RUMBLE RIDGE INC
1844 Upper Cattle Creek Road
Carbondale, CO 81623
1844 Upper Cattle Creek Road
Carbondale, CO 81623
1/20/2015
Dear Austin,
Leslie Thomas and Holly McLain are writing this letter as representatives for the entire equestrian community here in the Roaring Fork Valley. We are on the Glassier Open Space and Trails Steering Committee, and we have professional trail experience, I as the owner, and Leslie assisting with the operation of “Moon Run Outfitters”, taking clients into the Maroon-Snowmass Wilderness for 18 years. Combined, we have 80 years of professional experience in the horse business. Our experience includes riding, training, and competing in both Western and English disciplines, such as hunter-jumpers, cross country, dressage, reining, & cutting. Both of us are also members of the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council.
Here is proof of the commitment of the equestrian community in Roaring Fork Valley. These letters demonstrate the diverse equestrian support in our Valley. Represented in the letters are; both therapeutic horseback riding programs, veterinarians, feed store owners, Roaring Fork Hounds Pony Club members, ranchers, multiple horses association members from both Western and English disciplines, second home owners, and the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council. The horse industry preserves and maintains the vast majority of the beautiful green open, spaces that everyone loves in the Roaring Fork Valley. Their commitment to the horses they love guarantees the tradition of our Valley’s rural character.
Cozy Point Ranch is a public equestrian facility with unlimited potential to offer a unique venue for all the different equine disciplines, and could be the cornerstone example for many communities to follow in the future.
The attributes of Cozy Point are its prime location, the indoor riding arena, the multiple outdoor riding arenas, the numerous fenced paddocks and pastures, and the open space proposed for future cross country course and a trail system. Its proximity to the existing and proposed trails to Sky Mountain, Snowmass Village, Owl Creek, Buttermilk, and the Rio Grand Trail, which links the upper and lower valley trail systems, makes it unique.
Under the current Pitkin County zoning regulations the difficulty of building an indoor arena and running a commercial equestrian operation makes the need for keeping Cozy Point’s primary use as an equestrian facility crucial. The current small animal husbandry use, as well as the existing small sustainable greenhouse dome is compatible with the equestrian facility.
Since its conception as a public equestrian facility, the community has demonstrated through its on going enthusiastic use, the strong need to keep Cozy Point an equestrian amenity.
Cozy Point produces a gross income of ¾ of a million dollars per year, realizing a net profit each year.
The hay meadows produce the feed for the horses boarded at Cozy Point. This is a perfect example of sustainable agricultural.
Surrounding Cozy Point is critical winter range- migratory corridor for deer and elk. The use of Cozy Point as an equestrian facility is compatible with the wildlife. The sagebrush meadows, the open pastures, and the riparian areas provide an excellent habitat for insects, fish, small and large mammals, songbirds, migratory neotropicals, and raptors along with the deer and elk. Green open space pastures, horses grazing in the fields, and hay production on the green meadows compliment the surrounding wildlife habitat
Cozy Point harbors the perfect eco system.
Let’s not reinvent the wheel. Cozy Point, as an equestrian facility, is a sustainable agricultural model. It works. Cozy Point produces the income needed to make the necessary improvements to the facilities, restoration of the riparian areas, reclamation of the pastures, and enhancement of the wildlife, while maintaining the open space.
We look forward to working with you on an ongoing basis,
Kindest Regards,
Holly McLain
[email protected] 970.948.2151
Leslie Thomas
[email protected] 970.376.6273
Dear Austin,
Leslie Thomas and Holly McLain are writing this letter as representatives for the entire equestrian community here in the Roaring Fork Valley. We are on the Glassier Open Space and Trails Steering Committee, and we have professional trail experience, I as the owner, and Leslie assisting with the operation of “Moon Run Outfitters”, taking clients into the Maroon-Snowmass Wilderness for 18 years. Combined, we have 80 years of professional experience in the horse business. Our experience includes riding, training, and competing in both Western and English disciplines, such as hunter-jumpers, cross country, dressage, reining, & cutting. Both of us are also members of the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council.
Here is proof of the commitment of the equestrian community in Roaring Fork Valley. These letters demonstrate the diverse equestrian support in our Valley. Represented in the letters are; both therapeutic horseback riding programs, veterinarians, feed store owners, Roaring Fork Hounds Pony Club members, ranchers, multiple horses association members from both Western and English disciplines, second home owners, and the Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council. The horse industry preserves and maintains the vast majority of the beautiful green open, spaces that everyone loves in the Roaring Fork Valley. Their commitment to the horses they love guarantees the tradition of our Valley’s rural character.
Cozy Point Ranch is a public equestrian facility with unlimited potential to offer a unique venue for all the different equine disciplines, and could be the cornerstone example for many communities to follow in the future.
The attributes of Cozy Point are its prime location, the indoor riding arena, the multiple outdoor riding arenas, the numerous fenced paddocks and pastures, and the open space proposed for future cross country course and a trail system. Its proximity to the existing and proposed trails to Sky Mountain, Snowmass Village, Owl Creek, Buttermilk, and the Rio Grand Trail, which links the upper and lower valley trail systems, makes it unique.
Under the current Pitkin County zoning regulations the difficulty of building an indoor arena and running a commercial equestrian operation makes the need for keeping Cozy Point’s primary use as an equestrian facility crucial. The current small animal husbandry use, as well as the existing small sustainable greenhouse dome is compatible with the equestrian facility.
Since its conception as a public equestrian facility, the community has demonstrated through its on going enthusiastic use, the strong need to keep Cozy Point an equestrian amenity.
Cozy Point produces a gross income of ¾ of a million dollars per year, realizing a net profit each year.
The hay meadows produce the feed for the horses boarded at Cozy Point. This is a perfect example of sustainable agricultural.
Surrounding Cozy Point is critical winter range- migratory corridor for deer and elk. The use of Cozy Point as an equestrian facility is compatible with the wildlife. The sagebrush meadows, the open pastures, and the riparian areas provide an excellent habitat for insects, fish, small and large mammals, songbirds, migratory neotropicals, and raptors along with the deer and elk. Green open space pastures, horses grazing in the fields, and hay production on the green meadows compliment the surrounding wildlife habitat
Cozy Point harbors the perfect eco system.
Let’s not reinvent the wheel. Cozy Point, as an equestrian facility, is a sustainable agricultural model. It works. Cozy Point produces the income needed to make the necessary improvements to the facilities, restoration of the riparian areas, reclamation of the pastures, and enhancement of the wildlife, while maintaining the open space.
We look forward to working with you on an ongoing basis,
Kindest Regards,
Holly McLain
[email protected] 970.948.2151
Leslie Thomas
[email protected] 970.376.6273