Allenspark Wind Article for November 2025
Roger Sherman

Early to mid October is about the time we, in the Tahosa Valley, who are “summer only” residents, need to button up our cabins and drain our water systems.  It is a bittersweet time when we envy those, mostly newer, cabins and houses with “year round” infrastructure, a trend which really began in the 1970s.

Road improvements, cellular and internet infrastructure, plus improved vehicles have made year around living in the Valley possible, but not necessarily easy as many commentators in these pages have written about.  From scheduling propane deliveries and contracting snowplowing to stocking up on supplies and preparing for outages, winters can be long and daunting.  Snow needs to be plowed even when it doesn’t snow, thanks to wind that can blow down trees and block roads.  All off which coupled with the isolation can play havoc on vehicles and psyches.

Never the less more and more people are electing to stay in the valley longer and longer and we at TVLA seek their input on how we move forward.  We do have a “working group” to reexamine our mission and if you have input please email us at tvla@tahosavalleylandowners.org.  There you can look at Eli Reese’s draft of a new statement of purpose. 

In perhaps more relevant news there were three meetings in September with Larimer and Boulder County Commissioners.  First, was a smallish meeting with Larimer County Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNalley at the Salvation Army (She has meet with us every year she has been in office).  Second, the Boulder Commissioners had a meeting at the Allenspark Firehouse.  And third, the Boulder and Larimer Commissioners had a joint meeting in Longmont.  Our intrepid Joanne Brownhill attended all three and was the only member of the public to attend the joint Longmont meeting.

Big lead up but among many other topics, the Meeker Park Sort Yard was discussed at all three and was a focus of the Longmont meeting on September 30.  After Boulder County laid out the cost of maintaining the Sort Yard, they invited Larimer County to go halves.  Larimer said they would discuss it with the third Larimer Commissioner who was absent.  Larimer County also said that part of their new landfill would be a Woody Biomass Plant.  It is gratifying that the funding is being discussed and that steps are being taken to further deal with Front Range biomass.  If you wish to look at the Larimer County Biomass strategy and their Final Report, please go to our website and follow the links.

Thanks,

Roger Sherman Tahosa Valley Landowners Association