Most of Black Forest has lived under one rule for sixty years: a house for every five acres. The county spread it across the forest in 1965, residents wrote a plan around it in 1974, and for years, by its own account, the county followed the plan. The plan is gone now. The rule is […]
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Black Forest Community Club Will Honor the Munson Family on October 17
The Black Forest Community Club will present a plaque to the Munson family on Saturday, Oct. 17, to thank a family it says has been part of the club for generations. The club’s October newsletter also lists six other dates through early December, reports a new fence along Black Forest Road and opens renewals of […]
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Tri-Lakes Home Sales: July 2026
Ninety-one Tri-Lakes homes changed hands in ordinary market sales in July, at a median price of $720,000, according to El Paso County Assessor records.
Posted inGovernment
Vertex Consulting Files Its Rezonings With the Department It Came From
Craig Dossey ran El Paso County’s planning department and Nina Ruiz was his planning manager. Their firm has eight rezoning files open at the county, two of them before the Board on September 24.
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Black Forest Slash Drop-Off Ends Sept. 12; Mulch Runs Through Sept. 19
Saturday, Sept. 12, is the last day to drop off slash at the Black Forest Slash-Mulch site. Mulch pickup runs through Sept. 19, and the committee’s flyer says a loader will be on hand four days and its services are free through the end of the season.
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The Water Under the Palmer Divide
The water in the Arapahoe aquifer beneath Monument fell as rain around the end of the last ice age. The U.S. Geological Survey dated it: a median of about 24,000 years, against 2,000 years for the shallower Dawson and more than 30,000 for the Denver below it. Those three stacked sandstone layers remain a primary, […]
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What Made Each Place Distinct
El Paso County retired all ten of its small area plans in 2021. Douglas, Larimer and Boulder counties still plan place by place.