Westminster: Bridging Denver and Boulder Along the US-36 Corridor
Westminster straddles the line between Adams County and Jefferson County, occupying a strip of suburban development northwest of Denver. The city incorporated in 1911, though most of its residential growth came in the 1970s and 1980s. With about 116,300 residents, it sits in a geographic sweet spot between Denver and Boulder, connected to both by US-36 and the Flatiron Flyer bus rapid transit service.
The former Westminster Mall site has been redeveloped into a mixed-use project called Downtown Westminster, an attempt to create a walkable urban core in a city that grew up without one. The Butterfly Pavilion, a stand-alone invertebrate zoo and one of the few accredited non-profit insect exhibits in the country, is located in Westminster and draws school groups from across the Front Range.
Standley Lake, a reservoir on the city's western edge, supplies drinking water and offers limited recreation including fishing and boating. The open space system along Big Dry Creek provides a trail network connecting neighborhoods from one end of the city to the other.
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Westminster straddles the line between Adams County and Jefferson County, occupying a strip of suburban development northwest of Denver. The city incorporated in 1911, though most of its residential growth came in the 1970s and 1980s. With about 116,300 residents, it sits in a geographic sweet spot between Denver and Boulder, connected to both by US-36 and the Flatiron Flyer bus rapid transit service.
The former Westminster Mall site has been redeveloped into a mixed-use project called Downtown Westminster, an attempt to create a walkable urban core in a city that grew up without one. The Butterfly Pavilion, a stand-alone invertebrate zoo and one of the few accredited non-profit insect exhibits in the country, is located in Westminster and draws school groups from across the Front Range.
Standley Lake, a reservoir on the city's western edge, supplies drinking water and offers limited recreation including fishing and boating. The open space system along Big Dry Creek provides a trail network connecting neighborhoods from one end of the city to the other.
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