One of Colorado’s most unique vacation destinations, about 40 miles southwest of Fort Collins, announced its final day on November 1, 2026. It was an amazing story of finding joy after destruction; what will happen to their tiny homes?
WeeCasa Tiny Houses Resort Came About Because of Massive Flooding
In mid-September of 2013, a 500- to-1,000-year flood covered 4,500 square miles of Northern Colorado; Lyons was hit heavily; over 200 homes were damaged or destroyed, with over $50 million in total damages.
Wiped out by the flood was the Riverbend Mobile Home Park; afterward, FEMA designated the 10 acres that the mobile home park sat on as a floodplain along the banks of the St. Vrain River, which kept any permanent residential structures from being built there. However, an RV park could be placed there; that’s when the founders of WeeCasa came up with their plan: Tiny houses…