Meeting set for Wednesday on Loveland Artspace apartments

LOVELAND --Artists who hope to live in the arts-focused apartment building under construction next to the Loveland Feed and Grain building downtown can learn about the project at a meeting Wednesday night.

The informational gathering on the Artspace Loveland Lofts will start at 6:30 p.m. at Loveland Aleworks, 118 W. Fourth St.

"Anybody who hasn't attended a meeting yet who's interested either in the live-work spaces or has an interest in the Feed and Grain project should attend the meeting if they missed the first one," said Heidi Zimmer Kurtze, vice president of property development for Artspace, the Minneapolis nonprofit that is building the 30-unit apartment and renovating the old feed mill.

The Loveland Housing Authority will manage the low-cost apartment complex and process potential tenants' applications.

At the end of the process, Artspace will have applicants go before a selection committee to determine if they qualify as artists, Kurtze said.

The agencies probably will begin accepting applications in February, she said. The four-story building just west of the Feed and Grain at 130 W. Third St. should be ready for occupancy in May 2015, she said.

"We're having these meetings to help people have the information they need to get the paperwork together to submit the application in February," she said.

Artspace's projects typically get four or five times as many applicants as available units, she said, and it will be important for prospective tenants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

"Based on the interest and turnout at these meetings, they're going to be in high demand," she said, adding that a similar meeting in October drew about 75 people.

Craig Young: 970-635-3634, cyoung@reporter-herald.com, twitter.com/CraigYoungRH.

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Meeting set for Wednesday on Loveland Artspace apartments