Woodward says no to bike path

Virtually all of Fort Collins, from our elected officials to community organizations, realizes the importance of keeping Woodward Inc. in town, which may help explain why the city’s planning and zoning board decided not to push the company to include an easement for a bike path in its plans for a new HQ at the Link-N-Greens golf course.

City staffers had suggested a small change to Woodward’s project development plan that would mean a 15-feet-wide public access easement along the western boundary of the 101-acre property. The idea was to accommodate a future trail connection from Lincoln Avenue to the Poudre…