If you live off Sheridan north of 144th, your daily map probably hasn't changed much this year. The golf course is still the golf course. The Club House pool closes when it always closes. Coyote Ridge lets out at the same bell. What has changed sits a few minutes south of the neighborhood, in a tight band along US-287, East 1st Avenue, and West 120th. That's where a handful of openings, one anniversary weekend, and one very Broomfield-specific Saturday are quietly rearranging where residents actually spend their weekends this fall.
This post is a plain-language read on what's within a short drive, what's worth planning around, and what's still just an application on a planner's desk.
The Neighborhood Core Hasn't Moved
Before the "what's new" section, it helps to name what's still doing the heavy lifting. The 18-hole Broadlands Golf Course wraps around most of the community and stays open to the public, with the Grille serving barbecue for people who aren't playing that day. The Broadlands Club House keeps its outdoor pool, basketball court, and playground running as the shared front yard. On the west edge, Broadlands West Park sits on Meadow Mountain Road just south of 144th, with paved trails, ball fields, and a pavilion. On the east side, Broadlands East Park at Shannon Drive and Broadlands Drive connects to Meridian Elementary through a walking path.
If you're a resident, that's the base layer. It doesn't need reintroducing. What the base layer doesn't tell you is where the newer weekend traffic is going.
What Actually Changed Within Three Miles
Cherry Cricket At One Year
The most obvious shift is at 1280 E. 1st Ave., in the old Old Chicago space. The Cherry Cricket opened its Broomfield location on August 25, 2025, filling roughly 8,500 square feet with a covered patio and a "Burger Garden" seating more than 325 guests. That puts its first anniversary landing right at the front end of this fall, and the location has been busy enough since opening to keep parking tight on weekend nights. General manager Taylor Hauenstein described it at opening as the chain's northernmost location, which in practice means Broadlands residents are closer to a full Cherry Cricket than most of the Denver metro.
Worth knowing if you're going: the kid-friendly fish tank is real, and the Burger Garden is where a large group actually fits without a wait for the main dining room.
Jersey Mike's Coming To Broomfield Marketplace
A little west of that, on US-287, Jersey Mike's is preparing a new Broomfield location listed as "coming soon" at 1170 U.S. Highway 287, with the brand confirming a summer debut. The store will run about 1,400 square feet, operate daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and sits inside Broomfield Marketplace, the grocery-anchored plaza off a heavily trafficked stretch of road. For anyone at the north end of Broadlands, that's a genuinely useful weeknight option that hasn't existed at that corner before.
The In-N-Out Application On 120th
Further south, the long-running In-N-Out saga has moved forward again. In February 2026, the chain submitted a new proposal for a 3,890-square-foot building with a 1,400-square-foot outdoor patio at 4181 W. 120th Ave., along a stretch already home to Chick-fil-A, Noodles & Co., Raising Cane's, IHOP and Ted's Montana Grill. A prior application at 5005 W. 120th Ave. in the Broomfield Plaza shopping center was withdrawn after planners received about a dozen resident emails raising traffic concerns.
Nothing to plan around yet. But if you drive 120th on weekends, the new site is one traffic study away from becoming the loudest corner in that quadrant, and the drive-thru volume at existing metro locations suggests the "one traffic study" language is not a joke. You can follow the application through Broomfield's Developing Places page.
Blocking Out September 19
The one Saturday that matters most for anyone with a family in the Broadlands sits mid-September. This year's Broomfield Days is scheduled for Sept. 19, 2026, at Midway Park at 1270 W. Midway Blvd.. That's a ten-minute drive south from most of the neighborhood, and it eats the whole day if you let it.
Here's what actually happens on the ground, in the order it happens:
- Pancake breakfast in the morning at Midway Park
- Mayor's Cup 5K starting at 8:20 a.m. on Midway Boulevard near the Firehouse, following Broomfield streets and bike paths
- Grand parade down Midway Boulevard after the race
- Broomfield Days Car Show on the grass in South Midway Park from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- 300+ vendor booths, food trucks, a clown contest, Dock Dogs, a duck race, inflatables, a petting zoo, and live performances on three stages
- Attendance runs over 30,000, which is the piece most first-timers underestimate
Two practical notes for residents. Parking near Midway fills by the time the race starts, so anyone dropping a runner should assume they're not parking in the same lot. And if your household includes people who are into cars but not crowds, the car show starts and ends earlier than the rest of the festival for a reason.
The Golf Side Of The Calendar
For residents who actually use the course, the fall shoulder is when the calendar gets interesting. The Broadlands runs a 7,263-yard, par-72 layout with a course rating of 72.9 and a slope rating of 125, which is enough teeth for a league round without being punishing for a casual weekend twosome. The course also runs the BWGA women's league with a dedicated 2026 registration form, and outing dates for the season fill in advance through the pro shop.
For everyone else, the Grille menu is worth knowing about as a walk-in option even when you're not playing. It reads as a barbecue kitchen more than a clubhouse cafeteria, and it's an easy Sunday afternoon stop after a walk through Broadlands West Park.
What's Coming That Will Change The Map Again
Two projects worth keeping in your peripheral vision, because both will reshape where Broadlands residents drive for routine errands over the next few years.
The first is Broomfield Town Square. In September 2023, Broomfield City Council and BURA unanimously approved the site development plan for the first phase, which includes roughly 63,590 square feet of commercial development anchored by a new market hall in the former Safeway building, an enlarged lake with trails and gathering areas, restaurants, and space for a potential future expansion of the Broomfield Library. The developer anticipates the construction document preparation and permit review period will take place in 2026, with construction to begin thereafter. Translation: not opening this year, but the site plan is real and the timeline is public. Details on the city's Town Square page.
The second is on Baseline Road. UCHealth has submitted plans for a new hospital on the northwest corner of Baseline Road and Interstate 25, while AdventHealth has submitted plans for a facility on the southwest corner, both within a mile of the Children's Hospital Colorado North Campus. The proposals are in early, conceptual stages, and the UCHealth site would occupy 110 acres of land that Ikea bought in 2016 for $11.25 million and has since walked away from. Nothing to plan around this fall. But if you live in Broadlands and have watched northeast Broomfield build out over the past decade, that intersection is the next one to pay attention to. KUNC has ongoing coverage of the hospital plans.
A Short, Honest Weekend Plan
If you had one September Saturday and wanted the version that feels distinctly like this neighborhood in this year:
- Morning walk on the Broadlands West Park loop before it warms up
- Coffee at home, then the Mayor's Cup 5K or the pancake breakfast at Midway Park
- Parade and vendor circuit until the car show wraps around 3 p.m.
- Late lunch or early dinner at the Cherry Cricket's Burger Garden, going early to beat the anniversary-week rush at 1280 E. 1st Ave.
- Nine holes at Broadlands as a twilight round, or a walk back through Broadlands East Park to Meridian if the golf course is booked
Nothing on that list requires a plan more than a day ahead. All of it is inside a ten-minute drive of the neighborhood.
The Read For Residents
The Broadlands has always been a residential first, retail second kind of place. What's changed is that the retail side, the part you actually leave the neighborhood for, has gotten meaningfully denser in the last twelve months and will get denser again once Town Square and the Baseline Road medical campuses come online. The core of what you already love about living here, the course, the parks, the Club House, the school walk, hasn't moved. But the map of where you spend your weekends has, and it's worth knowing which corners are still an application and which are already pouring drinks.
If you're weighing a move within Broomfield, or thinking about how these shifts affect what your home is worth on this side of 144th, reach out to Audrey Michel. Call or email to talk through your home or property needs.
