Updated plans for Flying Horse North include a luxury hotel and higher density housing. Commissioners approved the sketch plan but residents believe it conflicts with the county master plan.
On Nov. 15, the El Paso County Commissioners approved a sketch plan for Flying Horse North that permitted Classic Homes to build 846 homes and a 275-unit luxury hotel on
El Paso County master plan
As chairman of the Black Forest Land Use Committee, I take exception to Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy (April 4) regarding the new El Paso County master plan. They claim that a major cause of concern in unincorporated El Paso County is the 5-acre “ranchettes” that have large lawns and consume huge amounts of non-renewable Denver Basin water. The reality is that the ranchettes spread out the development and preserve the water (as well as the trees and wildlife.)
I live on one of those ranchettes and we do not water any lawn nor do most of our neighbors. It simply takes too much water and we are very water conscious. The newer developments may have a small patch of lawn but are not “surrounded by big lawns” as Tom and Bob claim.