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Brown Ranch Results: Steamboat Voters reject Brown Ranch Annexation
'No' was leading 2,903 to 2,074 'yes' with 400 votes remaining in sharp rebuke of Yampa Valley Housing Authority Project. See The Bugle's...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 26, 20241 min read
Ballots due by 7 p.m. in historic vote to annex Brown Ranch into the city of Steamboat Springs
Nearly 4,400 ballots had been returned as of the end of the day Monday. Ballots can be cast at drop boxes behind the historic Routt...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 26, 20245 min read
How does Brown Ranch cover the increased cost of Steamboat Springs city services it will spur?
The Yampa Valley Housing Authority has agreed to pay $1,203 per unit per year to offset additional operating costs for city services. The...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 18, 20245 min read
Brown Ranch is talked about as affordable and attainable housing, but what does that mean?
The annexation agreement includes a section specifically focused on ensuring units will be affordable and attainable now and into the...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 18, 20248 min read
How would a Regional Transportation Authority impact Steamboat’s cash-strapped bus system?
Ahead of a regional RTA meeting next week, some Steamboat Council members question if the local network can handle adding more regional...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 13, 20244 min read
What is Steamboat Springs’ capital gap because of Brown Ranch?
The Brown Ranch capital gap is between $9.9M and $42M, depending on how much STR tax revenue future councils allocate to various...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 9, 20248 min read
Why does the Brown Ranch annexation agreement allow for 2,264 housing units?
A housing demand study conducted in 2021 by the Yampa Valley Housing Authority estimated a need of 1,400 units to meet current workforce...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 9, 20245 min read
Polis, CDOT ‘enthusiastically’ support Brown Ranch after email from agency official implies otherwise
CDOT wasn’t ready to provide a letter of support for a federal grant application last week, but will have another chance to endorse the...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 8, 20244 min read
Brown Ranch Special Election ballots accidentally sent to underage voters won't be counted
184 ballots were sent to some residents who have pre-registered to vote, but who won’t be 18 before the March 26 annexation vote. Ballots...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Steamboat Clerk wants changes to YVHA presentation after ‘likely violation’ of fair campaigning law
Housing authority executive director says the organization will work with the city to ensure the presentation complies with the city’s...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 6, 20245 min read
Move to Emerald Park allows Steamboat Rugby’s Cowpie Classic to continue for 50th year
The event was in question because Ski Town Park will be unavailable this summer during construction of an irrigation project. Steamboat...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 6, 20243 min read
Steamboat bans sale of cheap river tubes, overhauls outfitter permitting in series of Yampa River ordinances
Ordinances passed Tuesday also remove a requirement for tubers to carry a mesh bag on the river and implement a new system for how to...
Dylan Anderson
Mar 6, 20244 min read
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