South Park Heritage Tourism Site Planning Report: Santa Maria Ranch
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc., Shapins Belt Collins, Chamberlin Architects. 2008. South Park Heritage Tourism Site Planning Report: Santa Maria Ranch. Park County, Colorado. Park County, Colorado
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 Santa Maria Ranch. Owners of the Santa Maria Ranch are interested in opening their property to heritage tourism on a limited and strategic basis. In particular, the owners would like to take advantage of the site's beautiful setting and Gold Medal trout water along the Middle Fork of the South Platte River. They intend to promote the Santa Maria Ranch as a fly-fishing retreat and occasional special events venue. Over time, the Santa Maria Ranch and the other four sites featured in this project will serve Park County as tourism generators that will appeal to a variety of heritage tourism markets."
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.; Shapins Belt Collins; Chamberlin Architects
- Date of Issue
- 2008-09
- Publisher
- Park County, Colorado
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Tourism Plans; Preserve America