Penrose, CO

Penrose was founded in 1908 by Spencer Penrose. He and other entrepreneurs owned several gold, silver and coal mines in the area and founded the town when they bought the water rights along Beaver Creek. Because the people who lived along the creek no longer had any water, they moved a couple of miles west and built what is now known as Penrose. Most of the pioneers were farmers and ranchers and several of them started many of the current apple and cherry orchards.
Over time Penrose has progressed from the agricultural area, some of which still remains, to a hub community serving the labor needs of Ca?on City, Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Penrose offers property value for commercial, agricultural and residential usage. Acreage available ranges from city lots to half acre or in excess of 20 acres. Penrose covers approximately 20 square miles with most of its area zoned rural agricultural. This requires a minimum of 4.5 acres per home. If you like elbow room, you will love Penrose. Prices for housing are in the moderate range. Homes, apartments, mobile homes and rental spaces are available.
U.S. 50, a divided four lane highway runs east (24 miles to Pueblo) and west (11 miles to Ca?on City). Hwy 115 runs north (30 miles to Colorado Springs) and south (5 miles to Florence). Penrose is also a diversified community that will meet your needs of a working environment, coupled with freedom of space. Add to all this the adjoining recreational skiing, boating and rafting havens and many of the best fishing and hunting spots Colorado has to offer.

Canon City, CO

Canon City, is located at the mouth of the Royal Gorge in the foothills of the Rockies, 100 miles from Denver, 45 miles southwest of Colorado Springs, and 35 miles west of Pueblo. The Arkansas River extends the entire 60-mile length of Fremont County and flows through the City of Canon City. The Canon City metropolitan area has a total population in excess of 29,000, with over 47,000 Fremont County residents. Sheltered in a beautiful valley, Canon City, elev. 5,343 feet, features a mild and hospitable climate year round. Canon City is said to be in the banana belt of Colorado, seeing very few days of extreme weather each year. The warm days are cooled by temperate evenings. Snowfall is usually light and quickly melts under the warm Colorado sunshine that prevails over 325 days a year. Humidity remains comfortably low throughout the year. "Indian Summer" reaches long into the fall, with warm, sunny days and cool, pleasant nights.

Florence, CO

With a friendly, hospitable small town atmosphere, Florence embodies Western living at its best! Downtown is a mix of old and new with lots of profit opportunity awaiting the discerning business investor. The local economy is based mostly on small business, tourism, recreation, manufacturing, and cattle ranching. With an excellent temperate climate, affordable acreage, adequate water, low-cost zoning and low start-up expenses, Florence is an ideal location for prospective industries and businesses looking for an educated and motivated workforce, excellent amenities and a high quality of life. For the outdoors folks, Florence is surrounded by lots of recreational opportunities. Between the San Isabel National Forest and lots of BLM property, there are miles and miles of hiking and horseback riding trails in the nearby Wet Mountains and Pikes Peak region. Florence owns a 200-acre mountain park with picnic and restroom facilities. Just east of town is a beautiful, 17-acre park along the Arkansas River with picnic and restroom facilities. This park also serves as a launch site for rafts, kayaks and canoes on the Arkansas. In downtown Florence, a lot of the older buildings are being refurbished and re-purposed. Looking better than it has for a long time, downtown is becoming a vibrant area again with a sidewalk cafe and a bit of night life.
Florence has been home to Ute Indians, Spanish explorers, American and French trappers, and several other cultural groups. In 1862, oil was discovered near Florence and the town boomed. As this was the second oil field discovered in America, some of the wells that are still producing are among the oldest in the country. By 1901, Florence was a major oil refining center for the West. Later, coal mining became the principal economic engine driving Florence. Today, there is a mini-renaissance going on in Florence with lots of new blood repairing and refurbing many of the old Victorian structures in town. A businessman with a good eye could do really well here...