Telluride,
Mountain Village and San Miguel County have a
long-term history of cooperating when it comes to conservation
and managed growth.
In
order to conserve the natural beauty of this
magnificent valley while developing a dynamic and
attractive community full of recreational and cultural
opportunities, there must be careful, balanced
planning. Overly restrictive conservation measures
could have curbed development to the point that
Telluride would have remained a ghost-mining town
into the next millennium. On the other hand, too
much development could have turned the area into
a mountain Disneyland.
The
magic balancing act was found in the form of a Comprehensive Development
Plan for San Miguel County. Created in
1980 and modified every decade, the plan puts
reasonable limits on development in Telluride,
Mountain Village and the surrounding area.
Two
exemplary instances of conservation are
the Idorado
East-End Development and the
nationally recognized condemnation effort of
the Town of Telluride to condemn 550 acres
on the Valley Floor, west
of Telluride.
Idorado East End: In the fall
of 2001, the voters of Telluride rejected annexation
of the Idorado Mining Company's vast holdings east
of town, including the east end of the valley and
much land in the high basins. The feeling was that
the development the mining company wanted to do
in town on their Kentucky Placer parcel located
near the entrance to Bear Creek, as a part of the
annexation agreement, was just not acceptable.
Valley Floor: The voters in summer
2002 also approved condemnation of the Valley Floor
west of town (owned by the San Miguel Valley Corporation)
in order to prevent its development. These two
actions illustrate the commitment of Telluride
residents to preserving open space both in and
around the town and their determination to make
the planning process their own.
Development
of Hotels and Condo projects in Mountain Village and Town of
Telluride still fall within conservation zones. Rosewood
and Capella are two such projects.
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