¶ Martin Lind development, public-finance, and Cascadia chronology
This chronology tracks the initial document-supported timeline for Martin Lind, The Water Valley Company, the Colorado Eagles, and the Greeley Catalyst / Cascadia project. Company and team biographies are marked as self-description; official city, court, district, and campaign-finance records are marked as official records.
- Event: Colorado Eagles official biography says Lind became a land developer in
1985 after work in agriculture and oil-and-gas.
- Source posture: team-controlled biography.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Colorado Eagles official biography says Lind purchased land around the Cache la Poudre River with a plan to mine aggregate and reclaim the land as a residential golf community.
- Source posture: team-controlled biography.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Colorado Eagles official biography says ground was broken for Water Valley as a
1,500 acre master-planned community with 2,600 residential units.
- Source posture: team-controlled biography.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Water Valley company history says Pelican Lakes Resort & Golf opened for play.
- Source posture: company-controlled official history.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Water Valley and Colorado Eagles pages identify the Colorado Eagles as founded in
2003; the Eagles page says a group of investors led by Lind was influential in creating the team.
- Source posture: company/team self-description.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Water Valley company history says the 9-hole Pelican Falls sister course opened.
- Source posture: company-controlled official history.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Water Valley company history says RainDance broke ground as a master-planned community.
- Source posture: company-controlled official history.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Windsor Planning Commission minutes identify
Raindance 5th Filing with Martin Lind of Raindance Land Company, LLC as owner / applicant and John Meyers of TST, INC Consulting Engineers as representative.
- Detail: The final major subdivision plat encompassed approximately
33.8 acres, was zoned PUD, included 53 single-family lots, and required a development agreement before plat recording.
- Source posture: official municipal planning record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T232000-0600 windsor-raindance-planning-and-land-use-source-leads
- Event: TRACER extract shows a
-1000 returned contribution row for Martin Lind and Larimer County Republican Party, with employer Trollco, Inc..
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record, filed / amended into later dataset.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Water Valley company history says Ted's Sweetwater Grill and Trout Pond opened to the public.
- Source posture: company-controlled official history.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Windsor Town Board minutes for RainDance Subdivision 12th Filing preserve a RainDance PUD history:
1996 annexation, 2011 Water Valley West Subdivision, 2015 RainDance Master Plan and PUD, and 2017 RainDance Subdivision approval.
- Detail: The minutes describe the RainDance Master Plan / PUD as approximately
1,130 acres with 2,792 dwelling units and the 12th Filing as a 31.85 acre multifamily site plan with 525 units.
- Source posture: official municipal planning record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T232000-0600 windsor-raindance-planning-and-land-use-source-leads
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind and Viki Lind contributions of
$2,500 each to Larimer County Republican Party.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record, filed / amended into later dataset.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Colorado Judicial Department Water Division 1 resume includes case
21CW3150, naming Trollco, Raindance Aquatic Investments, and RainDance Metropolitan District No. 1 in a RainDance Reservoir reasonable-diligence application.
- Why it matters: This is a primary public-record bridge between Lind, Trollco, RainDance water infrastructure, VIMA, Poudre Tech, and district-linked water rights.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: Water Valley company history says RainDance National Resort & Golf opened to the public.
- Source posture: company-controlled official history.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231500-0600 martin-lind-official-biography-company-sports-and-district-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$450 to Weinberg for Colorado.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind and Austin Lind contributions to Weinberg for Colorado, with one Martin Lind offsetting return row.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$450 to Committee to Elect Barbara Kirkmeyer to State Senate.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley City Council special meeting packet authorized an MOU with The Water Valley Company for the West Greeley public-private project.
- Role detail: Martin Lind signed for The Water Valley Company as president; Raymond C. Lee III signed as city manager; Mayor John Gates signed the authorizing resolution.
- Source posture: official municipal record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$450 to Committee to Elect Dawn Downs, with employer field WaterValley.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$450 to Woog for House District 19, with employer Water Valley.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley special work session presented a West Greeley concept update with The Water Valley Company collaboration, four core venues, Cascadia Falls, an intermodal hub, and GID finance concepts.
- Source posture: official municipal record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley City Council approved the PDSA with
Trollco, Inc. d/b/a The Water Valley Company for Catalyst pre-development services.
- Vote:
5-2, with Butler and DeBoutez voting no.
- Role detail: Water Valley / Trollco became fee developer; VIMA appeared as affiliate land vehicle for the Oxy Property transfer path; the agreement required the fee developer to cause the Eagles to enter a long-term lease.
- Source posture: official municipal record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley City Council approved Ordinance No. 15, 2025, authorizing up to
$115,000,000 in COP financing for Catalyst pre-development costs.
- Vote:
5-2, with Butler and DeBoutez voting no.
- Source posture: official municipal record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Weld County District Court order later states a notice of intent to circulate a ballot measure to repeal Ordinance 15-2025 was filed on this date.
- Source posture: recovered court-order copy.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231800-0600 martin-lind-litigation-dispute-and-opposition-source-leads
- Event: Weld County District Court order later states Lind sent the Greeley Forward website and links to the city and encouraged city employees to disseminate campaign material, while thanking them for input on the website's design and contents.
- Source posture: recovered court-order copy; underlying exhibits not retrieved in this pass.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231800-0600 martin-lind-litigation-dispute-and-opposition-source-leads
- Event: Weld County District Court order later states four Greeley residents, including Leonard Weist, a former CFO/COO of Water Valley Company, filed a petition protest related to the Ordinance 15 repeal effort.
- Source posture: recovered court-order copy; underlying protest filing not retrieved in this pass.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231800-0600 martin-lind-litigation-dispute-and-opposition-source-leads
- Event: Weld County District Court order later states Hearing Officer Goldman decided the petition protest on this date.
- Source posture: recovered court-order copy; hearing officer decision not independently retrieved in this pass.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231800-0600 martin-lind-litigation-dispute-and-opposition-source-leads
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$500 to Reams for Commissioner.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley official project page says the city reached a long-term agreement with Soaring Sports Group, LLC, owners of the Colorado Eagles, as anchor tenant.
- Detail: City communications described a
40-year commitment and a future move to Greeley for the 2028-2029 AHL season.
- Source posture: official city communications.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley Forward filing reports a
$16,000 Trollco, Inc. contribution.
- Source posture: official municipal campaign-finance record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$2,350 and Viki Lind contributed $500 to Reams for Commissioner.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley Forward filing and major-contributor notice report a
$14,000 Trollco, Inc. contribution.
- Source posture: official municipal campaign-finance record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: TRACER extract shows Martin Lind contributed
$520.51 to Victor Marx for Governor.
- Source posture: official campaign-finance bulk record.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231700-0600 martin-lind-tracer-and-greeley-local-campaign-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Weld County District Court order filed in
Martin Lind v. Greeley Deserves Better, Case No. 2025CV30994, grants motion to dismiss and awards reasonable attorney fees under Colorado's anti-SLAPP statute.
- Source posture: court-order copy recovered from opposition site; official docket not independently retrieved.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231800-0600 martin-lind-litigation-dispute-and-opposition-source-leads
- Event: Greeley special election voters approved repeal of Ordinance 30, 2025, overturning the Cascadia PUD zoning ordinance.
- Source posture: official city election result / project page.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
- Event: Greeley project page states Cascadia reverted to
H-A zoning and remains on hold until The Water Valley Company is ready to re-initiate the land-use approval process; city states Catalyst remains ongoing.
- Source posture: official city communications.
- Source basis: 2026-04-15T231600-0600 greeley-cascadia-catalyst-official-project-agreements-and-finance-source-cluster
2024-07-30: MOU authorized; Lind signs for Water Valley; Lee signs for city; Gates signs authorizing resolution.2024-11-20: West Greeley concept work session.2025-04-15: PDSA approved, making Trollco / Water Valley fee developer and setting the VIMA / Eagles / GID / PIF / business-incentive framework.2025-05-06: COP ordinance approved for up to $115,000,000 in pre-development financing.2025-06-17: Ordinance 15 repeal initiative notice filed, per later court order.2025-07-14: Lind sends Greeley Forward materials to city employees, per later court order.2025-09-16: city announces long-term Eagles anchor-tenant agreement with Soaring Sports Group.2025-10: Greeley Forward reports $30,000 from Trollco.2026-02-09: Lind defamation suit dismissed under anti-SLAPP order.2026-02-24: voters repeal Ordinance 30 / Cascadia PUD zoning.2026-03-20: city says Cascadia is on hold pending Water Valley re-initiation while Catalyst remains within city authority.