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PROFILE
9,948
POPULATION
12.2
SQUARE MILES
2,887
HOUSEHOLDS
$64,850
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
CHRISTOPHER WOOD/BIZWEST
Aims Community College’s Fort Lupton campus.
FORT LUPTON
South Weld town ready
as Denver reaches north
FORT LUPTON — Ideally located to
support regional manufacturing and entrepreneurial growth as metro Denver pushes
north, Fort Lupton’s future continues to hold
promise.
At the intersection of U.S. Highway 85 and
Colorado Highway 52 between Interstates 25
and 76, just a half hour from Denver International Airport and served by the Union Pacific
Railroad, Fort Lupton is an affordable and accessible spot for businesses looking to be close
to the Denver metropolitan area.
The agricultural, energy and manufacturing sectors have historically supported the
economic vitality of Fort Lupton, and the city
is actively working to build and foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem through partnerships
with regional business resource providers and
business education.
Sphere Renewables LLC opened its
43,000-square-foot headquarters on a 7.7 acre
lot a mile and a half east of U.S 85 along Weld
County Road 8, smack-dab in Weld County’s
energy industry sweet spot with its proximity to oil and gas operations, renewables and
recyclables, manufacturing and wind and solar
energy industries. The site is located in the
Enterprise Zone, which qualifies the company for an estimated $217,500 in various tax
credits for economic contributions such as job
creation and equipment investment.
Two months earlier, Golden Aluminum
Co. won a $22.3 million grant from the U.S.
Department of Energy.
The city’s diversity of manufacturers
include Basalite Concrete Products, Bee-Och
Organics, Charm Industrial, House of Smoke
Inc., Merritt Aluminum Products Co., Sphere
Renewables and Summit Bodyworks. Other
major employers include Halliburton, Intermountain Trailer, Nelson Pipeline Constructors and Salud Family Health.
Along with business growth have come
more amenities for residents. The latest was
the grand reopening of Fort Lupton Recreation Center’s Splash Park. Besides the unique
splash pad, the free state-of-the-art interactive
playground for kids and families has a fitness
area, interactive games, swings, slides, climbing
equipment, a skate park and running trails.
The Fort Lupton City Council in December gave the green light to a 200-home
subdivision development called Sunrise on the
east side of town, south of Greeley-based Aims
Community College’s southern campus.
The council last year opted to let residents
vote on two ballot questions: one that would
allow cultivation, product development and
storage of marijuana in town, and another to
allow a 1.5% excise tax on that cultivation.
The first measure passed; the second issue
failed.
The city was named for Lt. Lancaster Lupton, who built a trading post on Adobe Creek
in 1838. The Fort Lupton Trading Post has
been reconstructed near the site of the original
fort using some of the original adobe bricks at
the South Platte Valley Historical Park. That
park was established by the South Platte Valley
Historical Society northwest of the city.
FOR SALE
OPEN
TAX
$500,000
MEDIAN HOME
SALE PRICE
182
NO. OF BUSINESSES
6.9%
CITY, COUNTY,
STATE SALES TAX
12.9%
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
OR HIGHER
ONLINE RESOURCES
City of Fort Lupton
www.fortluptonco.gov
Zo Hubbard, mayor
mayor@fortluptonco.gov
Chris Cross, town administrator
ccross@fortluptonco.gov
Michelle Magelssen, economic
development manager
mmagelssen@fortluptonco.gov
Fort Lupton Chamber of Commerce
www.fortluptonchamber.org
Allison Johnson, executivedirector@
fortluptonchamber.org
Upstate Colorado Economic Development
www.upstatecolorado.org
Rich Werner, president & CEO
rwerner@upstatecolorado.org
