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Read our Public Comments on Proposed Land Uses in the Missouri Heights Character Area
Why This Land Matters
Why This Land Matters
This is more than just land—it’s a living system.
The Cattle Creek Confluence is where Cattle Creek and the Roaring Fork River meet—an ecologically rich corridor that sustains bald eagles, heron rookeries, elk and deer herds, foxes, migratory birds, and trout. This land sustains riparian habitat, and is vital for biodiversity, wildlife migration, clean water, and community well-being. Recent growth in the valley has had negative consequences for quality of life. Click on the bugeling Elk to see their website.
Harvest Roaring Fork PUD/PROPOSED Development Application UPDATE from the Cattle Creek Confluence Coalition Community
Garfield County has TENTATIVELY scheduled an OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING with the Planning Commission to review the Harvest Roaring Fork PUD/PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. The Cattle Creek Confluence Coalition wants to ensure the community has clear, factual information — and a strong voice in the decisions ahead.
🏛️ Public Hearing — Your Chance to Stand With Our Community and Oppose This Proposed Development, and, if you choose, Speak Your Opinions and Concerns Directly to the Planning Commissioners
📅 January 28th, 2026 - TENTATIVE DATE
📍 Location TBD
⏰ Time TBD
This is the formal Planning Commission hearing where public comment is entered into the official record. Just your presence alone makes a statement! Let's pack the room!
🗣️ Community Informational Meeting
📅 January 6th, 2026
📍 3rd Street Center, Carbondale
⏰ 6pm
A community-led session to review new information, discuss concerns, and prepare effective public comments before the hearing.
WHAT'S AT STAKE:
🚗 TRAFFIC & HIGHWAY 82 IMPACTS
Highway 82 already operates near failing levels of service.
Thousands of new daily vehicle trips — plus decades of heavy construction traffic — are not meaningfully addressed. Construction traffic alone will burden Highway 82, Cattle Creek Road, and Carbondale-area roads for years before any units are even occupied.
Increased congestion and delays directly impact fire, EMS, and law-enforcement response times. No analysis of wildfire evacuation capacity is included, despite Highway 82 being the primary evacuation route for the entire mid-valley.
🏘️ THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSED VERSION OF HOUSING — NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS
The majority of units will be luxury or market-rate, which will add demand to local services and create the need for additional workforce. This in turn creates a need for additional workforce housing.
The developer frames the PUD as a workforce housing solution, but the proposal only commits to the required 10% of Mitigation Units required by Article 8. The other so called “affordable” units specifically state that they are not subject to price caps.
🌿 ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE
The site sits in critical wildlife habitat for elk, deer, raptors, and migratory species.
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