Fremont Heritage - Planning Information

DEFINATION OF A HERITAGE AREA

A heritage area is a place with a distinctive history and geography where residents seek to develop their natural and cultural heritage to enhance the region's well being. Heritage areas have identifiable, important … resources, a story of broad interest to tell, and public-private support for investment in the community.

Thus, a heritage area is both a geographic region—a place—and a framework for development—a process. The process involves building partnerships that will work to educate residents and visitors about the region, protect the best of its natural and cultural heritage, and enhance the area's economy through business investment, job expansion, and tourism.

 Shelley Mastran, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Boundary of Fremont County Heritage Area

The boundary of the Fremont Heritage Area coincides with the political boundaries of Fremont County, and will include the incorporated communities of Canon City, Penrose, and Florence, with their concurrence.

Heritage Toursim Plan for Fremont County

This plan has not been developed (we would rather you know than hide it!).   We do have some planning in place discussed below from which we can build on.

Current Plans

Fremont County

Fremont County completed a major master plan in 2001 (available on line at http://www.fremontco.com/planningandzoning/masterplan.shtml)   with historic preservation and heritage tourism exerts described below.  The vision and goal for Fremont County is to preserve the unique non-renewable natural areas, historic, paleontology and archeology sites, and natural landmarks.

The following sections specific references to historic preservation and heritage tourism

• C5: Encourage the preservation and enhancement of the natural and cultural amenities of the County… 
• C7: Recognize the importance of tourism and recreation and encourage the continuation and expansion of these industries.
• H4: Promote preservation of historic sites and archeologically significant sites.
• H4.1: Coordinate with the historic preservation efforts of the Cañon City Mainstreet U.S.A. organization, including generation of a city Historic Preservation Ordinance and consider conducting a countywide historic resource inventory through this partnership.
• H4.3: Protect significant historical or archeological sites from development through the Planned Unit Development process.
• J4. Partner with federal agencies, the Colorado Historical Society, and local cultural resource protection organizations to protect significant cultural and archeological resources.

Canon City

Florence

Gold Belt Byway

Bureau of Land Management

US Forest Service