A church building in Fort Collins, Colorado, that served both its congregation and people experiencing homelessness has been sold for $1.3 million after methamphetamine contamination was discovered in the property. According to CBS Colorado reporter Dillon Thomas, the Fort Collins Mennonite Fellowship could not afford the cost of remediation and ultimately sold the property. The building is expected to be demolished and replaced. The contamination was discovered in December 2025. Earlier reporting from Thomas said remediation estimates ranged from more than $70,000 to more than $100,000. The church says its own environmental testing found no evidence that methamphetamine had been manufactured in the building, an important distinction between a former meth lab and a building contaminated through other activity. The story illustrates how methamphetamine contamination can become more than an environmental-cleaning issue. Once contamination is identified, the consequences can affect occupancy, remediation costs, property value and ultimately the future use of the building itself.
Original reporting: Dillon Thomas, CBS Colorado
Published: September 23, 2026
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/methamphetamine-contaminated-church-fort-collins-building/
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