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287 Town of ERIE Fort Collins Erie 25 2019 COMMUNITY PROFILE Boulder

36 76 Situated in the heart of Colorado’s major economic 470 Northwest and population centers and in close proximity to Parkway world-class research and academic institutions, Erie is a full-service community that provides Denver International state of the art infrastructure and support to our Airport (DEN) corporate and retail business partners. Denver

ERIE AT A GLANCE 52 Population - 2019 28,308 287 Town Hall Median Age 37 25 Erie Police Station Median Household Income $116,860 & Municipal Court Erie Community Library

Planning Area Square 48 Erie Community Center Erie Parkway Incorporated Square Miles 19.8 Acres of Parks & Open Space 300 Arapahoe Road

Budget - 2019 $115,712,300 Erie Municipal Airport Line Road Line County Population Estimate - 2032 34,717 7 Number of Households 9,912

Northwest Parkway 2019 Town of Erie Mill Levies: General Operating Funds 7.288 The Town of Erie is located in Boulder and Weld Trails & Natural Areas Acquisition 4.000 Counties, just west of I-25 for easy access to I-70, Denver International Airport (DEN) and Colorado’s Erie Community Center Construction Bond 3.252 entire . Erie’s planning area spans 48 square miles, extending from the north side of State Public Safety Building Highway 52 south to State Highway 7, and between Construction Bond 0.550 US 287 on the west and to the east. Total 15.1 • 35 Minutes to DEN Airport Services • 25 Minutes to Denver Police, Water, Sewer, Street, Storm Drainage, Airport, • 20 Minutes to Boulder Parks, Recreation, Open Space

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POPULATION & GROWTH COMMUNITY 28,308 18% 37 PROJECTED POPULATION MEDIAN AGE 34,717 GROWTH BY 2032 FOR ERIE TOWN OF ERIE

HOUSEHOLDS IN THE ERIE 2.86 9,912 PLANNING BOUNDARY AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE WITHIN ERIE 20,000 PROJECTED HOUSEHOLDS MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD BY 2032 INCOME 2018

LABOR FORCE

BOULDER WELD TOWN OF STATE OF COUNTY COUNTY ERIE COLORADO 6.353 5.741 180 120,048 $73,271 3.3% 3.5% 1.3% 3.8% DENVER METRO

188,507 159,811 13,884 3,130,637 96.7% 96.5% 98.7% 96.2% EMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED +56%

39.4% COLORADO

59.5% RESIDENTS WITH A ERIE BACHELORS DEGREE $116,860 OR HIGHER ERIE CO

RETAIL LEAKAGE/SURPLUS NOTABLE GAPS FOR ERIE GAP SALES POTENTIAL ERIE $407M $485M -72.1% -9.6% 12% 20.7% FOOD & BEVERAGE RETAILERS $52M THORNTON LOVELAND BOULDER FOOD & BEVERAGE RESTAURANTS $75.5M GENERAL MERCHANDISE RETAILERS $71.5M Development

INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Utilities & POPULATION FORECASTS Electrical service: YEAR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION Natural gas service: United Power 2017 3,471 9,925 Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy 2022 5 4,082 11,682 Water service: Town of Erie 2017 14,446 39,129 Treatment Capacity (IN MINUTES) 10 State of the art microfiltration Water 2022 16,786 44,877 Treatment Facility: 9.9 MGD 2017 99,804 99,804 Reclamation Capacity 20 2022 111,204 111,204

Water Reclamation Facility: 1.5 MGD DRIVE TIME Irrigation 1,000 acre foot reuse water reservoir Measured from the intersection of Erie Parkway and County Line Road. provides irrigation for Town parks, golf course and future areas. ERIE TRAFFIC COUNTS INTERSECTION AADT

TOP ERIE EMPLOYERS I-25 & Erie Pkwy. 121,000 # Employees 1 Town of Erie 259 I-25 & Hwy. 52 125,000

2 250 Erie Pkwy. & County Line Rd. 20,000

3 Safeway 83 Hwy. 7 & Sheridan Pkwy. 26,000 4 Lazy Dog 47 Hwy. 7 & Bonanza/Lowell 31,000 5 Aspen Ridge 42 Preparatory School Erie Pkwy. & County Rd. 5 12,500

Hwy. 287 & Arapahoe Rd. 50,000 MAJOR AREA EMPLOYERS # Employees SALES & USE TAX 1 13,300 Boulder Weld County Weld County Tax District Inc. prior to 1994 Inc. since 1994 Boulder County 2 CenturyLink 5,000 State of Colorado 2.9% 2.9% 2.9% 3 St. Vrain Valley School Dist. 4,900 County 0.985% 4 Boulder Valley School Dist. 4,300 Town of Erie 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 5 Ferrellgas 3,908 Regional 100% 100% 6 JBS 2,600 Transportation District Cultural District 0.10% 7 Boulder County 2,500 Total 6.4% 7.4% 8.485% 8 Foothills Hospital 2,000 9 Boulder Community Health 1,764 • No head/occupational tax • Colorado Individual Income Tax and Corporate Income Tax 10 Medtronic, Inc. 1,600 is a flat rate of 4.63% Community

LOCAL PARKS & RECREATION REGIONAL PARKS & RECREATION 99% Residents that have access to at least one park within one mile of their home. 36 mi & Amphitheater 37 mi Neighborhood Parks 13 Rocky Mountain National Park 45 mi Community Park 1 Winter Park 88 mi Sports Complex 1 Garden of the Gods 95 mi Special Purpose Parks 2 Copper Mountain 100 mi Skate Park & Dog Park Summit Valley Ski Resorts 103 mi Reservoirs 2 Breckenridge, A-Basin, Keystone Singletrack Bike Trails 2 Vail 119 mi Golf Course 1 Steamboat Springs 178 mi Velodrome 1 Aspen Valley Ski Resorts 217 mi Miles of Trails 58 Aspen, Snowmass, Highlands, Buttermilk Total Acres of Parks & Open Space 1,300 Mountain Resort 250 mi

SCHOOLS Number of schools in our community served by Boulder Valley and Saint Vrain Valley School Districts.

5 3 2 2 3 2 25 Grades K-5 Grades K-8 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Charter Private Regional Colleges

32 mi TRANSPORTATION 287 Erie Airports Regional Airport Municipal (Loveland) Erie Municipal Airport (EIK), located on Highway 7, Airport is three miles west of I-25 and includes a 4,700 foot concrete main runway open for use 365 days a year. FBO services include aircraft and hangar rentals, flight instruction, aircraft repair, fuel sales and tie-downs. 76 470 36 Erie also has convenient access to Denver Northwest Parkway International Airport (DEN), Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC), and Northern Colorado 25 Regional Aiport (FNL). 14 mi Rocky Mountain 30 mi Metropolitan Airport Denver (Broom eld) International Airport (DEN) Best Place...

HISTORY

Town of Erie incorporated. First Annual Hot Air Building lots could be Town of Erie’s first Balloon Festival 6,485 households 9,912 households purchased for $60 airmail delivery (60 Balloons, 200 Vendors) in Census in Census 1874 1938 1996 2010 2019

1871 1929 1978 2008 2012 Town of Erie settlement Erie High School Girls Last coal 63,000 sq. ft. Erie Parkway official platted and began Basketball won the State mine closed Community corridor into Town receiving shipments via Championship Center opened from I-25 Union Pacific Railroad

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