REACHING BUENA VISTA, CHAFFEE, CO
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in Colorado in need of new churches.  This report has been written to assist you in gaining an understanding of where God has gathered concentrations of people in need of Him in order that your church can focus your efforts and resources where He is at work and the need is greatest.  May this report assist your church in hearing God’s invitation to join Him where He is calling.

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, "Cross over to Macedonia and help us!"  After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.  Acts 10:9-10

LOCATION SUMMARY
The table below identifies the center of the smallest ring in the map above.  The location data provides various types of identification to better describe the location.  The GIS data can be used to map the location in Google maps or Google Earth.

Central Street Address	101 Windwalker Rd	GIS Latitude	38.832290	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-106.146160	
Zip Code	81211	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Continental Divide			

POPULATION & HOUSEHOLD BAND COMPOSITION
Below are listed the total number of people and the total number of households corresponding to each of the 3 bands indicated on the map.

CATEGORY	COUNTY	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	17,305	5,888	1,232	658	
2010 Households	7,898	2,234	607	327	
2010 Group Quarters	1,374	1,248	0	0	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 610 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	610	27.31%	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	551	24.66%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	424	18.98%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Urban Commuter Fam. segment. Approximately 526 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Urban Commuter Fam.
(67.14% unreached)	Upscale, college educated Baby Boomer families and couples living in comfortable, single detached homes in city neighborhoods on the metropolitan fringe	526	23.55%	
Gray Perspectives
(74.25% unreached)	Scattered in small towns across the country, these residents are a reflection of America's prison and institutionalized population, with some military barracks and households who support these facilities 	424	18.98%	
Industrious Country Living
(67.97% unreached)	High school educated, upper-middle-class hard-working couples and families found in industrial remote towns and villages across the country 	402	17.99%	

EVANGELSCAPE: SPIRITUAL INDICATORS
The numbers in this segment communicate the most compelling reasons why this community needs churches and believers to intercede in missional prayer and activity.  This community needs eternal transformation that only comes by way of the gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit.

SPIRITUALITY INDICATOR	COUNTY HHLDS	COUNTY %	BAND HHLDS	BAND %	
Unreached	5,320	67.36%	1,534	68.66%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,172	14.84%	345	15.44%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	1,028	13.02%	286	12.82%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,120	39.5%	902	40.4%	

CHURCHSCAPE: SPIRITUAL INDICATORS
The indicators below reveal a snapshot of the extent of evangelical presence in the focus community.  The last item in this section reveals how many churches are needed in order to have a minimum of one church for every 2000 hhlds (4000 –5000 people).

SPIRITUALITY INDICATOR	COUNTY	COUNTY %	3 MI RING	RING %	
Active Evangelical HHlds	647	8%	176	8%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,931	24%	525	23%	
# New Churches Needed	4	1	

MISSIONSCAPE: CULTURAL BRIDGES
Cultural bridges are those characteristics that could be used to build relationships with people in the lifestyle group. Various activities, interests, or opinions represented among the consumer behavior characteristics of the lifestyle group offer ways for believers to build relationships with people in the lifestyle group and through that relationship impact them for Christ.

CULTURAL BRIDGE	#HHlds	%HHlds	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	1,937	87%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,782	80%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,735	78%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,625	73%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,617	72%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,434	64%	
Vitamin/Mineral Tabs/Caps/Liquid (Non-Prescription)-Use	1,396	63%	

This mission site is located in the Western Colorado of the Colorado Baptist General Convention.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Steve Hoekstra (alpinerm@qwestoffice.net)