By no means is this complete, but we're working on a history of Spring Valley Vista and the attempts to get changes in Elbert County to allow this kind of rampant growth that has happened in Arapahoe and Douglas Counties.

15 November 2006 - BOCC Meeting

After a lot of off-the-record talking with the county attorney (don't ask how that happened in a state with sunshine laws like Colorado has), the developer of Spring Valley Vista withdrew the proposed amendments to the county plan.

9 November 2006 - Planning Commission Meeting

8 November 2006 - BOCC Meeting

Spring Valley Vista tried to convince the BOCC that they were doing something illegal by having 1041 regulations that required calculations of 0.4 acre feet/household and a 300-year aquifer plan because the state uses different numbers.  Yes, the state does use different numbers, but counties can use their own numbers as long as they're not less than what the state uses.