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March Program: The Colorful History of the Fly’n B
Monday, March 16, 2026
Doors Open at 6:30 pm
Enjoy complimentary refreshments and browse our partner table.
Program 7:00-8:30 pm
Southridge Recreation Center
4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch
$5 Donation Suggested at Door for non-HRHS members
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The Fly’ n B house and Park has a long and colorful history, including greenhouses, gangsters and planes! On the surface it is a plain Jane, but so much more lies beneath it’s quiet facade.
Hear the fascinating history of this original Landscaping Business owners and builder-Matthew Plews and Family. Over the years the property was sold to local gangster family Smiling Charlie, and then to the manufacturing family of the Eberhardts. Johnny Bowen and family obtained the land, and promptly named it The Fly’n B, as the Bowens had airplanes and runways on the property. Wind Crest purchased the land and deeded the Park and Plews house to HR Metro District. What is in store for this former active and important property?
ABOUT OUR PRESENTER: FORREST DYKSTRA
Forrest is recently retired as the Manager of Engineering for the Highlands Ranch Metro District in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He had been with the Metro District in the Engineering Department
for over 35 years. He has been the project manager for many major capital civil projects, including roadway, traffic signal, major storm drainage and channel stabilization projects and
building and renovation projects. He has been responsible for compliance with the stormwater permit since 2004. And most importantly for this talk, Forrest knew and interacted many times over the years with the Bowen family, the last family to own the Fly’n B property. Forrest has lived in Highlands Ranch since 1982 when he married his wife Diane and has seen the community grow from a few thousand people to where it is today. He received a BA degree from Central College, Iowa with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He also received a MS degree from Stanford University in Petroleum Engineering. He began working for the Highlands Ranch Metro District in 1986. Today he is enjoying retirement with his family in beautiful Highlands Ranch
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