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Where's the opportunity?

Fremont County has an opportunity to embrace our authentic historic resources and effectively share it with both our citizens and our visitors.  Communities with successful heritage tourism programs have always began with a solid heritage tourism plan.  A great plan identifies what the real history is and then develops strategies to share that history and simultaneously not destroy it in the process.  As a good plan is implement the community will become more interesting.  Our local citizens will have a stronger sense of community and our heritage visitors will enjoy spending time in our community getting to know us.  A really solid plan will result in more historic preservation.

An implemented heritage tourism plan will result in a community that is economically stronger and more diverse.  Heritage travelers spend more time and money in the communities they visit.  Fremont County is geographically situated to benefit from a huge market along the front range even in economically limited times.  Heritage travelers are less noticeable than "drive through tourists"  tending to join in with the local crowd.   Heritage travelers want to know the authentic history and like to embrace the real stories, who we really are.  They aren't here to see made up history, they want to experience what the community really has to offer.

Communities that focus energy and resources towards heritage tourism do not necessarily see a large increase in the number of tourists but they do notice more money in the coffers. Citizens and students that embrace heritage tourism tend to find a community that is a more enjoyable place to live. School curriculums become much more stimulating and engaging and the next generation develop a sense of place.   Folks interested in historic preservation find more money and resources moving towards their projects and programs.  One last thought .....history also does not have to be limited to the last 200 years,  there is much more to embrace if we simply open up our minds to what existed here before recorded history.

This web site is here for a few purposes. 

1) List out who's who in our area that does or should have an interest in developing and implementing a heritage tourism plan.  An effort will be made to bring forward bits and pieces of disperse plans around the county in the hope that these bits and pieces become integrated.    A large number of entities "going it alone" is not going to work and the hope here is to assist diverse interests in the county in learning to work together.

2) list out some upcoming events and happenings that do something to embrace heritage tourism and historic preservation.

3) Identify through pictures and limited text a little bit about historically rich Fremont County.

4) list out some places and resources local folks can go to find out more.  Colorado is one of the leading states in the country in its progressive development of historic preservation and heritage tourism. This web site is an opportunity to quickly get your arms around some of that knowledge.