Longmont's Twin Peaks Mall demolition set to begin August 1

Charity auction prizes include helicopter ride, a chance to operate the 100-ton excavator

Twenty-nine years to the month that dignitaries and fanfare celebrated the opening of Longmont's Twin Peaks Mall, the walls will come tumbling down.

Twin Peaks Mall demolition event

When: 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1

Where: Northwest corner of the property off Bent Way

Who: NewMark Merrill representatives, city officials, I Have a Dream Foundation representatives

More info: http://villageatthepeaks.com

NewMark Merrill Mountain States, owners of the mall, have announced that August 1 will be Day One of the mall's demolition. The 100-ton excavator and claw will have a target as it proceeds to tear into the building: a giant Gamma Acosta mural being painted on the former Sears building, on the northwest corner of the mall.

"We've got the old (Twin Peaks Mall) logo going up, so it's representative of the old mall going away," said Luke McFetridge, regional property manager for NewMark Merrill.

McFetridge said his connection with Acosta grew out of conversations he had been having with Joanne Kirves, executive director of Longmont Council for the Arts. He said the two have been talking about some ideas for how Village at the Peaks, the new center that NewMark Merrill is building on the mall property, might be able to support the local artists' community in Longmont.

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