The successful master-planned community of Highlands Ranch offers wonderful homes next to awesome Chatfield State Park, community green space, and a multitude of well-kept neighborhood parks. With an upbeat buzz in the family friendly neighborhoods, residents choose from the gamut—starter homes in Highlands Ranch to million-dollar estates in Highlands Ranch.
People relocating to Highlands Ranch properties recognize the immense Highlands Ranch Mansion built by John Springer over a hundred years ago as they drive through Mansion Place, Canyon Ranch, Hawks Pointe, Sundance, Westridge Glen, Richmond Pointe, Highwoods, Kentley Hills, Hill Crest, Westport, Eastridge, Northridge, Southridge, Westridge and many more beautiful clusters of the Ranch with their real estate brokers. With a median household income approaching $87,000, this highly educated bunch (pop. 88,000) takes advantage of the highly rated Douglas County School District programs and location, location, location just 12 miles south of Denver real estate.
Yes, this is one of the most populous unincorporated communities in the United States, hard at work creating an identity separate from Littleton, its post office. With the opening of an interstate beltway (C-470) and the extension of Light Rail to areas south of the Mile High City, commutes are easier and commerce is now closer to home. The huge Park Meadows Retail Center in nearby Lone Tree and the corporate headquarters of Lucent Technologies—along with many types of businesses like restaurants, banks, supermarkets, contractors, and medical practitioners—help fulfill the daily needs of the residents. With this growing number of local businesses and an active Chamber of Commerce, only time will dissolve the sense that this is simply a bedroom community.
If and when it does decide to incorporate, this will be one of the largest cities in Colorado—very convenient to a culturally alive metropolis, an international airport, and awesome recreation along the Front Range. Besides the wonderful built-in recreational assets, there are myriad opportunities for hiking and skiing Rocky Mountain summits, whitewater paddling the South Platte River Basin, walking the downtown Denver attractions, trail running, exploring the wildflowers, fly-fishing, and off-highway drives. Cultural and community events and volunteer options via area schools, churches and non-profit organizations already embellish life for thousands.
The homeowners’ associations support land values and take care of details. Residents follow guidelines on such issues as housing decoration, fencing, and contribution to the area's library and recreation centers. With low HOA fees, the whole family can pool hop and visit recreation centers around the Ranch. The associations have a great track record organizing community events. Additionally, there are "Metro Districts" representing the five geographic areas that provide high-quality municipal services in the most cost-efficient manner.
Historians will tell many a story of the nomadic tribes, the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, the Spanish explorers, and the gold-seeking droves that have walked and ridden these hills before you will. As far as settling down, though, it was in 1859 that Rufus Clark purchased a 160-acre homestead from the federal government and grew prosperous selling potatoes here. Thirty years later, Mr. Springer, an eastern businessman involved with politics, banking and law, started building the trademark Mansion (or "Castle Isabel") while raising cattle. Other landowners created a series of farms and ranches, dependent upon Littleton for supplies. Then, in 1978 Mission Viejo of California bought the land for a new planned suburb, selling large parcels to private developers who created today’s unique neighborhoods. Shea Homes then acquired Mission Viejo in 1997. And the beat goes on!
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