Greeley Voters Reject Sales Tax for Projects

Early results show Ballot Measure 2F, a 0.6% sales-tax increase tied to the Cascadia and Civic Campus projects, failing at the polls.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in City Hall

Greeley Voters Reject Sales Tax for Projects

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Would you support a local sales-tax increase to fund major city development projects?

Early results from Tuesday's election show Greeley voters rejecting Ballot Measure 2F, a 0.6% sales-tax increase proposed to fund debt on the Cascadia project and the downtown Civic Campus. The measure trailed 18,132 votes against to 7,676 votes for in the early count.

Why it matters

The city has already spent $115 million on the two projects, and without the tax it would need other ways to pay down the debt, potentially at the expense of other needed work. Opponents argued the measure gave the City Council a 40-year blank check without specifying how the money would be allocated.

Early tallies counted 25,808 votes against close to 70,000 registered Greeley voters, with opposition at roughly 70% of votes cast. The estimated first-year yield of $20 million from the 0.6% tax, which would add 60 cents per $100 of non-food purchases, has not been confirmed by a final count.

The players

Greeley City Council

The Greeley City Council placed Measure 2F on the ballot and oversees the Cascadia and Civic Campus projects funded by the debt the sales tax was meant to cover.

Weld County

Weld County ran the election and is slated to host the new Weld County Justice Center within the Civic Campus project.

The details

Greeley City Council placed the 0.6% sales-tax question on the ballot to fund certificates of participation covering the Cascadia project in west Greeley, which includes a luxury hotel, a Mattel-branded water park and an arena for the Colorado Eagles, and the downtown Civic Campus, which includes a new Weld County Justice Center, a new City Hall and a new administration building for Greeley-Evans School District 6. The measure would also have covered deferred maintenance on city recreational and cultural facilities, and the Cascadia project has amassed $90 million in pre-development costs.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026: Election Day, with early results showing Measure 2F failing and Election Day votes due to be counted by 8:30 p.m.

City Hall Context

The projects are financed through certificates of participation, a borrowing mechanism that depends on a dedicated revenue source to service debt. With voters rejecting the dedicated sales tax, the city faces the question of how to pay down $115 million already spent on Cascadia and the Civic Campus.

Without the 0.6% sales tax, Greeley residents will not see the additional 60 cents per $100 of non-food purchases, but the city must still find a way to service the debt on the projects. Residents may see the trade-off as the city weighs whether other facility maintenance will be delayed.

The takeaway

Ballot measures that fund existing debt can be rejected even after significant spending, leaving local governments to find alternative revenue. Readers following Greeley's finances should watch how the city addresses the $115 million already committed.