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Article: Vote shouldn't affect home values ; Black Forest, Falcon deciding on incorporation
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- April 15, 2007
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Incorporating Black Forest and Falcon into cities wouldn't affect
home values, some experts say.
Even if they incorporate, these areas will remain desirable for
city dwellers seeking a peaceful, rural place to live, said El Paso
County Assessor Mark Lowderman.
"The rural lifestyle and the area trumps the fact that it's a
city of its own," Lowderman said.
Residents in Black Forest head to the polls April 24 to vote on
becoming a city. Falcon residents decide their fate May 29.
Advocates for incorporation in both areas say it's necessary to
protect the area from being overdeveloped.
That rural nature is what makes a community desirable, not its
status as a city, said Lowderman, who has ...