Early in the founding of Habitat for Humanity of Fremont County, the County Council of Fremont County donated the property at Robbie Lane to this affiliate. There were no utility services on the property which resulted in major expenses to HFH of Fremont County earlier then planned due to an October 2001 paving contract by the City of Canon City requiring that Gas, Water, and Sewer lines be routed under the street prior to paving.

The overall cost of that work was about $25,000. There are other expenses still pending including subdividing the property into 4 lots, paying our share of the PID (Pavement Improvement District), and other infrastructure costs all of which are estimated to cost an additional $10,000 per lot.

This photo was taken Dec 29, 2001

The Habitat guidelines for lot size establishes the minimum area as 6000 sq. feet per house. Due to the shape of our property here, the lot sizes will vary from 6000 to 8000 sq. feet. A fair way to allocate these lots to future homeowners will be necessary, but has not yet been devised.

Current plans call for building our third and fourth Habitat houses on two of these lots starting in October of 2002. Qualified homeowners have already been selected.

This photo was taken Dec 29, 2001

This view is from the North End of Robbie Lane looking West Northwest. The street along the picket fence is the Northern extremity of Raynolds Ave, which runs North off of Central Ave. Our property is to the right of the sidewalk.

This photo was taken Mar 21,2002

This view looking Southeast shows our property to the left of the Northern extremity of Raynolds Ave. The Southern border of our property is bounded by the concrete East/West extension of Robbie Lane off of Raynods Ave and meeting the old section of Robbie Lane (which runs North and South) at the far left of the photo.

This photo was taken Feb 24, 2002

The drawing below shows the current plan for arranging four Habitat houses on our 3/4 acre plot.

On Sept 4, 2002 the City Council of Canon City approved the subdivision of our Robbie Lane property, naming it "Habitat for Humanity Estates". Building permits can now be applied for.