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Blackfoot Properties develops, entitles, and trades land across Weld County.

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HWY 52 corridor · Weld County

320+ Acres entitled
6 Rezones led
4 Jurisdictions
Michael Dente

Michael Dente Principal

About

A land guy, from Weld.

Focused on land acquisition, entitlement, and development across Weld County.

Through Blackfoot Properties, I work on rezones, industrial entitlements, and land transactions from early evaluation through closing.

My work spans parcel review, pre-application meetings, change-of-zone submittals, planning commission hearings, and coordination with buyers, sellers, consultants, and public agencies.

Development

Featured projects

Active developments along the HWY 52 corridor and on land Blackfoot has assembled, entitled, or held for repositioning.

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Site Plan Approved

HWY 52 & CR 23

A site-plan-approved commercial parcel at the HWY 52 and CR 23 intersection, positioned for the service and industrial demand moving east along the corridor. Blackfoot carried the property from acquisition through approval, resolving access, utilities, and drainage with Weld County staff along the way.

  • Hard-corner frontage on HWY 52
  • Site plan approved through Weld County
  • Utilities extended to the property line
  • Access and turn-lane geometry resolved
  • Drainage and detention engineered
  • Pad-ready for commercial users
Location
HWY 52 & CR 23
Status
Site plan approved
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Under Contract

CR 19 & CR 20

An assembled position at CR 19 and CR 20, now under contract and pointed toward higher-intensity use as growth pushes out from the I-25 and HWY 52 node. Blackfoot built the rezone narrative, ran the neighbor outreach, and managed the path through hearing.

  • Change-of-zone application on file
  • Pre-application meeting completed
  • Purchase contract executed
Location
CR 19 & CR 20
Status
Under contract

Biochar program

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Operating · Active

NGL CR 6 — Roy Property

Operating kiln site on the Roy property with feedstock and offtake in place

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Entitled

USR — Biochar Now

Entitled for biochar production under a Weld County special review

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In Diligence

Berthoud Site

Candidate site under evaluation near Berthoud

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In Diligence

Ozarks Site

Out-of-area candidate site in early diligence

Entitlements & Rezonings

Cases led

Change-of-zone applications, pre-application meetings, and full hearing packages — across Weld County, Fort Lupton, Brighton, and Johnstown.

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Approved

CR 2 & CR 19 — Change of Zone

A change-of-zone approval at CR 2 and CR 19 that repositioned farmland for industrial and storage use. Blackfoot assembled the application, the comprehensive-plan analysis, and the full hearing package, then presented it through approval at the planning commission.

  • Comprehensive-plan alignment memo
  • Change-of-zone application and exhibits
  • Planning commission hearing package
  • Conditions of approval cleared
Location
CR 2 & CR 19
Outcome
Rezone approved
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Active · Hearings

Hankins Farm

An active rezone on the Hankins Farm parcel, moving through the county hearing calendar. Blackfoot is managing the comprehensive-plan case, the agency referrals, and neighbor coordination as the application advances toward a decision.

  • Pre-application meeting completed
  • Change-of-zone application submitted
  • Agency referral responses in review
  • Planning commission hearing scheduled
Location
Weld County
Status
In hearings

Supporting cases

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Approved

Seltzers — RV / Boat Storage

Weld County · RV and boat storage · Approved

An approved RV and boat storage use entitled through Weld County, taking a low-yield parcel to a revenue-ready storage operation.

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In Planning

CR 2 & CR 19 Minor Subdivision

Weld County · Minor subdivision · In planning

A minor subdivision splitting the approved CR 2 and CR 19 holding into marketable lots, now working through planning review.

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In Planning

Keenesburg Pre-App

Town of Keenesburg · Pre-application

An early pre-application effort in Keenesburg, scoping use, access, and utilities ahead of a formal submittal.

Acquisitions & Dispositions

Deals

Active listings and assembled positions in the Weld County industrial and commercial market.

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Marketing

Meadow Ridge — Colorado Industrial Park

An entitled industrial park position now being marketed to end users and investors. Meadow Ridge offers pad-ready industrial ground with corridor access, packaged for build-to-suit or an outright land sale.

  • Entitlements in place
  • Marketing package available
  • Build-to-suit or land sale
Location
Weld County
Status
Marketing

Other deals

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Active

NGL — South Site

Weld County · Industrial land · Active

An active industrial land position on the south NGL site, held for entitlement and repositioning.

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Marketing

Craneworks Deals

Weld County · Industrial and yard · Marketing

Yard and industrial parcels suited to heavy-equipment and contractor users, currently being marketed.

Methodology

How Blackfoot moves a rezone

Most rezones stall on the same three or four things — comp-plan misalignment, IGA blind spots, weak pre-app discipline, no one in the room at the hearing. The Blackfoot process is built to avoid each of those.

01

Read the plan

Comprehensive-plan alignment first. Weld County C3 vs Fort Lupton C2, Brighton comp plan, Johnstown growth areas, IGA boundaries along HWY 52 — checked before a property is even under contract.

02

Pre-app early

Pre-application meeting with staff before any submittal — questionnaire, sketch, and a real conversation about what the department will and won't entertain. Surprises get caught here, not at hearing.

03

Submit clean

Full COZ package — authorizations, signed statement of taxes, ALTA-grade legal, geohazards and mineral statements, water letter, buffer report, environmental questionnaire. No back-and-forth on completeness.

04

Show up at hearings

Planning commission, board of adjustment, BOCC — present the case in person, with the hearing packet built around staff's actual concerns. Conditions of approval negotiated in the room, not after.

Contact

Have a question?

Send us a parcel, notice, entitlement, or stuck project and we’ll respond with a practical path forward.

michael.dente@kw.com