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2014 Year in Review-March/April

2014 Year in Review-March/April

The close of 2014 will put us at the halfway mark for the decade.  Some use the passage of time as a measuring tool…how much have we done…how much time have we got left.  But the timetable for a city or county should probably be measured in accomplishments, not a calendar.  Some projects and programs […]

City Council Breakfast Meeting Covers Roads and Recreation

City Council Breakfast Meeting Covers Roads and Recreation

  It will be several more months before the City of Lamar finds out if it can begin updates at the new North Gateway Park using grant funds.  This winter the city applied for a ‘Fishing for Fun’ grant from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife and was recently named CPW’s Southeast Region Partner […]

Valco Property Annexed, 2014 City of Lamar Budget Adopted

Valco Property Annexed, 2014 City of Lamar Budget Adopted

The Lamar City Council passed the 2014 budget on second reading during the Monday evening meeting, October 28, as well as the ordinance to levy and collect taxes for fiscal year 2014.  The council conducted a public hearing regarding the annexation of 108 acres into the city limits for the former Valco Ponds, now known […]

City Council Deals with Green Weeds and Red Tape

City Council Deals with Green Weeds and Red Tape

Above average summer rains have meant above average weed growth around Lamar, prompting city council discussion this past Monday night about a speedier resolution to getting absentee or lazy homeowners to cut the weeds on their property.  Weed growth has been moving faster than the paperwork needed to control them.  The Lamar City Council is […]

Lamar Council Tours Valco Pond, Financing is Key to Project

Lamar Council Tours Valco Pond, Financing is Key to Project

Click on a picture to open the slide show. The Lamar City Council toured the Valco Pond properties Monday afternoon, October 22nd, reviewing landscaping work done at the site by the owner, Tom Brubaker, this past spring and summer.  Almost 110 acres of land and three ponds will eventually be deeded to the city to […]

Prowers County Commissioners Discuss LCC's New Semester, Valco Pond Funding and Sage Nutrition Financing

Prowers County Commissioners Discuss LCC’s New Semester, Valco Pond Funding and Sage Nutrition Financing

Lamar Community College is preparing for its fall semester.  LCC President John Marrin and Recruitment Director Brenda Brown, briefed the Prowers County Commissioners on campus activities during a monthly update, Thursday, July 19.  Marrin said some administrative changes have occurred with Jenna Johnson replacing Anne Marie Crampton in the college’s marketing department, while Crampton will […]

Plans Continue for Valco Pond and Park

Plans Continue for Valco Pond and Park

  Area residents and visitors alike will one day enjoy an almost 200 acre park and pond complex, just north of the City of Lamar at the Arkansas River.  Some excavation work on Valco Pond and property has already taken place this spring and summer, but more specific planning and funding will be needed before […]

Recreation Department Master Plan Meeting Set for Wednesday

Recreation Department Master Plan Meeting Set for Wednesday

The Lamar Sports Fourplex, Escondido Park, The Valco ponds, the Willow Creek Caretaker’s House, walking trails, a skateboard park…these and other area recreational outlets will be on the table for public discussion, Wednesday, March 21 at the City Master Plan meeting of the Lamar Recreation Department.  Rick Akers, City Leisure Services Director, wants to see […]