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How will Fort Collins decide what to do with old Hughes Stadium? It’s trying...

Rebecca Powell, Fort Collins Coloradoan | Published 5:01 a.m. MT July 23rd, 2024 | Updated 7:54 p.m. MT Aug. 20, 2024 UPDATE: Fort Collins City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to use a “civic...

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Council Approves New Engagement Tactic for Hughes

22 Aug 2024 At the City Council Regular Meeting on August 20, 2024, Fort Collins City Council approved, with a 3-2 vote, the use of a Civic Assembly process to help determine future plans for the...

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Community Guides: Invitation to Participate

16 Dec 2024 Aided by communities of interest, City of Fort Collins staff, and others, the Civic Assembly Delegates will engage in a learning phase in which they become informed on a wide range of...

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What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics?

An Oregon county is looking for solutions to youth homelessness—so it convened a random selection of residents to come up with ideas. December 31, 2024 by Nick Romeo | ast July, an unusual letter...

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Council Approves Bike Park Study & Civic Assembly Process

We continue to make slow and steady progress toward a world-class bike park here in Fort Collins. On Tuesday, the Fort Collins City Council passed two ordinances that help the cause. We still have a...

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Fort Collins to begin lottery for Hughes Stadium site civic assembly. Here’s...

Rebecca Powell, Fort Collins Coloradoan | Published 5:02 a.m. MT Jan. 31st, 2025 If you live in Fort Collins, you might receive a postcard inviting you to help figure out the future of the former...

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A Model for Democracy in Polarized Times Comes to Life in Fort Collins

Photo Credit: City of Fort Collins The First Weekend of Fort Collins’ First-Ever Civic Assembly In an effort to strengthen and reimagine local democracy, the City of Fort Collins launched its...

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Our faith in democracy is at an all-time low. Can citizen assemblies help?

Jan. 16, 2025 – Dana Taylor | USA Today Citizen assemblies involve ordinary people participating in crafting policy solutions to community problems and have been around for over fifty years. Is this...

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Deschutes County citizens come together for civic assembly

Jan 22, 2025, by Rolando Hernandez | OPB Listen to the podcast here. Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and formatting by an OPB...

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How to watch Fort Collins civic assembly on the former Hughes Stadium land

April 9, 2025 by Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan “Informed by the diverse needs of our community, what use of the Hughes site will contribute most effectively to Fort Collins’ long-term...

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Fort Collins Launches Civic Assembly to Determine Future of Hughes Stadium Site

April 8th, 2025 by Ian Harper | Hoodline The City of Fort Collins is setting the stage for community involvement with its inaugural Civic Assembly, aimed at determining the best use for the...

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Fort Collins Launches Civic Assembly to Shape Future of Hughes Site

April 9th, 2025, by Blaine Howerton | North Forty News A diverse panel of residents begins deliberations on the former stadium’s fate FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A bold new chapter in community engagement...

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Panel of Fort Collins residents to decide future of former Hughes Stadium site

April 13, 2025, by Adria Iraheta | Denver 7 A panel of 20 Fort Collins residents is working with experts and community members to develop recommendations on the most beneficial uses of the former...

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Future of old Hughes Stadium could be on Fort Collins ballots again, despite...

April 15th, 2025, by Rebecca Powell | Forft Collins Coloradoan The clock is now ticking on two petitions proposing the former Hughes Stadium land become a natural area, just as a panel of 20 residents...

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Here are 5 proposals for the old Hughes Stadium that a civic assembly is...

April 25th, 2025, by Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been corrected to reflect that the city is not required to own the former Hughes Stadium...

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A civic assembly is done with its work on Hughes land. Here’s what it...

May 5th, 2025, by Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan A civic assembly formed to help determine the future of the former Hughes Stadium land in Fort Collins has landed on a vision that includes...

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