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WORDS Continued from page 11 KEEP, a gated community. With only 355 of the 1,100-acre
former Cherokee Ranch site to be developed, the roads and
years of quality tree and shrub mitiga- utilities are in place and marketing of the sites ranging from
tion to Perry Park residents. Their team four to ten acres in size, priced from $700,000 to $950,000 is
did a remarkable job of swinging in my underway. Developed by Walter Koelbel, the Keep is accessed
trees and removing all the dead branch- off of CO. #105 about 1⁄2 mile south of its terminus – turn at the
es (way too many) providing a much little brown church. The first house, The Gray House, is a 6,569
more attractive treescape as well as a square foot mansion just completed on lot 5 ($850,000) leaving
safer one. They also provide snow re- you 19 other lots of the first phase available for the choosing.
moval services. A good source for your There are only 64 lots in the total development. Five preferred
mitigation needs. builders have been selected for The Keep – Gray Construction,
Koelbel, Sienna, Sterling and Thomas Sattler Homes.
Thanks to Larkspur Mayor Gerry Bean, Linda
Black and Tony Perconti for judging the Perry PALMER LAKE – The Villa Restaurant building was built
Park July 4th parade – great job! in 1900 and became the Sundance Café and Hotel in 1912. It
later served as a post office and an ice cream parlor. In 1956,
LARKSPUR - A new business in Larkspur, HAYDEN OUT- the Roman Villa Restaurant was opened by the Romitti family
DOORS REAL ESTATE, is who operated the Villa for the next 22 years. Linda Van Scoten
a member of the LandLeader Snyder has served as the proprietor of the Villa since 1980. Life
network that markets Farm, goes on as this month, the Villa returns to its original nomencla-
Ranch and Recreational real ture with the new ownership now operating The SUNDANCE
estate and water rights in where they love to barbeque brisket, beef and pork ribs, pulled
the surrounding eight states. pork, chopped beef sandwiches, chicken – and the list goes on.
LandLeader is the largest net- What is a Sweet Heat pickle? Try the Sundance and find out.
work of exclusive real estate
professionals that specialize in the COLORADO SPRINGS – Fortunately, the 8,000 square foot
aforementioned categories. They Southern Concept Restaurant in the Bass Pro “Polaris Pointe”
provide both listing and auction Complex was converted several months ago back to a Bourbon
services. Their exchange has been Brothers as the Southern Concepts group has ceased to exist.
in operation since 1976, started in Their dreams of opening 40 restaurants nationwide ended with
Hays, Kansas, by Leo Hayden and is the closure of their three Denver operations including the one
now headquartered in Windsor, CO. in the Sam’s Complex at Quebec and I-470. Their most recent
LandLeader has grown to 30 agents financials showed a loss of $2.7 million on revenue of $5.6 mil-
with the local Larkspur representative being Joe Stefanec, who lion. Their first Southern Hospitality Restaurant was opened in
after 40 years in personal and corporate life insurance, is now 2007 in New York with financial backing form actor / musician
back to his outdoor passion selling real country real estate. Be- Justin Timberlake and still remains open under separate owner-
fore joining Hayden, Joe operated as Stefanec Properties from ship. Looks like a little ‘star power’ helps in the very difficult
his home on Quaking Aspen Lane. Hayden is located in the restaurant business.
small white building next to the Larkspur Pizzeria and their
business provides a more suited tenant to the area than past ef- Visit Walt’sWords at www.waltswords.com for
forts in the building. individual online articles.

PALMER LAKE – The RECOVERY VILLAGE - center Walt Korinke
for substance abuse treatment wkorinke@yahoo.com
(drugs & alcohol) is complet- �
ing its 20,000 square foot ex-
pansion, adding 52 additional
treatment beds bringing the
total to 110. Since the con-
version a couple of years ago,
RV has assisted over 1,000 individuals on the road to recov- electric
ery. With Colorado ranked third nationally in drug abuse, these
services are badly needed. Formerly a small resort hotel, the
Recovery Village provides a tranquil setting with a gym, a cov-
ered swimming pool, and various sports facilities in the rehab Pete Dunbar 1341 Quartz Mountain Drive
center that all aid the recovery process. RV is located midway Larkspur, Colorado 80118
between Palmer Lake and Monument at 443 S. Hwy 105. 303-681-3809
Cell 303-638-6762
SEDALIA – The first home has been completed in THE
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