Wheat Ridge, Colorado Wheat Ridge, Colorado The incorporated and unincorporated areas in Jefferson County, Colorado, highlighting Wheat Ridge in red The incorporated and unincorporated areas in Jefferson County, Colorado, highlighting Wheat Ridge in red Wheat Ridge is a Home Rule Municipality positioned in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
Wheat Ridge is a suburb of Denver.
The Wheat Ridge Municipal Center is approximately 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
4.1.1 Local Farms in Wheat Ridge 5.1 Wheat Ridge Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan Although Wheat Ridge is a mostly young incorporated city, it has a history based on agriculture and the community's locale along county-wide travel routes.
It interval from a prominent rest stop for travelers amid the Gold Rush of the late 1850s to an agricultural and suburban improve known as the "Carnation City" in the mid 1900s.
As the residentiary areas of unincorporated Jefferson County interval to furnish housing to the Denver workforce amid the 1950s, the primary transportation corridors extending from Denver advanced with commercial services.
Eventually, due to the increasing annexation pressure from close-by municipalities, Wheat Ridge incorporated in 1969. Wheat Ridge is positioned at 39 45 58 N 105 04 38 W (39.7660980, -105.0772063) at an altitude of 5,459 feet (1,664 m). Located at the junction of Interstate 70 and Colorado State Highway 391 in central Colorado, the town/city is immediately west of Denver and 66 miles (106 km) north-northwest of Colorado Springs. Wheat Ridge is positioned in the Colorado Piedmont on the edge of the Great Plains just east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Clear Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River, flows east then northeast through the city.
There are a several small lakes and reservoirs in Wheat Ridge.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.55 square miles (24.7 km2) of which 9.30 square miles (24.1 km2) is territory and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) of it (2.6%) is water. As a suburb of Denver, Wheat Ridge is part of both the greater Denver urbane region and the Front Range Urban Corridor. It borders other communities on all sides including: Arvada to the north; Lakeside, Mountain View, and Denver to the east; Edgewater to the southeast; Lakewood to the south; Applewood to the southwest; and Fairmount to the northwest. Climate data for Wheat Ridge, Colorado The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $47,014, and the median income for a family was $59,275.
The cost of living in Wheat Ridge is above average; compared to a U.S.
Average of 100, the cost of living index for the improve is 108.5. As of 2013, the median home value in the town/city was $237,500, the median chose monthly owner cost was $1,556 for housing units with a mortgage and $406 for those without, and the median gross rent was $820. Glimpses into the City's agricultural past can still be found, however Wheat Ridge has experienced substantial populace growth and evolution over the last 40 years and is largely assembled out with a combination of residentiary, commercial, and office uses. Recent zoning shifts have allowed for urban agriculture to see a resurgence in all parts of the city.
City regulations allow homeowners to engage in a range of urban agricultural activities, including burgeoning and selling produce and keeping animals such as bees and chickens. City Council adopted Ordinance 1491 in May 2011 which supports urban agriculture in Wheat Ridge.
This ordinance updated the city's regulations so that improve plant nurseries (under the category of "urban plant nurseries"), farmers' markets, and produce stands are now allowed in any zone district.
Common examples of urban plant nurseries include: Community plant nurseries, where plots of territory are leased for a minimal cost and crops are usually consumed or donated Market plant nurseries, where crops are sold for profit Community supported agriculture (CSA), where crops are sold or donated for shareholder consumption Urban plant nurseries are allowed in all zone districts, including residentiary.
Wheat Ridge has seen a resurgence in improve evolution efforts concentrated on grade the civil connections between improve members as well as grade the assembled surrounding in the town/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 elected plan evolution to assist the City in updating the plan.
In addition, the City formed a Citizens Advisory Committee to furnish advice and feedback to the Planning Commission and City Council on the evolution of the Plan.
On October 12, 2009, City Council allowed a resolution, Resolution 52-2009, adopting the Envision Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan.
Wheat Ridge is home to the James H.
Baugh home, 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 about 1904 frame farmhouse, and is one of a 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 home, which was designated on August 14, 2012. Main article: List of citizens from Wheat Ridge, Colorado Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Wheat Ridge include actor and singer Dean Reed, Jolly Rancher framers Bill and Dorothy Harmsen, and U.S.
Colorado metros/cities and suburbs North Central Colorado Urban Area This knowledge was collected from the 2009 City of Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan "Envision Wheat Ridge" Wheat Ridge has their own police department and fire department.
"Wheat Ridge, CO".
"Colorado: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
Climate Summary for Wheat Ridge, Colorado "Wheat Ridge, Colorado".
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