Connecting Communities: Regional Partners Announce Celebration for Poudre River Trail Milestone

June 9, 2026

The wait is finally over. Northern Colorado agency partners invite the community to celebrate a monumental event on Saturday, June 13, 2026.

Together, the community will officially recognize the final connection of the Poudre River Trail. The event “Connecting Communities – The Poudre River Trail Celebration” will highlight the completed 45 miles of continuous, paved, multi-use trail from Bellvue (west of Fort Collins) to Greeley.

The free event recognizes more than 50 years of vision, collaboration and investment among local governments, agencies, funders and community partners who worked together to create this fully connected regional trail corridor along the Poudre River.

The public event, hosted at Timnath Community Park, 5500 Summerfields Pkwy., begins at 9 a.m. with official remarks and ceremony. In place of a traditional ribbon-cutting, partner organizations and local dignitaries will symbolically connect ribbon pieces, representing the many communities and collaborators who contributed to the 45-mile Poudre River Trail. This will be followed by a community celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring partner booths, family-friendly activities, food trucks and opportunities for residents and trail users to celebrate and experience the corridor’s newest and final connection between Larimer and Weld counties.

In addition to the central event at Timnath Community Park, signage and photo opportunities will be available at Lions Open Space (2425 N. Overland Trail in Laport) and Island Grove (501 N. 14th Avenue in Greeley) marking the near-end points of the trail route. Celebratory markers along the trail will also help recognize the new continuous connection and invite the public to experience it as a shared regional resource.

The approximately 45-mile paved, multi-use corridor will soon connect northern Colorado communities from Bellvue to Greeley, linking parks, open spaces, neighborhoods and regional destinations. The final connection represents a significant regional milestone and reflects a long-standing commitment to collaborative planning, funding and implementation across multiple jurisdictions.

This regional event is a collaboration between Larimer County, the City of Fort Collins, the Town of Windsor, the Town of Timnath and the City of Greeley, made possible through the generous support of event sponsors, including Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), the Colorado Lottery, and the Friends of Larimer County. All community members, families, trail users, stakeholders and supporters from across the region are encouraged to attend.

For official event information, visit Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecting-communities-a-poudre-river-trail-celebration-tickets-1987100535192 and follow participating partner agencies on social media and their websites.