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Northglenn - Colorado - History |
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In 1959 the Ground was broken in June of 1959 and the first show homes were opened on the northeast corner of what is now the intersection of Interstate 25
and 104th Avenue. This new development grew to 500 residents by 1960 and received national recognition in Life, Look, McCalls, Good House
Keeping and House and Home magazines. The regional shopping center planned for this new community opened in 1968 and was called Northglenn Mall. Despite the effort of the City of Thornton to annex the North Glenn subdivision, opposition of active citizen groups and a ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court in 1969 allowed North Glen to proceed with incorporation. North Glenn officially became a city on April
18, 1969. The first municipal election was held in April 1969 to elect the first Mayor, City Council, City Clerk and City Treasurer. Hugh Danahy
was elected the first Mayor of the City. The first body of elected officials had to begin the City's operations without any revenues or staff. With the assistance of local financial
institutions, operating funds were borrowed and City offices were set up in the Melody Building on Melody Drive just north of 104th Avenue. One
of the first tasks of the new Mayor and Council was to establish a Public Safety Department. A Law Enforcement Committee was formed in July of
1969 and by the end of the year, Richard Colby was named Public Safety Director. In January 1970, the City hired fifteen officers to patrol
North Glen in two cars borrowed from the Adams County Sheriff's Depa Several services provided to the citizens of North Glenn have remained under the control of Adams County. The Adams County Library, located on
Huron Street just north of 104th Avenue, was opened on December 4, 1969. This community library was built for a cost of $216,000 with 14,100
square feet of floor space and contained 16,000 books and periodicals.Other services to the new city included fire protection. West Adams County
Fire Protection District built two of its four firehouses in the City Limits. Station No. 3, at Irma and Muriel Drive was built in 1962, and
Station No. 4, located next to the Library, was built in 1967. Recreational needs of the City were provided by the Northglenn Recreation
District. The District merged with the City in 1972. The Recreation District was finally dissolved in 1984 upon final payment of bonded
indebtedness.
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temporary City offices in the Melody Building were eventually replaced with a new municipal building built at 10969 Irma Drive and opened on
July 19,1970. The property on which the was built was donated to the City by Perl-Mack which helped keep the cost of the new municipal building
to $60,000. The City Council hired the first City Administrator, Thomas E. Pugh, shortly after moving into the new City building.The name of the
City had also been changed from North Glenn to Northglenn. By December 1971, the City offered it citizens police protection, animal control,
trash collection, street maintenance, building inspection, municipal court, zoning control, and code enforcement. The City personnel at that
time totaled sixty one full time employees. In August 1972, residents were asked to vote to make Northglenn a home rule city instead being regulated by state law as a statutory city. The
vote for home rule status failed by city wide vote with 550 in favor and 698 opposed. In 1973, the City Council decided the City needed a logo
and a flag. The colors of the logo were chosen with the blue representing the sky, the white representing the mountains, and the green to
represent the grass. The trees were selected as typical of the trees in Colorado. The first flags were ordered from a fabric shop in Hillcrest
Plaza. One flag was sent to Germany with the Northglenn High School Jazz Band in 1974 and the second City flag flew in front of City Hall until
it was retired April 1986. In 1975, the City became a Home Rule Charter City, the Community Center (Now the Recreation Center) opened, and High School Park was completed. The Northglenn Post Office was built just south of 120th Avenue on Washington St. in 1976 and two new shopping centers were under construction. Also in 1975, a three acre park just north of Northglenn Mall was approved for construction with seven types of landscaping for a demonstration to residents. The seven types of landscaping included formal, modern, plains, oriental, mountain, old fashion, and Mediterranean. |
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Perl-Mack
companies finalized plans for a large subdivision north of Denver in unincorporated Adams County. The plans for this new community included
design of commercial, industrial recreational and school areas and was to be centered around a regional shopping complex.
rtment.
