WEST HATCHET RANCH

West Hatchet Ranch, a covenant-controlled community, is located approximately 20 miles south of Pueblo, Colorado and west of Interstate 25 in the foothills of the Greenhorn Mountains. There are two no-outlet entrances to our community from the west frontage road, accessed from the north by Exit 83 and from the south by Exit 77. The community consists of 66 properties ranging from 40 to 80 acres each.

ATTENTION REALTORS:

If you need information or status reports on West Hatchet properties, please contact the Association Treasurer: email [email protected] or call (910) 382-6374.

Commercial Marijuana activities are not allowed on West Hatchet Ranch properties.
(Declaration of Covenants, Article 2, Section 2.7)

News & Updates

A MESSAGE FROM OUR 2025-26 BOARD PRESIDENT

What Your Board and Committees Have AccomplishedEveryone who did this work is a volunteer, and you’re the ones who elected them. The hours they’ve given this term are beyond what any recognition can capture, and I’m truly honored to have served alongside them.Road CommitteeThese folks spent real days out in the field for the rest of us. They built an emergency exit on Meadow Drive, repaired shoulder erosion and road damage on South Lane, and graded every road in the Association. They cleaned the cattle guard at the Meadow Drive entrance, cleared the bar ditches and culverts, and repaired or replaced delineator posts and reflectors. They cut back the brush crowding our roads and hauled off 18 loads of brush and branches, and cleared the excess gravel off the bridge. On top of all that, they built an accounting system for road expenses and laid out a road work plan running through 2026–2027, so the next group starts with a clear path forward.The BoardWe rebuilt westhatchetranch.com from the ground up. Every page was recreated from a blank slate, with all our key documents moved to new storage on Google Drive and freshly linked. Moving to a lower-cost provider lowers our ongoing administrative expense—and all of it was done at no added cost to the Association.We updated core board documents, including the welcome letter and the duties and responsibilities of board officers.We brought in Square for annual assessments. It lets us create notices digitally and deliver them however works best, and it gives every member the freedom to pay in the way that suits their household—again, at no added cost.We built a database-driven accounting tool that tracks the Association’s income and expenses right down to the individual line items on invoices and receipts. That kind of detail gives us a real foundation for future budgets, and it lets members see income and spending in real time. It grew out of honest conversations about building something better for everyone—and it added no cost.We also signed an updated cattle lease this year with new terms that benefit the Association.And Jay rebuilt the snowplow himself, with new parts and equipment that make it safer to run. He caught a maintenance issue before it could become a transmission failure—quietly saving the Association from what could have been a very costly repair.ClosingThere’s a thread running through everything here: almost all of it was done at no added cost, by neighbors giving their own time for the good of the ranch. That’s who this community is. It has been an honor to be part of this board, and I’m grateful to every person who gave their hours to make this year what it was.Thank you.
Susie Devenport, June 18, 2026

BOARD of DIRECTORS: [email protected]

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