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This week in Lafayette

Our pick, this weekend, and what opened or closed in Lafayette.

The weekend in full · All events

November 2–8

Things to know this week

Construction and access · Under way

Coal Creek Trail closed near the water reclamation facility for about eight weeks from September 8

Follow the posted detour and check the City’s ConeZone map (lafayetteco.gov/ConeZone) before setting out; eight weeks from September 8 is early November, and the City had not posted a reopening when this was read. Questions to B2 Excavating, 720-703-9716.

Source: City of Lafayette news, September 3, 2026 (updated September 22), read Boulder County Parks & Open Space: Coal Creek Trail

Notice · Under way Now

Fall street sweeping runs zone by zone from October 26 to December 11

Keep leaves and yard waste out of the street and gutters (blowing or raking them in is prohibited under the Stormwater Ordinance), and use Republic Services’ curbside leaf cleanups on November 7, 14 or 21 if you are on the Three Cart Program.

Source: City of Lafayette news, October 23, 2026, read

Public decision · Approved

City Council adopted a rewritten Land Use Code and zoning map, in force February 1, 2027

Check your property on the adopted zoning map on Lafayette Listens before planning work for 2027; applications filed before February 1 fall under the current code.

Source: City of Lafayette news, September 23, 2026, read Lafayette Listens: Land Use Code update

Notice · Under way

Mailed utility payments go to a Dallas lockbox from October 1

On

Make checks out to City of Lafayette and use the Dallas lockbox address, or pay online, by bank draft, or at the drop box outside City Hall; Utility Billing is 303-604-3555 or utilitybill@lafayetteco.gov.

Source: City of Lafayette: Utility Billing, read

Our pick

A plaque for the cemetery’s unmarked graves

Friday, Nov. 6, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Lafayette Cemetery, 111 W. Baseline Road, northeast corner. The City honors the nearly 200 people the Historical Society found buried in the old potter’s field with no marker and no record. Free.

November 2–8

Rest of the week

Registration deadlines and ways to join

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New & closed

  • Added to the guide

    Inside Lafayette

    The guide opens this week with 33 listings, 33 events through January, 25 programs, five local updates and three articles, every one read from its organizer’s or the City’s own page on November 2.

  • New hours

    WOW! Children’s Museum

    Open on Sundays, noon to 5 pm, from November 8, in addition to Tuesday through Saturday 9 to 5.

    Source: wowchildrensmuseum.org

A resident asks

When does the Coal Creek Trail reopen near the water plant?

The City closed a section by the Lafayette Water Reclamation Facility on September 8 for floodplain and retaining-wall work it expected to take about eight weeks, which runs out in early November, and had not posted a reopening when this was checked. Follow the signed detour and check the ConeZone map; part of the detour is ungroomed, so walk bikes there.

Source: City of Lafayette news, September 3, 2026

Checked November 2, 2026: every item here was read against its own source that day. How we check

November 6–8

Nearby this weekend

Niwot Old Town, the trails, and the people who run the place

Music

Wandering Roads Band

· The Wheel House

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November 6–8

Day trips up the hill

Clear Creek Idaho Springs and Georgetown on one guide

Music

Open Pick Night

· Bread Bar

Estes Park Elkhorn Avenue, the trailheads, the elk and the national park

Music

Buckethead

· The Stanley Hotel · $75 a night, $125 for both nights; 21 and over

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