ERIE COMMUNITY INFORMATION

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Spotlight on Erie, Colorado

04/06/06

History: Was named after the hometown of one its founders, Rev. Richard Van Valkenburg, a Methodist pastor who lived in Erie, Pennsylvania. Incorporated in 1875, Erie, which had many coal mines, was a commercial center for the Northern Colorado Coal fields.

Local facts: Established in 1871 by the Boulder Valley Coal Company, following the opening of the Brigg Mine and completion of a spur of the Union Pacific Railroad from Brighton through Erie to the Northern Colorado coal fields to the west. Due to hundreds of miners from the eastern U.S. looking for jobs, Erie became the third-largest town in Weld County their first year growing to about 600 residents. During the last four years, the town has quadrupled in size and is booming again thanks to the town's proximity to high-tech job centers along the Front Range. Under the 1999 Revised Comprehensive Plan, Erie could reach a population of over 38,000. The biggest change to hit the town in over 125 years recently was the coming of paved streets in Old Town Erie. The town is governed by the mayor and a board of six trustees, who serve staggered four-year terms, with one member serving a two-year term. Meetings are at 7:00pm the second and fourth Thursday of the month in the Erie Town Hall.

Data from 2003

City Website: http://www.ci.erie.co.us

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Year Incorporated: 1867

Elevation/Size: 6,020 feet, 6 square miles

Schools: Information to come.

Taxes: Information to come.

Population: 6,291 (as of 2000)

Median Age: 32.5

Average cost to buy a single-family home: $255,671

Government budet for FY 2001-02: $27.7 million

Ethnic/Racial makeup: 83.69 percent white, 11 percent Hispanic or Latino, 0.38 percent black, 0.6 percent American Indian, 2.73 percent Asian, 3 percent Pacific Islander

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Public safety Information:

Animal Control - (303) 926-2800
Ambulance - 911
Fire - Mountain View Fire Department (303) 722-0710
Emergency room/care - Avista Adventist Hospital, 100 Health Park Drive, Louisville, (303) 673-1000; Boulder Community Hospital, 1100 Balsam Ave., Boulder (303) 440-2037
Longmont United Hospital, 1950 Mountain View Ave., Longmont, (303) 651-5111
Boulder County Sheriff's Department - (303) 441-3600
Police Department - (303) 926-2800

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Services

City Hall: 645 Holbrook St., 8:00am to 5:00pm, (303)926-2700

Post Office: United States Governmental Postal Service, Erie Post Office, (303) 828-0781, 150 Wells, Erie, CO 80516

Trash: Town & Country Disposal, (303) 665-6811

Recycling: Boulder County Recycling Authority and Town of Erie, 1149 Telleen Ave.

Water/Sewers: Town of Erie, (303) 926-2780

Electricity: Information to come.

Telephone installation: Qwest for residential (800) 244-1111 or business (800) 603-6000.

Cable TV: AT&T Broadband, 434 Kimbark St., Longmont (303) 776-6600

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Elected Officials

Mayor Barbara Connors, [email protected], Term April 2004

Mayor Pro-Tem: Paul Carter, [email protected], Term April 2004

Trustee: Lynn Morgan, no email, Term 2004

Trustee: David Callahan, [email protected], Term April 2004

Trustee: Harry Pink,[email protected],Term April 2006

Trustee Ruth Schrichte,[email protected], April 2006

Trustee: Greg McCallum, [email protected], April 2006

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