YVHA's Brown Ranch Community Newsletter
February 2022
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Happy Friday!!
Welcome to our inaugural Brown Ranch newsletter. Our vision is to create a neighborhood for and by the Yampa Valley community. We were blown away by the amount of community members that attended our three presentations last week. Over 470 of you showed up in person or online. If you missed the presentation, you can view it here in English and here in Spanish.
Our main priority is to develop a neighborhood that is vibrant, resilient, diverse, and welcoming, as well as a place that reflects our Yampa Valley values. To get involved, join our community-based Focus Team meetings. The volunteer Focus Teams bring passion, expertise, and voice to the Brown Ranch decision-making process. The teams will meet over several months and will deeply dive into the housing needs, hopes, and concerns of our community.
- Housing and Non-Residential Demand
- Natural and Built Sustainability
- Urban Design
- Infrastructure
- Stewardship & Project Economics
Listed below are the dates for the Focus Team meetings.
We are so excited to embark on this journey with you.
Sincerely,
Jason Peasley and Sheila Henderson
P.S. We are trying to reach more of the community, so please encourage your friends to sign up for our newsletter on our website and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts are coming soon. And be sure to check out our job opportunities below.
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“The Brown Ranch residents will live and connect in a vibrant, resilient, diverse, and welcoming neighborhood that provides a wide variety of housing options and services designed by and for the Yampa Valley community.” |
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Join Our Focus Team Meetings |
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Housing and Non-Residential Demand Focus Team |
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This group will analyze existing shortages and the future needs for seasonal, low-income, entry level and move-up housing market segments. We will also be analyzing non-residential needs to support the neighborhood such as commercial, recreational, childcare, nonprofit and anything else our community prioritizes. The next meetings are:
- Monday, February 14, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
- Monday, February 21, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
- Monday, February 28, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
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Natural and Built Sustainability Focus Team |
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This group will determine the best approaches to sustainability from every aspect including the natural environment to the built environment. The next meetings are:
- Tuesday, February 8, 5:00-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
- Tuesday, February 15, 5:00-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
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This team will provide feedback to the CDP consultants, who will create concepts for the entire buildout of the site utilizing City of Steamboat Springs Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) Transect Zone District, Street Sections and Open Space/Trails requirements. The next meetings are:
- Wednesday, February 9, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
- Wednesday, February 16, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
- Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, West Room
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Infrastructure Focus Team |
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This team will analyze on-site and off-site needs including transportation, water, wastewater, stormwater, and dry utilities along with phasing for the entire buildout of the community. The next meetings are:
- Wednesday, February 9, 10:30-12:00, 443 Oak Nonprofit Center Conference Room
- Wednesday, February 16, 12-1:30 pm, 443 Oak Nonprofit Center Conference Room
- Wednesday, February 23, 12-1:30 pm, 443 Oak Nonprofit Center Conference Room
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Stewardship and Project Economics Focus Team |
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This team analyze the funding mechanisms for each urban design and housing concept to ensure we meet the targeted affordability price points while maintaining long term affordability for workforce housing. The next meetings are:
- Wednesday, February 16, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, East Room
- Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-7:00 pm, Community Center, East Room
- Wednesday, March 2, 5:30-7:00 pm, 443 Oak Nonprofit Center Conference Room
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Setting Expectations on our Timeline |
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We all know that the need and demand for the Brown Ranch is now. Viewing the graph above you will see that we are in the information gathering and analysis phase at present and will move to programming, concept design and documentation by November 2022.
As we develop this neighborhood by and for the community, we all need to realize that this development will not start for three to five years. In the meantime, the Yampa Valley Housing Authority (YVHA) is building more affordable rental properties. Sunlight Crossing will be available in 2022 and YVHA will also be building affordable housing on Angler's Drive and near the UCHealth Urgent Center Please click here for more information. |
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During the community presentation, we shared the housing demand in the Yampa Valley. The graph above illustrates the demand for affordable, entry-level, move-up and luxury housing. |
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January 27th - Brown Ranch Community Presentation |
If you missed the presentation, you can view it here in English and here in Spanish.
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A team of 20 community members tasked with creating an overall vision along with the main priorities that will guide development through the coming decades. The community members are:
- Andrew Beckler
- Anne Warhover
- Cecilia Escobar
- Ed MacArthur
- Erin Miller
- Gates Gooding
- Genevieve Kalmes
- Kimball Crangle
- Kristin Brown Wilson
- Lina Grant
- Marsha Daugenbaugh
- Megan Moore-Kemp
- Patrick Phillips
- Patrick Staib
- Roger Ashton
- Sarah Jones
- Tatum Health
- Tim Wohlgenant
- Vanessa Avitia
- Webster Jones
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Brown Ranch Planning Team |
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YVHA is growing and is in the need of a few passionate individuals to add to our team. Current job opportunities include:
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Assistant Property Manager, The assistant regional property manager will assist the regional property manager with the on- site, day-to-day management functions of an affordable housing portfolio. The position is responsible for community accounting functions and assists in the administration, leasing and ensuring that the operations comply with Company, state, and federal policies. Send cover letter and resume to the team here.
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Executive Administrative Assistant, The YVHA Executive Assistant is responsible for providing administrative and organizational support for the YVHA Executive Director. Send cover letter and resume to the team here.
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An affordable housing development for the Yampa Valley |
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Yampa Valley Housing Authority |
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