Article: Groups consider creating towns Some residents of Falcon and Black Forest want to protect lifestyles

Living in the shadow of fast-growing Colorado Springs has residents of two fringe areas considering the formation of their towns to control their futures better.

Groups in Black Forest and Falcon said they're far from taking a proposal to voters, but given rapid population growth in both areas and the city's continued expansion, both groups said they have to consider options to protect their lifestyles.

Black Forest residents have watched for years as Colorado Springs approved hundreds of homes on the city's northern fringe.

City plans call for annexing small parts of Black Forest, which has no official boundaries.

There is no guarantee the city will not someday move to absorb much of ...

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