Sedalia Colorado| Future Growth Plan to this Picturesque area

Sedalia Colorado Homes| Future Growth Plan to this Picturesque area

In the rural town of historic Sedalia, Colorado the local officials are trying to make plans to create growth through some exciting developments in this old railroad town. After years of slow growth in this one time bustling railroad hub, local officials will try to prepare for the inevitable expansion that will come to this small southern metro Denver community.

The members of the new district committee are making decisions to expand downtown Sedalia with a look to the future some twenty years from now. The idea is to create a multiple use area with dynamic new real estate and community developments.

Douglas County officials are working to create a committee to establish a financial plan and develop land-use regulations including parking, traffic and design standards. The County’s economic development staff will help with the process and the goal is to have the vision and land-use plans complete by the end of 2008.
A zoning overlay district identifies an area with specific characteristics and sets standards and uses, said Betty Allen, Douglas County community development assistant director. For example, Douglas County has floodplain, wildfire and the Centennial airport overlay districts. Overlay districts are part of the zoning resolution, and proposals to create new ones must be heard by the planning and the board of county commissioners to allow for public input, she said.

Douglas County’s economic development and planning staff will be support and assist committee members in their vision, hire a consultant who has experience in developing vision statements to bring an independent viewpoint.

Overlay district allows for pockets of mixed use, which is really the trend today in zoning and economic development, which is what people will expect in Sedalia, Colorado.

It’s similar to a planned development only in this case there’s no master developer. The county is working with the community to put the overlay district in place. Potential uses within the zoning will be identified based on what the community wants, she said.

The committee is a group of people representing the community and making recommendations to the Douglas County commissioners on what they want within the district. Members of the committee will include residents of Sedalia and representatives from the Sedalia Water and Sanitation Department, the Jackson 105 Fire District, the Douglas Board of County Commissioners, the Intermountain Rural Electric Association and the Sedalia Landfill.

Tom Reed and Bill Brown are local authors and real estate experts of Legacy Real Estate Brokers Inc. in Denver Colorado. You can visit their website at www.discovercoloradorealestate.com.