REACHING FORT COLLINS, LARIMER, 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	2722 Farview Dr	GIS Latitude	40.626760	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-105.116150	
Zip Code	80524	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Front Range	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Longs Peak			

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	304,107	18,264	104,606	53,923	
2010 Households	120,042	7,488	41,599	20,291	
2010 Group Quarters	7,105	56	5,783	219	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 2955 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	2,955	39.46%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	2,303	30.76%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	995	13.29%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Small Town Success segment. Approximately 649 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Small Town Success
(69.25% unreached)	White-collar, college educated, middle-aged working couples living in newly developed subdivisions outside the nation's beltways	649	8.67%	
Urban Diversity
(72.03% unreached)	Young and mobile multi-ethnic singles and single-parent families living in inter-city neighborhoods in a mix of rowhouses and high-rise apartment buildings  	545	7.28%	
Status Conscious Consumers
(70.14% unreached)	Middle-aged Baby Boomer households living in suburban neighborhoods within a manageable commute to well-paying city jobs	476	6.36%	

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	84,354	70.27%	5,229	69.84%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	18,581	15.48%	1,214	16.21%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	15,862	13.21%	860	11.48%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	49,915	41.58%	3,159	42.18%	

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	12,307	10%	779	10%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	23,381	19%	1,480	20%	
# New Churches Needed	60	4	

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	6,359	85%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	6,216	83%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	5,881	79%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	5,400	72%	
Listening To Music	5,104	68%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	5,048	67%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	4,941	66%	

This mission site is located in the Front Range of the Colorado Baptist General Convention.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Jim Misloski (jmisloski@cbgc.org)