Keats Ann Scott, CRS
Colorado Dreams
I can send you a list of everything currently for sale in
Summit County, just ask.
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I can send you a list of everything currently for sale in
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Colorado Dreams |
Heeney was started as housing for workers who built Green Mountain Dam in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The community naturally became a resort because of the lake activities. One old timer said the reason he bought in Heeney was because he saw a woman carrying a washtub full of fish up from the reservoir. Heeney has never been incorporated, so Summit County rules apply. The roads are plowed by the county. The kids actually go to West Grand County schools. The volunteer fire department has been active for about six years. The fire department is not a district, but is funded by subscriptions (currently $100.00 per year) and the Heeney Tick Festival. Septics are needed for sewage, the area near the Green Mountain Inn has a spring fed water system, other areas have private wells.
More than once in the history of Heeney it has looked like it was verge of discovery, now those who have found it, don’t want it to be discovered by any one else. The full time population is around 130, most of the increase has been in the last five years. In the last few years several new big homes have been built, most of them are owned by second home owners. Approximately 80 % of the homes are summer cabins, owned by people from the Denver area. Several of the retired owners spend the winter in Arizona or Nevada and the summers in Heeney. Until 4 years ago the real estate market was fairly slow, cabins would be on the market for at least a year, and that was in the $60,000 to $80,000 range. All of a sudden in 1994 everything changed (prices got so high at the central end of the county locals found Heeney affordable), and since any cabin with indoor plumbing and a half way reasonable price has sold quickly. Many sales are to people who already owned property in the area. So far the highest price home sale was in October 1995, a big home on 4 acres for $285,000. Since 1994 prices have gone up at least 25%, though it’s hard to really judge because each property is so unique. The elevation of the reservoir is 7950, our climate is a little milder and dryer than the Dillon/Silverthorne area. People come from Breckenridge in May to get a taste of spring. The nearest town is Kremmling, 18 miles north, Silverthorne and I 70 are 23 miles south. In Heeney we have a restaurant, convenience store, and 2 cabins at the Green Mountain Inn. The Inn is a very friendly place and the only place for the locals to “hang out”, they have a large deck with great lake views. There is also Barb’s Bait and Tackle, they have bait, tackle, some groceries, liquor, gas and propane. Green Mountain Cabins and Boat Rentals has one bedroom cabins and 14’ fishing boats for rent. At the south end of the reservoir is Melody Lodge with cabin rentals and a tackle shop. All of these businesses thrive in the summer, things really slow down in the winter. Actives around the reservoir include but are not limited to boating, fishing, water skiing, wind surfing, swimming, hang gliding, hiking, biking, cross country skiing, ice skating, snow mobiling and sledding. Just 3 miles away is Cataract Lake, at the base of the Gore Range Wilderness Area, a peaceful mountain lake with cataract waterfall at the far end of the lake. You can follow a very nice trail back to the waterfall. Heeney in the past has been a summer resort, but we are having more owners who come to use their property year round.
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