Developers Target Sheridan RV Park, Residents Plead for City to Protect Homes

By: Anna Coon | KDVR FOX31

SHERIDAN, Colo. (KDVR) — More than 100 people could be forced to leave their homes in Sheridan if a proposed apartment complex project moves forward.

An Indiana-based developer, The Garrett Companies, is vying to purchase the current site of Flying Saucer RV Park, a year-round park with more than 150 lots. If the deal closes, the park would be cleared out to make way for new housing.

Many of the RV park’s residents have made the location their permanent home.

“I just don’t know the answer as to what we would do if we received an eviction notice,” said Steve Ohlfest, who has lived at Flying Saucer RV Park for 20 years. Ohlfest spent 16 years in an RV before upgrading to a tiny home in 2021.

“This is our dream home. This is our dream city,” said Ohlfest. Like many of his neighbors, he owns his home but rents the land beneath it. If the deal is finalized, that rental agreement will end.

“Where are potentially 130 campers — where are those people going to live? What are they going to be able to afford?” said resident Sharon Rasmussen. “It makes my heart sad. It makes me feel almost a little sick, really.”

At a community meeting in June, representatives from The Garrett Companies announced their plans to redevelop the site at 2500 W. Hampden Ave. into an apartment complex. The company is hoping to close on the property between spring and summer 2026, senior development manager Heath Kennedy said at the meeting.

But there’s still a hurdle: the land must be rezoned before construction can begin.

Residents are now pushing back against the rezoning request, asking the city to keep the area as an RV Park.

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