Protect Hughes as a Natural Area for All

11/04/2025

Support Direct Democracy! Vote YES on 303 AND NO on 2H! We must do both to Save Hughes!

11/03/2025

This Neighbor really nails it on NextDoor.

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

Know Before You Vote Fort Collins!

📌 In yet another one of the City's Hughes survey (2022-2023), 2H land uses for Hughes were characterized as HIGH IMPACT uses, whereas 303 uses were characterized as LOW IMPACT uses. See attached image.

✅ 303's proposed uses for Hughes are LOW impact recreational activities (hiking, biking, pedestrian trail, etc.) consistent with a Natural Area and preservation of wildlife habitat. These are the ONLY uses now on our ballot characterized as LOW-IMPACT. And, ONLY 303 aligns with the intent of the 2021 conservation-focused citizen ballot measure for Hughes that was passed by nearly 70% of the Fort Collins voters. ("Keep Hughes Open Space")

❌ 2H's large bike skills park and other HIGH impact development egregiously violate the intent of the 2021 conservation-focused citizen ballot measure for Hughes. The 2021 ballot measure ONLY included recreation to keep the sledding hill and disc golf course on Hughes. But, the 2H bike park lobby and their special interest groups are exploiting that language and intent in order to develop Hughes into a large-scale tourism destination playground for the privileged with land-consuming buildings like a visitor center, administrative offices, paved parking lots, etc.

☝️Learn more:
https://yes4hughesnaturalarea.com/

In order to honor the intent of the 2021 Hughes conservation-focused ballot measure, and to
🛑STOP special interest from land grabbing Hughes once & for all we must protect Hughes in perpetuity:

✅ PLEASE VOTE YES on 303 (Protection of Hughes) ✅
**AND**
❌ VOTE NO on 2H (Development of Hughes) ❌
🚩 Voters MUST DO BOTH for 303 to prevail & Hughes to be protected!

🌳 We are the Fort Collins grassroots group fighting for the long-held community vision to make Hughes a 100% Natural Area for ALL.

🙏This is the 3rd & final step in the community’s long-held vision to protect & preserve Hughes:
1️⃣ Zone (2021)✅
2️⃣ Acquire (2023)✅
3️⃣ Protect (2025)‼️

💚 Thank you, Fort Collins!

11/03/2025

Here are some facts, since the Measure 2H proponents continue to falsely claim that a Hughes Natural Area will be more expensive than a regional recreation-destination mountain-bike skills park. Most of us know even intuitively that cannot be true. But, here is the proof, using the City’s own data...

11/03/2025

10/31/2025

When people who want to develop Hughes for a massive bike park or visitor center/campus tell you that Hughes isn't "pristine" and shouldn't be conserved as a natural area, remind them that many of our water storage bodies along the Poudre, and our precious natural areas, were literal dumps

10/31/2025

Ms. Haefele, an expert in survey research, discusses the City's ongoing and improper use of an unbalanced survey scale (Likert Scale) that significantly bias...

10/31/2025

Know Before You Vote, Fort Collins!📌 Did you know there are TWO conflicting Hughes measures on this year’s ballot?📌 Measure 303 is the long-held community vision to preserve & protect Hughes as a 100% Natural Area.📌 Measure 2H is City Council’s last-minute “multiuse” giveaway that w...

10/30/2025

Did you know that in July 2024, City Council approved a $70,000 bike park feasibility study? The purpose of the study was to thoroughly analyze 8 sites plus Hughes for cost, funding and location feasibility of a large-scale bike skills park.

The City Council was supposed to release the full results of the bike park feasibility study in May 2025 to align with the second weekend of the Civic Assembly focus group. But, it never happened, and as you know, City Council referred Measure 2H in September to compete with the Citizen's ballot measure, 303. If 2H is passed by voters, not only would it be a travesty, but it would allow for the construction of a costly large-scale bike park at Hughes (and much more development to come funded by taxpayers). Why hasn't the full bike park feasibility analysis been released to the public?

Some say Hughes was NOT recommended in the feasibility study for a massive bike park due to costs and poor location, but 6 of 7 Councilmembers decided to put the bike park at Hughes anyway. Some say Soft Gold Park was to be recommended, not Hughes.

The image below shows nine concealed general site locations on a map that were supposedly analyzed in the $70,000 bike park feasibility study. While a minimal "report summary" was released a few months ago, the complete results of the study STILL have not been released to the general public and the taxpayers that paid for the study.

Here are the stated goals for the missing bike park feasibility study:
• Development of site evaluation criteria
• Analysis of several sites
• Understand capital and on-going costs; and potential funding strategies

So, where are they study's results, and why can't we see them?

More Info: https://www.fcgov.com/parkplanning/bikepark

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Know Before You Vote, Fort Collins!
✅️ VOTE YES on 303 ✅️ (Protection of Hughes)
❌ VOTE NO on 2H ❌ (Development of Hughes)
🚩 We Must Do BOTH to protect Hughes.

This is the 3rd and Final Step to Protect Hughes in Perpetuity.

We are the Fort Collins grassroots group fighting for the long-held community vision to make Hughes a 100% Natural Area for ALL. Don't let monied special interests destroy Hughes.

10/30/2025

✅ DONATE to GET OUT THE VOTE (GOTV) MAKE HUGHES A PROTECTED NATURAL AREA FOR ALL ! 🗳️ #1. DONATE WITH PAYPAL (link) (Note: You can donate with a credit card through PayPal. A PayPal account is NOT required.) This ‘Friends of Hughes Natural Area’ issue committee is required by the City of ...