News
Here are the latest new stories, press releases, general news and feedback on Sterling Ranch. Check back often for updates.
July 2010
Denver Business Journal
Sterling Ranch to be 1st Colorado rainwater harvesting site
The proposed, $4.3 billion Sterling Ranch community in Douglas County will get the state’s first rainwater harvesting pilot project, ranch developers said Wednesday …Read More »
Denver Post
Douglas County development picked for rainwater recycling project:
A proposed $4.3 billion residential development in Douglas County has been selected for the state's first rainwater-harvesting project …Read More »
Douglas Co. News-Press
Sterling Ranch selected as state’s first rainwater-capture site
The Colorado Water Conservation Board voted unanimously July 21 to name Sterling Ranch, a proposed water-efficient community south of Chatfield Reservoir, to become the state’s first rainwater harvesting pilot project… Read More »
Inside Real Estate News/John Rebchook
Sterling Ranch lands water-pilot program
Sterling Ranch, a proposed community south of Chatfield Reservoir, with designs to be one of the most water-efficient communities in the country, has the opportunity to take a “giant step” in saving even more water, as the first development in a state pilot program… Read More »
Denver Post
Sterling Ranch Calls for Water Conservation on All New Development
Tilting land planning and development on its head, Harold Smethills, an owner of the proposed water-efficient Sterling Ranch community in Douglas County, told a recent water forum that there should be no new development or building in Colorado without specific water conservation plans… Read More »
May 2010
Denver Post
Development to Save Water
The developers behind Sterling Ranch want their homes to use a third of the water that typical developments in Douglas County use. Read More »
April 2010
Denver Business Journal
Sterling Ranch sets ambitious plans for future development
The owners of the planned, 3,500-acre Sterling Ranch development in Douglas County see their project as the next big growth opportunity for the county as well as the entire metro Denver region, now that Highlands Ranch is nearly built out. Read More »
ROXBOROUGH HAS TALENT
Roxborough youth took to the stage on April 14 to show off their dance and musical gifts at the first “Roxborough Has Talent” event at the community center. The talent show drew more than 100 local residents who enjoyed pizza provided by Sterling Ranch, the proposed new sustainable community in the Chatfield Basin. All of the contestants also received gift certificates for their participation presented by Diane Smethills, a member of the Sterling Ranch team and a judge at the talent show. Download more pictures from the Talent Show here.
March 2010
Inside Real Estate News.com
Sterling Ranch adds 415 acres
By John Rebchook, on March 17th, 2010
Sterling Ranch, a proposed master-planned community on one of the last major “infill” sites in Douglas County, has added another 415 acres of land to accommodate additional commercial, retail, office and research facilities that will bring more jobs to the community in the Chatfield Basin. Read More »
January 2010
County Approval Urged for Sterling Ranch Water Conservation Plan
Pat Gallagher, (left) Red Fern Run, former Roxborough Park Board of Directors member and the principal author of One Roxborough's "Planned Success" themes, says that the "Sterling Ranch water plan is an ambitious and historic effort that could well be the blueprint for future residential water use in Colorado." Read More »
December 2009
Sterling Ranch Completes Major Water Acquisition
An agreement between Aurora, Brighton and Dominion Water and Sanitation allows easier access to additional water for all parties
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Sterling Ranch Water Plan
Sterling Ranch is the first new development in Colorado that has made water conservation a priority from the beginning. The community will provide an exemplary approach to water conservation and demand management standards for future developments throughout the state.
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October 2009
Wall Street Journal
In Arid West, Thirsty Lawns Get Cut from Plans
The master-planned community south of Denver became a symbol of suburban sprawl in the 1990s, ridiculed for its endless rows of matching houses, its strip malls and its car-centric culture. Read More »
September 2009
Sterling Ranch featured in WRA report
In the "New House, New Paradigm" report, Western Resource Advocates
describes the nexus between land use and water demands and offers a
model for how water-smart growth can meet the housing needs of new
residents while preserving natural rivers and watersheds. Sterling Ranch
is featured as a model for how water conservation can be incorporated at
the land and water planning stages and how to holistically plan new
developments from the ground up to be water-smart. View New Paradigm Report » or Read Executive Summary »
Sterling Ranch Takes 100 on tour
On Thursday, September 10, 2009, the Sterling Ranch team hosted its largest tour group yet, as more than 100 members of the Roxborough Women’s Network and the Roxborough Historical Society boarded buses and set off to learn more about the proposed new community. Read More »
Colorado Biz Magazine
Free Rain on the Range
The nascent 3,120-acre Sterling Ranch is a prospective infill development on the largest contiguous parcel of land in northwestern Douglas County. The land’s treeless panorama offers views of open space to the south and east, and to the west views of attractions including Roxborough State Park, Chatfield State Park, Waterton Canyon, the South Platte River and the Lockheed Martin Space Systems headquarters complex…Sterling Ranch managing partner Harold Smethills cites two innovative approaches to water conservation, one strategic and one tactical. Read More »
August 2009
What happens in Las Vegas, shouldn’t even stay in Las Vegas
Joel Stein, in the latest issue of TIME magazine, wrote the cover story of how Las Vegas gambled big and lost big on the real estate boom.
I couldn’t help think, once again, how much better off Denver is than Las Vegas. But I was shocked when I read about what appeared to me to be an unethical practice of a Realtor in Vegas, who specializes in short sales. Read More »
July 8th, 2009
No need to worry about the smoke you may have seen coming from a corner of Sterling Ranch on Monday. Fifteen trained firefighters were on hand to ensure the “controlled” burn lived up to its name. Read More »
June 3, 2009
Sterling Ranch's Response to YourHub
June 2, 2009
Rainwater Harvesting Bill Becomes Law, Allows up to
10 Collection Test Sites in Colorado
The bill, which allows the state to grant a maximum of 10 pilot programs
over the next decade, aims to measure the impact of collecting and using
rainwater and snowmelt.
CBS4 News at 6:30, June 2, 2009 (playing)
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May 29, 2009
Legislation allows study into capturing rainwater
May 20, 2009
Neighborhood Teens, Sterling Ranch Launch a Program to Reforest a Test Site
Volunteers take first steps to replant large sections of the 3,120-acre site in Douglas County
May 18, 2009
RatPak honors men and women in uniform
PatPak members plant one of the 70 Pinon Pines in the water-wise Armed Services tree planting event.
Members of Roxborough's Rat Pak planted 70 Pinon Pine trees on Sterling Ranch land across from the Roxborough Marketplace on Saturday, May 16, at an event honoring America's men and women in uniform. Read Press Release»
May 16, 2009
Trees planted for Armed Forces, environment
By Michele Sample
About 20 members of the RatPak, a youth group in Roxborough, planted trees on May 16 at the 3,120-acre site of Sterling Ranch. This was the first step in a water-wise effort to replant large sections of the development’s land, and to honor the armed forces.Read Article »
May 18, 2009
Roxborough’s RatPak Awarded Outstanding Achievement Medal From
Colorado’s Major General H. Michael Edwards
This press release was featured in the Roxborough YourHub on March 5, 2009
Trio Hopes Sterling Ranch will be County's New Economic Frontier
February 24, 2009
FINALLY, SOME GOOD LOCAL NEWS FOR THE PUBLIC!
Douglas County’s NEW Economic Frontier
Official zoning application was submitted late February 2009
- Roxborough, Colorado.
Even with a national economic slowdown, three Coloradans who believe strongly in the strength of Colorado are stepping forward with an innovative, sustainable water-wise community development plan that would infuse Douglas County with new and much needed revenues to the tune of more than ten million dollars annually. The proposed Sterling Ranch community development project would also create over 4,000 jobs, and have an annual economic and fiscal impact exceeding $400 million per year over the next ten to twenty years. More »
March 18, 2009
Who Owns Colorado's Rainwater?
February 21, 2009
Sterling Ranch Plan Unveiled
CBS News 4 Presents Sterling Ranch
October 10, 2008
Denver Business Journal
Time for a Rational Pause
These are crazy times — the ground is moving, and many of us are having a hard time keeping our balance. But despite all the uncertainties of the economy, politics, social and environmental problems, every demographic analysis indicates that our state will grow for at least the next 25 years.
October, 7th 2008
cbs4-denver news story: rainwater harvesting
Click on the link below and on the News 4 Video Library page search for "Rainwater Harvesting"
http://cbs4denver.com/video