REACHING COTOPAXI, FREMONT, 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	745-839 Deer Run Dr	GIS Latitude	38.336980	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-105.502020	
Zip Code	81223	Sitescape Category	Countryscape	
State Region	Front Range	Sitescape Group	Remote Areas	
Association	Royal Gorge			

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	48,052	1,075	389	3,992	
2010 Households	17,038	482	183	1,857	
2010 Group Quarters	9,469	0	0	9	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 375 households within the 0-7 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-7 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	375	77.64%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	70	14.49%	
Urban Communities	High Density, Inner-city Neighborhoods	23	4.76%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Industrious Country Living segment. Approximately 275 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 	275	57.05%	
Hardy Rural Fam.
(60.86% unreached)	Predominantly middle-class, older Americans living rustic lifestyles in older single-family houses and mobile homes located in tiny towns and isolated villages 	100	20.75%	
Amer. Great Outdoors
(64.14% unreached)	Older rural couples and retirees scattered in remote communities around the country living on low wage and Social Security in modest homes, small apartment buildings and mobile homes 	41	8.51%	

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	11,256	66.06%	318	66.02%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	2,216	13.01%	46	9.5%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	2,269	13.32%	89	18.49%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	6,770	39.74%	183	38.04%	

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	1,450	9%	28	9%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	4,332	25%	83	26%	
# New Churches Needed	9	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	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	418	87%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	409	85%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	367	76%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	335	70%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	335	70%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	323	67%	
Listening To Music	319	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)