Despite trust issues, growth concerns, Brown Ranch engagement process nears next phase

Despite trust issues, growth concerns, Brown Ranch engagement process nears next phase

The Brown Ranch community engagement process, now approaching its fifth month, reached a milestone last week as the Deliberation and Stewardship Team seemed to coalesce around moving forward to Phase 2 of the process — despite persistent concerns about trust and Steamboat Springs’ tolerance for growth. In March 2024, Steamboat voters rejected the Brown Ranch annexation proposal required to move the project forward. The defeat paused development …