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More Information on Rural Addressing Improvement Project

What areas of the County will be impacted?

The regulations guiding the Rural Addressing Improvement Project will apply only to the project area, which is unincorporated Larimer County excluding the Estes Valley, the growth management areas of Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and Berthoud, and state or federal land. See the map of the impacted area .

All of Southern Larimer County is complete. Fieldwork in Northern Larimer County is complete. Data analysis is underway.

If you are in the Northern Larimer County impact area, you should have received a letter notifying you about when fieldwork will begin, describing the work, and inviting you to one or more public meetings.

If you believe you have property in the project area and have not received any information about the project, please contact Susanne Durkin-Schindler, Project Public Involvement Coordinator, at sdinsight@comcast.net or (970) 412-8786.

If you have any questions about field data collection, please contact Meg McCloskey of Spatial Data Research at mmcloskey@sdrmaps.com or (785) 842-0447.

When will I know if I have to change my address?

The data collected will be analyzed over a period of several months. For starters, duplicate names will be identified and inconsistent numbering revised. Some road names, building numbers and road signs will also need to be changed or, in some cases, created where they currently do not exist. As a final step, notification letters will be mailed to inform residents and property owners that their property address has been recommended to change. (See "Project Timeline" below.) The letter will identify a location and time for a public meeting(s) where property owners can learn about the specific recommendation for their property address and talk to project team members about that recommendation.

The majority of people will not be impacted. But many residents and property owners will be affected and we recognize that for some this will be an inconvenient and unwelcome change.

In time, those whose addresses are changed will need to notify family and acquaintances of their new address and have important documents altered.

What is the project timeline?

The Rural Addressing Improvement Project started in 2004 and will continue through 2009.

Southern Larimer County is complete. Please see the page entitled "Final Address Changes" to review those address changes.

The estimated schedule for Northern Larimer County is as follows:

Notification to property owners of recommended changes:

Laporte 80535 - 1/07/08

Wellington 80549 and Carr 80612 - 1/07/08

Loveland 80538 Northern Area - Week of 3/10/08

Fort Collins All zip codes - Week of 4/21/08

Livermore 80536 - Week of 5/19/08

Red Feather Lakes 80545/ Jelm 82063 - Week of 5/18/09

Bellvue 80512 - Week of 5/18/09

Glen Haven/Drake - Week of 5/18/09

Let's say you decide my street name has to change. Can I choose the new name?

Yes. Your notification letter will ask you to propose three names that are not duplicated in Larimer County. If you think your road name is likely to change and you would like to reserve a new name, please submit this form . You may review the list of road names currently in use in Larimer County at this website address: www.larimer.org/streets/.

  Last modified: 05/15/2008