REACHING FAIRPLAY, PARK, 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	1015 Platte River Ct	GIS Latitude	39.246550	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-106.025130	
Zip Code	80440	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Western Colorado	Sitescape Group	Distant Settlements	
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	0-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	10-15 MILES	
2010 Population	16,662	2,432	557	6,963	
2010 Households	7,383	1,142	249	3,027	
2010 Group Quarters	70	70	0	53	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 1011 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	1,011	88.61%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	118	10.34%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	12	1.05%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Industrious Country Living segment. Approximately 118 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
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 	118	10.33%	
Stable Careers
(72.13% unreached)	Young and ethnically diverse singles residing in low- and high-rise apartment buildings and living comfortable lifestyles in big-city metropolitan areas  	12	1.05%	
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	1,011	88.53%	

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	4,991	67.6%	768	67.22%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,031	13.96%	173	15.14%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	985	13.34%	127	11.08%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	2,975	40.3%	468	40.99%	

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	225	3%	21	3%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	2,167	29%	198	30%	
# New Churches Needed	4	0	

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	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	988	86%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	976	86%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	930	81%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	863	76%	
Listening To Music	793	69%	
HH Uses Computer For Internet/E-mail	784	69%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	782	68%	

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)