recommend the City Council vote to designate the barn, silos, and milk house there as the Coy Farmstead Historic District, which will protec
t all four structures to the fullest extent possible under Fort Collins Municipal Code. Woodward is currently appealing the Building Review Board's second unanimous decision that the silos are not "imminently dangerous" and therefore cannot be torn down. This means that the silos must be repaired Under Code Section 14.53, as directed by the City of Fort Collins, Chief Building Official Mike Gebo in September 2015. To help save the silos, please:
- sign our new petition at https://www.change.org/p/fort-collins-city-council-save-our-silos-repair-and-designate-the-coy-farmstead-fort-collins-colorado
- send letters-to-the-editor of area newspapers, especially the Coloradoan ([email protected])
Please put your letter in the body of the email and send your letter to the:
- Coloradoan: [email protected]
And either of the following:
- Loveland Reporter-Herald: Submit online at: http://www.reporterherald.com/submit
- North Forty News [email protected]
Include your name, phone number and address (this is required by the paper but won’t be published). Include the words "Letter to the Editor" in the subject line. Each newspaper has a maximum word limit. (300 is a good target.) LTEs are short and easy to write. Please help spread the word about the threat to our historic heritage via area newspapers.
- attend the Landmark Preservation Commission meeting on April 13, 5:30 p.m., in Council Chambers, 300 Laporte Avenue
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