Religious Camp Accused Of Sprawl
26 September 2000 - 12:00pm
Plans for a large Christian camp in Lake County, Colorado are seriously testing the tenet 'Love thy neighbor', and raises questions of sprawl.
Proponents of the $50 million Eagle Sky Ranch are bracing for an earful from locals concerned about a rural valley being overtaken by a new development which would host up to 3,000 religious campers on undeveloped land as large as the existing town. Neighbors are charging that the camp is causing sprawl.
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Plan preached to hostile choir
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The Denver Post, September 25, 2000
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