Animal care advocates have been pressing for more than a decade for a shelter in Jefferson County. On July 2, the Jefferson County Commission took a big step toward advancing the project, voting unanimously to put a mill levy for a Jefferson County animal shelter on the June 2020 ballot.
The new shelter, built to accommodate up to 30 dogs and 30 cats, will be located on 2.6 acres of land at 23 Muskrat Lane, south of Boulder’s wastewater treatment plant, according to Cheryl Haasakker of the Animal Shelter and Care Committee, which would operate the facility. She said the Committee has reached a 99-year, $1 lease agreement for the property with the city.
Haasakker said that the group hopes to have the shelter up and running by the end of 2021.
