If you will come, we will build it.
-Douglas “Nostradouglas” Emerson
Once our funding is in place, we anticipate six months of construction to complete the velodrome. If we had the money today, we would be digging a hole tomorrow. We have jumped through years of hoops to get where we are now. Every detail needed to get the building permit is done:
- Buy property: check.
- Obtain zoning change: check.
- Design & architectural drawings: check.
- Complete special-review packet: check.
- Have excavation permit: check.
No petitions, letter-writing campaigns or meetings are necessary. We received a 5-0 positive vote from the Erie Planning Commission, and a 9-0 thumbs up from the town’s Board of Trustees. We are cleared for take-off. If we, the cycling community of Colorado, want to build an Olympic-caliber velodrome in Erie, we are free to do so. Therefore, it seems realistic to set a goal of beginning construction this summer.
