BROOMFIELD — Broomfield might not have a traditional downtown, but it isn’t looking for traditional.
Instead, leaders want to turn the city’s existing Civic Center into a downtownlike “gathering space” that would incorporate shops and apartments into a parklike area. Broomfield is seeking a developer for the project, and hopes to receive proposals by Nov. 24.
The plan calls for adding shops, apartments, bike and pedestrian trails to the area surrounding city hall, the library and the auditorium and upgrading Community Park pond, according to the request for proposals.
Broomfield never had a dedicated “downtown” area around which development grew. That’s why the Civic Center project won’t look like the downtown areas of cities such as Fort Collins, Arvada or Lafayette, said Kevin Standbridge, deputy city and county manager.
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