Bernie Lumbert says Crestone, Colorado, has Zero Unemployment due to Explosive Growth

May 23, 2005 -- Lumbert, the maven of land sales who pioneered the “Desert Triumph” in Golden Valley, AZ, believes that the Saguache County area will have a population growth passing Park County as number four for growth in Colorado. “Fueling that growth is the Baca Grande, located near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Lumbert has set a goal of moving 400 lots in the Baca Grande over the next two years. This year about 200 lots were sold and the area has reached a point where new home construction will be the economic cornerstone of Saguache County just as homebuilding in Mission Viejo was to Orange County in the 70’s.

The price and the beauty of the location have people from all over buying second homes there. The community has about 1,000 full time residents, with a very high percentage of college graduates. The lots are fully developed with underground utilities (water, sewer, electricity, phone) to the lot line and some are on paved streets. “Comparable lots anywhere in the US sell for at least $20,000,” said Lumbert. Real estate brokers confirmed this: “I have nothing within $30,000 of this price range,” said one in Colorado Springs. The best snow in Colorado, Wolf Creek, which got 100 FEET last year, is only an hour’s drive away. Crestone, which borders the Baca Grande, has a branch of Colorado College, a first rate school, and Alamosa is home to Adams State College. Big as it is, Saguache County, with 5 cities and towns, does not have a stoplight. Yet.

For more info, call any real estate person of your choice, or you can click bacagrande org.

Lots range from ½ acre, some on paved streets, up to 7 acres, off grid. You can call 602-337-7115 for maps or more description. Buy to build, or buy to invest, but buy now.