Land Trust willing to maintain beauty of area • Market area to entire state • Build/develop Custer County brand • Economic master plan • Develop affordable housing • Transportation trolley excursions to surrounding towns • – – Winter activities • Consistent hours for retail businesses • Senior services • Community Center • Threats Lack of Capital • Loss of water rights/drought • Limited tax/income base • Losing water to large front range cities • Marijuana growing • School system population continues to shrink • Failing to move towards a living wage for workers • Fire disaster • Landfill issues • Public safety issues cell tower and no internet • – No clinic • Lack of infrastructure improvements • -8- Threats continued Clinic closing • Uncontrolled growth • population • Infrastructure breakdown • Natural disasters • Lack of broadband expansion • Lack of dollars to implement projects • Utility keep getting higher • and alcohol • Over population • Loss of grocery store • National economic downturn •
• Land Trust willing to maintain beauty of area • Market area to entire state • Build/develop Custer County brand • Economic master plan • Develop affordable housing • Transportation – trolley – excursions to surrounding towns • Winter activities • Consistent hours for retail businesses • Senior services • Community Center Threats • Lack of Capital • Loss of water rights/drought • Limited tax/income base • Losing water to large front range cities • Marijuana growing • School system population continues to shrink • Failing to move towards a living wage for workers • Fire disaster • Landfill issues • Public safety issues – cell tower and no internet • No clinic • Lack of infrastructure improvements -8- Threats continued • Clinic closing • Uncontrolled growth • population • Infrastructure breakdown • Natural disasters • Lack of broadband expansion • Lack of dollars to implement projects • Utility keep getting higher • and alcohol • Over population • Loss of grocery store • National economic downturn
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