Vote NO on Brown Ranch

10/12/2025

This fall, we have another opportunity to hold a referendum.

Vote for Kelly Phillips!

Here is Gale Gary specifically eliminating a public vote from the Brown Ranch approval.

www.steamboatsprings.net/agendas

10/01/2025

Kelly Phillips has a great perspective on affordable housing in Steamboat..

05/24/2025

https://youtu.be/B9D6YQRK4Fg?feature=shared

Way too late!

This soil report should have been done and analyzed before purchasing the property—or better yet, before the finalization of the West Area Plan! 

"Neighborhood C - Unfortunately, this planning area had very concerning results with bedrock occurring just a few feet below the existing grade in certain test pits. It also seems to have a lot of swelling clay material, which will require over-excavation and potentially 'clean' soil being imported and blended. All these efforts will be expensive. We recommend further study of the entire planning area be undertaken to consider development alternatives that allow best management of these soils challenges."

04/16/2025

Tax Payer Affordable Housing funds hard at work!

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03/04/2025

"This temporary initiative comes in the wake of a recent setback, as voters rejected the city’s annexation of Brown Ranch in March 2024, halting plans for a major affordable housing project."

Wow, did that language just raise my cackles! How much  unconditional blind faith can you put into one sentence?!?!

According to the preliminary results released by the Steamboat Springs Clerk’s Office, the Brown Ranch annexation agreement will fail. Posted at city hall just after 8 p.m., the results showed Steamboat voters rejecting the ballot...

02/12/2025

Its time to start paying attention to what the City Council is planning at “Brown Ranch 2.0”

www.steamboatsprings.net/agendas

10/11/2024

Wow! That is a skewed representation of reality! Very reminiscent of the Brown Ranch proposal itself...!

https://coloradosun.com/2024/10/10/a-colorado-ski-town-had-an-answer-to-its-affordable-housing-crisis-then-voters-shut-it-down/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF2VHlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHS_ty_EWcVIdyAmOxy8VdmB96L8R_4m24vu7uzHOeRXF5kgoav0Zvjf2bw_aem_LbaSlsh-FU7I_4H9x2Xf2A

A vote that scuttled a $24 affordable housing project raised a thorny question in Steamboat Springs: Who gets to live in Colorado’s idyllic mountain towns?

07/19/2024

How many times does this need to be hashed out?

What about reevaluating the west area plan instead!

By Shannon Lukens. (Courtesy photo) The City of Steamboat Springs is working with Community Builders on a plan for the Brown Ranch property. Community Builders is a nonprofit based in Glenwood Springs. The plan is to

06/26/2024

Public comment at last night city council meeting requesting the change of leadership at YVHA- Yampa Valley Housing Authority.