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Bohn Park Stormwater Improvements
This project entails enlarging the storm detention ponds in Bohn Park and installing new larger storm drain between the ponds as well as their connection to the storm drain system on 2 nd Avenue. The current schedule begins this week and is scheduled to be complete by the end of October. Traffic Impacts – Next week, 2nd Avenue will remain open for the remainder of the project, except during concrete and asphalt placements. Those placements will include temporary day closures to complete the work safely. The concrete placements are anticipated to occur next week and asphalt will occur during the week of 9/27. Construction equipment will continue to cross 2nd Ave to transport materials from the staging area to the detention pond construction area. Parking will still be made available in the Wastewater Treatment Plant parking area if needed. This is a storm water project to continue to build Lyons' resiliency.
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Tree Limb/Slash Drop-off EventSeptember 18th and 19th
8 am to 12 pm
The Town of Lyons, Boulder County, and Wildfire Task Force are hosting a Fire Mitigation and Fuels Reduction Drop Off. This drop-off service is for residents with property located within the Lyons Fire Protection District boundary and is not for any commercial thinning operations.
• LOCATION: 4687 Ute Hwy, just east of the tiny house builder (in front of Town’s public works facility)
• Self- service unload (you unload your vehicle)
• Limbs and logs OK
• NO general compost accepted
• NO yard waste, grass, pine needles, pine cones, tree stumps, flood debris, dirt, rocks, construction materials, lumber or trash.
• Residential Use Only
• Volunteers from Lyons Fire Protection and other service organizations will ensure materials meet the requirements.
• No commercial drop-off accepted.
Please share this information with your neighbors. We want to decrease our fuel loads and wildfire risk for everyone that lives in our area!
Not sure where to start? Look at the links below for information on creating defensible space around your home.
How to Prepare Your Home for Wildfires
Boulder County Wildfire Mitigation checklist
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St Vrain Invitational Cross CountryRaces | Sept 17 and Sept 18
The St Vrain Invitational Cross Country Races are this weekend! Lyons expects to host 900 middle school runners on Friday, Sept 17 from 3 to 7 pm and 1,600 high school runners on Saturday morning, Sept 18 from 8 am - noon.
Parking is available at Bohn Park and the WWTP, but many families will also be parking in and around the Middle/Senior High School and Lyons Valley Park neighborhoods. Thanks for your understanding.
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Colorado Highway 7 Lower (Lyons to Raymond)Full Closure of CO 7 Begins Monday, Sep. 20
On Monday, Sep. 20 at 8 a.m., CDOT will close CO 7 between Mile Points 23 and 29.5 for permanent flood repairs. The closure of CO 7 (Lower) Canyon will remain in place through Memorial Day 2022. There will be scheduled openings for all traffic from 6-8 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. daily, including weekends.
During these timeframes, pilot cars will lead alternating one-way travel. Drivers should plan for delays and the team has planned to ensure that emergency responder access is maintained at all times. Due to work zone conditions, cycling, kayaking, hiking and climbing will be closed between MP 23-29.5 at all times during the closure. Learn more.
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Lyons Certified Local GovernmentDesignated Historic Properties
As of September 8, 2021, the Town of Lyons, Colorado is a Certified Local Government (CLG). The owners of locally designated historic properties in Lyons now have access to special financial incentives for rehabilitation projects, such as State tax credits for historic preservation. CLG status also makes the Town eligible to apply for special grant funds set aside by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) especially for CLGs and connects Lyons to the network of other CLGs in Colorado and technical expertise and training from SHPO. Interested in designating your historic property as a Lyons Landmark? Contact Historic Preservation Services at historicpreservation@townoflyons.com
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Road WorkMcConnell Dr | Sept 24 and 25
McConnell Drive between the 2 entrances to the Lyons MSHS will be closed in areas on Sep 24th and 25th while they repave sections of the road. Thank you!
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Lyons Schools, Parking and DogsA friendly reminder from the our local Middle/Senior High School
The Lyons Middle/Senior High School reminds residents (and visitors) that the school property is closed during school hours for safety reasons. If you are visiting the school to speak with staff or picking up a student please use the visitor parking in front of the school.
If you are headed to the dog park or trails nearby, please park on the road and do NOT park at the school. There is a path on the north side of the school property that will take dog walkers right over to the dog park. Please remember that dogs must be leashed in the Town of Lyons, including the walk to the dog park.
The school also requests that you NOT let your dog on the practice field in front of the dog park. Kids of all ages use that field for soccer, football practice, baseball and more. There have been complaints of dogs using the fields for their daily business. This field is not the dog park. And, ew, gross... no student athlete should have to miss their winning goal while avoiding a stash of dog poo. Thank you!
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Longs Peak Dr
Water and Sewer Replacement
This infrastructure project began this week and is scheduled through mid-December.
Replacement of the sanitary sewer line has started and is expected to continue through mid-to late October. Connection to the waterline will start in late October.
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School is back in session!School is back in session. Please remember to slow down in school zones and look out for children. Always yield to pedestrians and stop for them in our crosswalks.
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 Creative Outlets |
New Public Art InstallationsHeARTs of Lyons and Creative Outlets
Lyons artist, Ryan Sohlden, is shown here painting a creative outlet (utility box) in LaVern M. Johnson Park as part of the Creative Outlets program. He researched his subject at the Lyons Redstone Museum to determine the exact train that came into Lyons, and the look of the tickets. Sohlden also included the name and birthdate of Edward S Lyons (who established Lyons as a town in 1881) on the train ticket. Back in the day, trains would come to/from Lyons (along Railroad Ave), turn around in Meadow (now Lavern Johnson) Park and tourists would take the Stanley Steamer up to Rocky Mountain National Park.
F.O. Stanley also helped to shape the future of tourism in Estes Park. He helped to fund building the road from Lyons to Estes Park, bringing in visitors, riding in a Stanley Steamer, to Estes Park and the Stanley Hotel. It marked the first time in history that an automobile, instead of a train, was used to transport guests to a resort area.
Photo by Redstone Review photographer Cathy Rivers.
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