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CBS News
10-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Proposed development in Colorado town includes recreation center, 500 homes, 4-star hotel
A proposed development near downtown Castle Rock includes a recreation center, a hotel and hundreds of homes. The CBS Colorado helicopter flew above a portion of The Brickyard project construction site in Castle Rock Friday, May 9, 2025. CBS The 31-acre site is just west of Interstate 25 on Prairie Hawk Drive. For 40 years, it was home to the Acme Brickworks plant. Now, developers want to turn it into Castle Rock's newest district and highlight that history by using repurposed Acme bricks in the development, calling it "The Brickyard." "We've taken some of the cues from the old brick factory, kind of repurposing that facility feel, and then create a great hall for everybody to gather, and a really nice square, where we can have live music, ice skating in the winter," said Tony De Simone, founder and CEO of Confluence Companies. Confluence Companies is behind other Castle Rock projects such as Riverwalk Downtown. "We've tried really hard to keep the authenticity of the town by working with local and small businesses," De Simone said. Now, he's waiting for the final greenlight to break ground on "The Brickyard." The mixed-use development will include a four-star hotel, six new restaurants, which are already under contract, and 500 homes, primarily condos and apartments. The first phase of development is a 145,000-square-foot town recreation center. "Focused on court sports, so basketball, volleyball, pickleball," De Simone said. "It'll have one of the best competitive natatoriums in the state, and fitness facilities, indoor track." "The more pool space around here, the better," said Erin Brill, who is a mom to four young swimmers in Lone Tree. "There's not a lot of open pool space around here, particularly because none of our high schools in Douglas County have pools." Brill has long been asking county leaders for more competitive pool facilities. "Now, we're driving up to [Denver Tech Center] every evening, where we went from 11 lanes of pool space at the Inverness facility to four," Brill explained. "So we're very limited on space. Our high school kids, my boys, will start high school swim next year, and they'll practice till nine or nine-thirty at night halfway across town, because that's the only place they can find pool space." Brill looks forward to the rec center opening, but she wishes the pool was 50 meters. De Simone says the pool is 25 meters by 25 yards, which allows for 11 lanes. There will also be space for up to 200 spectators. "I love that Castle Rock is potentially getting more pool space. It sounds like it should be a place that could hold a moderate-sized swim meet. It's not going to host any sort of regional competition," Brill said. "It's certainly a step in the right direction to give these kids space to practice, to continue offering life-saving skill development that swimming is." The Brickyard project will get its water from the town of Castle Rock, and a traffic study is underway now. De Simone says the project will create a new road connecting the site to Plum Creek Parkway and expand a trail from downtown through the site, all the way to the Miller Activity Complex. "Really appealing to people that want walkabout in the suburbs, be able to walk to restaurants and entertainment venues and walk to downtown Castle Rock," De Simone said. The Brickyard project's zoning and land use has been approved, but Castle Rock Town Council still needs to approve its site development plan. Town council will discuss the proposed rec center's urban renewal authority plan May 20. If Town council approves the site development plan, developers hope to break ground on "The Brickyard" this summer and open the rec center in 2027. The recreation facility and infrastructure will cost about $104.2 million, according to the town of Castle Rock. The town will spend $75 million on the facility using impact fees paid by new development in town, along with sales and lodging taxes that The Brickyard project generates. The remaining cost for infrastructure will be paid by The Brickyard project developer, but it has set up a metro district, which can be a vehicle for homeowners to pay infrastructure costs over time. In a statement the town of Castle Rock shared, "The service plan for the Brickyard Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 was approved by Town Council at its March 4 meeting. An election was held on May 6 at which the owners of property within the district boundaries approved its organization. The next step is for the District Court to issue an order declaring the districts to be organized."
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Carl Edwards, Ricky Rudd walked away from NASCAR but their reunion will be at Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd had very little overlap in their respective NASCAR careers. Edwards only entered the elite Cup Series in 2004 — a mere 67 races before Rudd ended his 32-year career — so the two never got a chance to know one another. But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, and, on Friday night they will return to their old racing community as inductees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Edwards and Rudd are among five being celebrated Friday night as the newest members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Rudd made his first re-appearance in 2024 when Roger Penske tried to wrangle all living Indianapolis Motor Speedway winners for a photo at the track to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Brickyard. Many of his former competitors were shocked to see him on the Yard of Bricks; it was the first time most had seen Rudd since his final Cup Series race in 2007. Five NASCAR Cup races not to miss in 2025 With the start of the NASCAR season upon is, here is a look at five Cup races not to miss in 2025. Dustin Long, Dustin Long, Rudd, who doesn't go to the race track because he doesn't feel there's any role or reason for him to be there, told The Associated Press he was surprised by the warm reception he received at Indianapolis that day. 'Think about it, we went to 30 some races, went to the same towns, stayed in the same — we called it the 'trailer park' — so it's like moving out of a neighborhood," said Rudd, whose 1997 Brickyard victory was one of 23 career Cup wins. 'And you come back to that neighborhood and there are a lot of familiarities. Walking through the garage at Indy, it was really neat reconnecting again with many of those guys.' Edwards abruptly retired after the 2016 season, at the age of 36, after losing out on a second opportunity to win a Cup championship with a controversial title-deciding season finale. He told the AP he didn't call it a retirement at the time because he left himself room to possibly just take a one-year break. But just like Rudd, Edwards left NASCAR in his rearview mirror. He was in the wind until he was named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest drivers, an event that was celebrated at Darlington Raceway in 2023. Edwards joined the Fox Sports television booth for part of that day's race — where he turned out to be a spectacular broadcaster — and caught the audience up on what he'd been doing the past seven years. And just like Rudd, he was astonished at the reception. 'I understand now when people say 'NASCAR is a family,'' Edwards told the AP. 'I finally get it. I do. When I walked away, I really thought 'I'm giving this up completely. I'm giving up the sport, the opportunity to drive and a lot of friendships.' I'm shocked that NASCAR invited me back in this way. For the first time, I truly feel like it is part of a family.' Five NASCAR Cup drivers with something to prove in 2025 season The start of a season brings new hope and could bring even more for these drivers. Dustin Long, Dustin Long, Neither Edwards nor Rudd won a Cup title, but they left memorable marks on NASCAR. Rudd was one of the toughest drivers of all time — he used duct tape to keep his swollen and bruised eyes open to ensure he wouldn't miss the Daytona 500 after suffering serious injuries in a wreck the week before — and his 788 consecutive Cup starts was a longtime NASCAR record broken by Jeff Gordon's 797. But what else would you expect from Rudd, who as one of five kids growing up in Chesapeake, Virginia, was a self-proclaimed 'emergency-room regular.' He was pretending to be Superman when he jumped off the roof when he was 5, was the only kid in town to ride a pony in his backyard, and was so determined to do all the dangerous actions his friends were scared to do, he figured he'd one day be a Hollywood stuntman. He instead found his way into NASCAR. He ran for small teams, for big teams, his own team — 10 different owners, in all. Rudd was one of the best road racers of his time and earned six of his victories, including the Brickyard, driving for Rudd Performance Motorsports. Daytona 500 primer: What to know about 2025 NASCAR Cup season opener It won't be long before cars are on track at Daytona International Speedway and the Daytona 500 takes the green flag. Dustin Long, Dustin Long, Rudd was the 1977 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, finished a career-best second in points in 1991, and scored at least one win in 16 consecutive seasons, tied for the third-longest streak in Cup Series history. 'You set out your goals and it really was 'Try to win every race,'" Rudd said. 'I didn't really look at the big picture, so my career goal was always just to win every race I could.' Edwards entered NASCAR at its financial heyday — maybe the toughest time in history to break into the sport. Edwards was a substitute teacher trying to be a racer and handed out business cards at tracks that read: 'If you're looking for a driver, you're looking for me." Jack Roush gave him his break and Edwards climbed from Trucks, to the Xfinity Series and finally Cup while captivating the audience with backflips off his winning car. He once ran across the finish line at Talladega Superspeedway just to complete the event after his car had sailed into the fence on the final lap as he raced Brad Keselowski for the win. 25 questions for the 2025 NASCAR Cup season A look at some of the key elements to watch this season in the NASCAR Cup Series. Dustin Long, Dustin Long, On the track, he eventually left Roush to join Joe Gibbs Racing for a better chance to win an elusive Cup title. He'd lost the 2011 Cup in a heartbreaking tie-breaker to Tony Stewart. And he was leading the finale in 2016 when a questionable late caution set up a final restart and Edwards was wrecked. And then he quit. Edwards just simply walked away from a career that produced 72 wins across the three national series, and 28 were in Cup and included the Coca-Cola 600 and the Southern 500. But he also had two of the cruelest championship defeats, both in NASCAR's playoff system. Edwards occasionally pops up doing rescue and recovery work in his home state of Missouri, where he's long been courted to run for public office and doesn't rule it out. He's never totally transparent about why he truly left NASCAR — some will never be convinced it was because he felt NASCAR cheated him out of two titles — but he's always been an extremely private person and remains that way as he heads into the Hall of Fame. Road to NASCAR Cup playoffs has become more difficult for drivers winless in regular season More drivers are earning a playoff spot via a win in the regular season in the Next Gen era than previous years. Dustin Long, Dustin Long, He doesn't offer much about how he spends his days, he just says he keeps busy, and prefers to talk more broadly about his career and current life. He says he plans to be at the track some in 2025, and that he'd be interested in television work. One thing Edwards, who is a pilot, did reveal is that he's become a serious sailor and captained (with a crew) his own ship abroad. He's been building a boat the last three years that he intends to sail all over the world with his family. He's truly content. 'I used to think that I worked really hard and I did all this stuff and it was because of all my dedication and persistence," Edwards said. 'Now, the more I see at 45 years old, after living a little bit more of life, it is simply that I was the most blessed person on early. All the pieces fell into place for me to get to do something that I only dreamed about. I'm truly just realizing how fortunate I am.'
NBC Sports
07-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Carl Edwards, Ricky Rudd walked away from NASCAR but their reunion will be at Hall of Fame
Watch the best moments from the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd had very little overlap in their respective NASCAR careers. Edwards only entered the elite Cup Series in 2004 — a mere 67 races before Rudd ended his 32-year career — so the two never got a chance to know one another. But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, and, on Friday night they will return to their old racing community as inductees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Edwards and Rudd are among five being celebrated Friday night as the newest members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Rudd made his first re-appearance in 2024 when Roger Penske tried to wrangle all living Indianapolis Motor Speedway winners for a photo at the track to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Brickyard. Many of his former competitors were shocked to see him on the Yard of Bricks; it was the first time most had seen Rudd since his final Cup Series race in 2007. Dustin Long, Rudd, who doesn't go to the race track because he doesn't feel there's any role or reason for him to be there, told The Associated Press he was surprised by the warm reception he received at Indianapolis that day. 'Think about it, we went to 30 some races, went to the same towns, stayed in the same — we called it the 'trailer park' — so it's like moving out of a neighborhood,' said Rudd, whose 1997 Brickyard victory was one of 23 career Cup wins. 'And you come back to that neighborhood and there are a lot of familiarities. Walking through the garage at Indy, it was really neat reconnecting again with many of those guys.' Edwards abruptly retired after the 2016 season, at the age of 36, after losing out on a second opportunity to win a Cup championship with a controversial title-deciding season finale. He told the AP he didn't call it a retirement at the time because he left himself room to possibly just take a one-year break. But just like Rudd, Edwards left NASCAR in his rearview mirror. He was in the wind until he was named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest drivers, an event that was celebrated at Darlington Raceway in 2023. Edwards joined the Fox Sports television booth for part of that day's race — where he turned out to be a spectacular broadcaster — and caught the audience up on what he'd been doing the past seven years. And just like Rudd, he was astonished at the reception. 'I understand now when people say 'NASCAR is a family,'' Edwards told the AP. 'I finally get it. I do. When I walked away, I really thought 'I'm giving this up completely. I'm giving up the sport, the opportunity to drive and a lot of friendships.' I'm shocked that NASCAR invited me back in this way. For the first time, I truly feel like it is part of a family.' Neither Edwards nor Rudd won a Cup title, but they left memorable marks on NASCAR. Rudd was one of the toughest drivers of all time — he used duct tape to keep his swollen and bruised eyes open to ensure he wouldn't miss the Daytona 500 after suffering serious injuries in a wreck the week before — and his 788 consecutive Cup starts was a longtime NASCAR record broken by Jeff Gordon's 797. But what else would you expect from Rudd, who as one of five kids growing up in Chesapeake, Virginia, was a self-proclaimed 'emergency-room regular.' He was pretending to be Superman when he jumped off the roof when he was 5, was the only kid in town to ride a pony in his backyard, and was so determined to do all the dangerous actions his friends were scared to do, he figured he'd one day be a Hollywood stuntman. He instead found his way into NASCAR. He ran for small teams, for big teams, his own team — 10 different owners, in all. Rudd was one of the best road racers of his time and earned six of his victories, including the Brickyard, driving for Rudd Performance Motorsports. Rudd was the 1977 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, finished a career-best second in points in 1991, and scored at least one win in 16 consecutive seasons, tied for the third-longest streak in Cup Series history. 'You set out your goals and it really was 'Try to win every race,'' Rudd said. 'I didn't really look at the big picture, so my career goal was always just to win every race I could.' Edwards entered NASCAR at its financial heyday — maybe the toughest time in history to break into the sport. Edwards was a substitute teacher trying to be a racer and handed out business cards at tracks that read: 'If you're looking for a driver, you're looking for me.' Jack Roush gave him his break and Edwards climbed from Trucks, to the Xfinity Series and finally Cup while captivating the audience with backflips off his winning car. He once ran across the finish line at Talladega Superspeedway just to complete the event after his car had sailed into the fence on the final lap as he raced Brad Keselowski for the win. On the track, he eventually left Roush to join Joe Gibbs Racing for a better chance to win an elusive Cup title. He'd lost the 2011 Cup in a heartbreaking tie-breaker to Tony Stewart. And he was leading the finale in 2016 when a questionable late caution set up a final restart and Edwards was wrecked. And then he quit. Edwards just simply walked away from a career that produced 72 wins across the three national series, and 28 were in Cup and included the Coca-Cola 600 and the Southern 500. But he also had two of the cruelest championship defeats, both in NASCAR's playoff system. Edwards occasionally pops up doing rescue and recovery work in his home state of Missouri, where he's long been courted to run for public office and doesn't rule it out. He's never totally transparent about why he truly left NASCAR — some will never be convinced it was because he felt NASCAR cheated him out of two titles — but he's always been an extremely private person and remains that way as he heads into the Hall of Fame. He doesn't offer much about how he spends his days, he just says he keeps busy, and prefers to talk more broadly about his career and current life. He says he plans to be at the track some in 2025, and that he'd be interested in television work. One thing Edwards, who is a pilot, did reveal is that he's become a serious sailor and captained (with a crew) his own ship abroad. He's been building a boat the last three years that he intends to sail all over the world with his family. He's truly content. 'I used to think that I worked really hard and I did all this stuff and it was because of all my dedication and persistence,' Edwards said. 'Now, the more I see at 45 years old, after living a little bit more of life, it is simply that I was the most blessed person on early. All the pieces fell into place for me to get to do something that I only dreamed about. I'm truly just realizing how fortunate I am.'
Associated Press
06-02-2025
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Edwards and Rudd walked away from NASCAR and never looked back. Their reunion is at the Hall of Fame
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd had very little overlap in their respective NASCAR careers. Edwards only entered the elite Cup Series in 2004 — a mere 67 races before Rudd ended his 32-year career — so the two never got a chance to know one another. But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, and, on Friday night they will return to their old racing community as inductees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Edwards and Rudd are among five being celebrated Friday night as the newest members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Rudd made his first re-appearance in 2024 when Roger Penske tried to wrangle all living Indianapolis Motor Speedway winners for a photo at the track to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Brickyard. Many of his former competitors were shocked to see him on the Yard of Bricks; it was the first time most had seen Rudd since his final Cup Series race in 2007. Rudd, who doesn't go to the race track because he doesn't feel there's any role or reason for him to be there, told The Associated Press he was surprised by the warm reception he received at Indianapolis that day. 'Think about it, we went to 30 some races, went to the same towns, stayed in the same — we called it the 'trailer park' — so it's like moving out of a neighborhood,' said Rudd, whose 1997 Brickyard victory was one of 23 career Cup wins. 'And you come back to that neighborhood and there are a lot of familiarities. Walking through the garage at Indy, it was really neat reconnecting again with many of those guys,' Rudd said. Edwards abruptly retired after the 2016 season, at the age of 36, after losing out on a second opportunity to win a Cup championship with a controversial title-deciding season finale. He told the AP he didn't call it a retirement at the time because he left himself room to possibly just take a one-year break. But just like Rudd, Edwards left NASCAR in his rearview mirror. He was in the wind until he was named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest drivers, an event that was celebrated at Darlington Raceway in 2023. Edwards joined the Fox Sports television booth for part of that day's race — where he turned out to be a spectacular broadcaster — and caught the audience up on what he'd been doing the past seven years. And just like Rudd, he was astonished at the reception. 'I understand now when people say 'NASCAR is a family,'' Edwards told the AP. 'I finally get it. I do. When I walked away, I really thought 'I'm giving this up completely. I'm giving up the sport, the opportunity to drive and a lot of friendships.' I'm shocked that NASCAR invited me back in this way. For the first time, I truly feel like it is part of a family.' Neither Edwards nor Rudd won a Cup title, but they left memorable marks on NASCAR. Tough as they come Rudd was one of the toughest drivers of all time — he used duct tape to keep his swollen and bruised eyes open to ensure he wouldn't miss the Daytona 500 after suffering serious injuries in a wreck the week before — and his 788 consecutive Cup starts was a longtime NASCAR record broken by Jeff Gordon's 797. But what else would you expect from Rudd, who as one of five kids growing up in Chesapeake, Virginia, was a self-proclaimed 'emergency-room regular.' He was pretending to be Superman when he jumped off the roof when he was 5, was the only kid in town to ride a pony in his backyard, and was so determined to do all the dangerous actions his friends were scared to do, he figured he'd one day be a Hollywood stuntman. He instead found his way into NASCAR. He ran for small teams, for big teams, his own team — 10 different owners, in all. Rudd was one of the best road racers of his time and earned six of his victories, including the Brickyard, driving for Rudd Performance Motorsports. Rudd was the 1977 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, finished a career-best second in points in 1991, and scored at least one win in 16 consecutive seasons, tied for the third-longest streak in Cup Series history. 'You set out your goals and it really was 'Try to win every race,'' Rudd said. 'I didn't really look at the big picture, so my career goal was always just to win every race I could.' Edwards the Enigma Edwards entered NASCAR at its financial heyday — maybe the toughest time in history to break into the sport. Edwards was a substitute teacher trying to be a racer and handed out business cards at tracks that read: 'If you're looking for a driver, you're looking for me.' Jack Roush gave him his break and Edwards climbed from Trucks, to the Xfinity Series and finally Cup while captivating the audience with backflips off his winning car. He once ran across the finish line at Talladega Superspeedway just to complete the event after his car had sailed into the fence on the final lap as he raced Brad Keselowski for the win. On the track, he eventually left Roush to join Joe Gibbs Racing for a better chance to win an elusive Cup title. He'd lost the 2011 Cup in a heartbreaking tie-breaker to Tony Stewart. And he was leading the finale in 2016 when a questionable late caution set up a final restart and Edwards was wrecked. And then he quit. Edwards just simply walked away from a career that produced 72 wins across the three national series, and 28 were in Cup and included the Coca-Cola 600 and the Southern 500. But he also had two of the cruelest championship defeats, both in NASCAR's playoff system. Edwards occasionally pops up doing rescue and recovery work in his home state of Missouri, where he's long been courted to run for public office and doesn't rule it out. He's never totally transparent about why he truly left NASCAR — some will never be convinced it was because he felt NASCAR cheated him out of two titles — but he's always been an extremely private person and remains that way as he heads into the Hall of Fame. He doesn't offer much about how he spends his days, he just says he keeps busy, and prefers to talk more broadly about his career and current life. He says he plans to be at the track some in 2025, and that he'd be interested in television work. One thing Edwards, who is a pilot, did reveal is that he's become a serious sailor and captained (with a crew) his own ship abroad. He's been building a boat the last three years that he intends to sail all over the world with his family. He's truly content. 'I used to think that I worked really hard and I did all this stuff and it was because of all my dedication and persistence,' Edwards said. 'Now, the more I see at 45 years old, after living a little bit more of life, it is simply that I was the most blessed person on early. All the pieces fell into place for me to get to do something that I only dreamed about. I'm truly just realizing how fortunate I am.'
