WHEAT RIDGE, CO

A summary of the three uses permitted in each zone district may be found below.

Local Farms in Wheat Ridge

Community Development

Wheat Ridge has seen a resurgence in community development efforts focused on improving the social connections between community members as well as improving the built environment in the city to better facilitate these connections.

Wheat Ridge Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan

Following direction from the City Council, the City embarked on a Comprehensive Plan Update that began in the fall of 2008. The City hired a consultant, Clarion Associates, with the expertise in comprehensive plan development to assist the City in updating the plan. In addition, the City formed a Citizens Advisory Committee to provide advice and feedback to the Planning Commission and City Council on the development of the Plan. On October 12, 2009, City Council approved a resolution, Resolution 52–2009, adopting the [http://www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1749 Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan].

Culture

Points of interest

Wheat Ridge is home to the James H. Baugh house, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. The Baugh House is an 1860 hand-hewn log cabin encased in a circa 1904 frame farmhouse, and is one of several historic structures in the Wheat Ridge Historic Park. The Wheat Ridge Historical Society, in cooperation with the Colorado Historical Society and the City of Wheat Ridge, restored the house, which was designated on August 14, 2012.

Notable people

Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Wheat Ridge include Atlanta Braves pitcher Mark Melancon, actor and singer Dean Reed, Jolly Rancher founders Bill and Dorothy Harmsen, and U.S. Olympic cyclist Linda Brenneman.