Known as the "Banana Belt" of the Vail Valley, Gypsum CO real estate is becoming a popular destination just west of the Vail the other ski resorts of Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead (which is also a golf resort). Gypsum’s semi-rural past is apparently a great foundation for a bustling future. Home of the busy Eagle County Regional Airport on US Highway 6 and Interstate 70, Gypsum is as short a drive as 20 minutes for travelers to some world-class Rocky Mountain skiing. A couple of beautiful golf-course communities are leading the way for new development in Gypsum.
Brightwater Golf Course and real estate is opening up a 27-hole golf course with 550 resort-style Brightwater homes only three miles south of town in the beautiful Gypsum Creek Valley. The picturesque courses have been designed by Gary Player and Robert Trent Jones II. Community membership also features inviting amenities such as Nordic skiing and access to BLM and Forest Service land for fishing and hunting.
Gypsum’s new semi-private Cotton Ranch Country Club and Golf Course is nestled at an elevation of 6,300 feet also in the Gypsum Valley—35 miles west of Vail CO real estate and 23 miles west of Beaver Creek. Cotton Ranch real estate includes developer home sites beginning at $95,000, enclave homes from $475,000, and other single-family homes from $439,000. The generous-sized home sites weave around a stream that flows south from the Eagle River and a Pete Dye-designed 18-hole championship course built for players of all abilities. The exceptional weather, affordable green fees, and superb golf-course conditions have landed Cotton Ranch accolades for having the longest golf season in Vail Valley.
The 5,400 residents enjoy low property taxes and low unemployment. With average home prices at an affordable $285,400, many parents work in the resort areas and live here where there is a lower cost of living. Children and youth are joined by those in nearby towns for the upper grades, creating a nice-sized school district serving subdivisions such as Gypsum Estates, Willowstone, Quail Run, Buckhorn Valley, and Chatfield Corners among others. Additionally, the Colorado Mountain College has several campuses in the mountain resort towns for people who just don’t want to leave.
The town is growing quickly. It serves a large rural population as well including organic and specialty farms and ranches. With over 100,000-square-feet of commercial space under construction, exciting changes are in the works. The Colorado High Guide Service Tours and Charters and the Regional Airport have already put the community on the map for tourists from around the world.
The largest industry in the town is American Gypsum (formerly CENTEX and before that, Eagle Gypsum Limited)'s drywall plant. The facility produces a variety of wallboard products, which are shipped by rail and truck. The young population (average age of 30.3)are also gainfully employed in other industries such as construction, accommodations, food services, education, public administration, maintenance, repair, cleaning, finance, real estate, management, and sales.
The sunny, dry climate on these western slopes of the Rocky Mountains actually compels many people to hike or bike or snowshoe, commuting through the mountain communities via the newly opened segment of the Eagle Valley Trail.
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