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Foxton-Pine Grove Project

The Foxton-Pine Grove Project was initiated by the residents of Valley of the North Fork of the South Platte, the Jefferson County Historical Commission (The Commission) and Colorado Preservation, Inc. (CPI) to identify opportunities to preserve the area's cultural, historic and natural resources and open space. In 2004, the Commission and CPI received assistance for developing an Action Plan from the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program. After many meetings, in March 2007, the Plan was complete. While this plan has not been adopted by the Jefferson County Planning Commission or the Jefferson County Open Space Advisory Committee, it is a good indication of the desires of the community. For more background on the Plan, see below.

Foxton-Pine Grove Project (pdf file)

Background
In 2002, residents of the Valley of the North Fork of the South Platte expressed concerns about protecting some of the historic resources of the valley and providing interpretive education opportunities for these resources.

The residents brought these concerns about their interests to the Jefferson County Historical Commission (The Commission) and Colorado Preservation, Inc. (CPI).  The Commission and CPI spoke to the Buffalo Park Improvement Association, Jefferson County Open Space, Denver Water, and the Pine-Elk Creek Improvement Association about their interest in, and potential support for, a planning effort for the area that would identify opportunities to preserve the area's cultural, historic, and natural resources and open space.  The Commission and CPI then applied to the National Park Service's Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program for assistance in developing the plan.  The application also was accompanied by letters of support from the above-named organizations.

The RTCA program accepted the application and a planning team held its first meeting in March 2004.  Soon after this, the planning team discussed and agreed upon objectives for the study, planning area boundaries, potential additional members for the planning team, and a name for the plan to be produced.  There was unanimous agreement that the plan should be based on the expressed interests of residents, landowners and businesses in the planning area.  

A workshop was held in March 2005 and was attended by approximately 60 people. Many ideas for the future of the planning area were collected from the residents and owners who came to the meeting.  The planning team then analyzed the comments and presented them at an open house in June 2005. 

The planning team then began developing a draft action plan.

The Action Plan
In the Plan, the planning team tried to respond to each suggestion received from participants in the planning process. In most cases, the team was able to propose a solution, satisfy an opportunity, or resolve a concern. In other cases, the response was that something has already been or was being done, resolution was out of the team's control (like stop change from happening), or a suggestion was made for something outside of the planning area or scope of the planning effort. In most cases, however, the team was able to propose a solution, partners who should be involved in the solution, and appropriate lead person or organization to implement the solution, and some sense of potential funding sources.

Last Modified: Mar 28, 2009 10:17 PM