South Park Heritage Tourism Site Planning Report: Salt Works Ranch

Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.; Shapins Belt Collins; Chamberlin Architects

This report was funded in part by a 2006 Preserve America grant (grant number 08-06-PA-2052) to Park County, Colorado for the project Park County Heritage Tourism Pilot Project – Heritage Site Planning. From the introduction: "Since 1994, Park County, Colorado and its partners have been laying the groundwork for a new, sustainable economy by protecting, restoring, interpreting and promoting its most valuable heritage sites and properties. The South Park Heritage Site Planning Project builds on these efforts by analyzing and proposing community or business development programs for five key heritage sites in South Park. All five sites are rich in history and resources and lend themselves to adaptive reuse to accommodate heritage tourism and new business opportunities. This report summarizes the site plan and heritage development proposal for the Salt Works Ranch and Colorado Salt Works. Owners of the Salt Works Ranch are in the process of establishing the Colorado Salt Works Western Heritage Center, a non-for-profit organization focused on the preservation and celebration of Western heritage. The owners intend to rehabilitate the Colorado Salt Works complex to serve as a venue for seminars, workshops, retreats, art exhibits, residencies and other programs that focus on Western heritage. The Salt Works Ranch site plan is intended to guide future development and design of the Colorado Salt Works complex. Over time, the Salt Works Ranch and the other four sites featured in this project will serve Park County as tourism generators that will attract heritage travelerrs to South Park."

South Park Heritage Tourism Site Planning Report: Salt Works Ranch

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