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In this section of the site you'll find news and information we come across related to local businesses in Lafayette Colorado as well as local food initiatives along the Front Range and beyond.

Bjorn's Colorado Honey: Swedish Beekeeping Heritage in Boulder County

Pontus Jakobsson, a third-generation beekeeper from Sweden, brings traditional beekeeping expertise to Colorado through Bjorn's Colorado Honey. 'I, of course, want to say it's the most important animal that we have on the planet. Every fourth bite you consume, it's there because of bees,' says Jakobsson. The company offers diverse honey varieties including traditional clover, spun varieties, and flavored options like sweet and spicy or lemon zest, alongside apiary products like propolis and royal jelly, selling at Boulder County Farmers' Markets and South Pearl Street Farmers' Market in Denver.

Wild Wicks Farm Tour with City Park Farmers Market

Wild Wicks Farm is a beautifully unique and creative concept - they are farming on four residential plots of the land in the Lakewood/Golden Colorado area. They rent the houses and farm the land.

Tebo Properties looks to lease former Lafayette Florist site

Formerly Lafayette Florist
Located in predominantly residential area
Close to many amenities – Restaurants, Banks, Shopping
High traffic area with heavy store front presence

TEBO Properties  is looking to lease the former Lafayette Florist site at 600 South Public Road for commercial use and has it listed on their website. There isn't any other publicly available information on the site or any potential plans that we are currently aware of.

The southern part of that lot actually sits over some old mines and has what the state determines to be medium risk of "subsidence", which means there is a risk of the land settling if the mines below ever settles or caves in.

Sanitas Brewing Company to Open 3rd Taproom in Lafayette

Sanitas Brewing Company is thrilled to announce the opening of its third location at 400 West South Boulder Rd, Suite 1650, Lafayette, CO. This new 3,700 square foot taproom, complemented by a sprawling 17,000 square foot patio, will officially open its doors to the public with a grand opening on Saturday, August 10th, 2024. 

How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access (Modern Farmer)

In 2020, the two farms came together to form the Treehouse Farm Collective, a separate LLC that enabled them to put forward a strong proposal for a farmland lease and get approved.
If you can take away some of the financial burden upfront and have community, that's a big thing. — Cody Jurbala, Speedwell Farm & Gardens

Lafayette named #7 in Fortune Magazine’s best places to live for families

Condé Nast Traveler may have deemed Lafayette one of the best small-town day trips from Denver, but it’s also worth a permanent move. It’s blossoming from its rural origins, with scenic views of the Rocky Mountains. Just 35 minutes north of Denver and 25 minutes east of Boulder, it also sits at a prime corner location between two of Colorado’s most popular cities.

The Family Jones Distillery Launches Direct-to-Consumer Distribution

Denver's award-winning Family Jones Distillery expands nationwide with direct-to-consumer shipping through Cask & Barrel Club. Source: PR Newswire

Intent to Develop for 504-610 W. Baseline by Hartronft Associates

Rendering of proposed development at 610 West Baseline Road in Lafayette, CO
As currently envisioned, the development would create a new mixed-use development with an 8,000sf +/- retail/commercial building on the corner of Baseline and Carr, with residential townhomes and duplexes on the eastern portion of the site. The retail building will provide the necessary parking in an adjacent parking lot to the south of the building, with retail storefronts facing Baseline and addressing the corner. The parking lot would be screened from the existing residential neighborhood to the south of the alley.

Safeway, Albertsons stores in Colorado could be sold in merger

Nearly one hundred supermarket grocery stores in Colorado have been identified by Kroger to be sold if a proposed merger is approved.

Kroger has identified 89 Safeway grocery stores and two Albertsons that would be divested in Colorado.

This does include the Safeway in Erie on the northeast corner of the 287 and Arapahoe intersection.
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