New Residents
Welcome to our community!!
Information for New Residents
We have assembled some information you might need as a new resident of Elk Falls Ranch and mountain living. Be sure to review the other sections of this website to familiarize yourself with how we manage roads, architectural requirements, our Broadband Initiative, our Firewise Program and with documents such as the covenants, bylaws, recent Board Meeting minutes, recent newsletters, etc.
Never hesitate to contact one of the Board members with questions. The email for the Property Owners’ Association is elkfallsranchpoa@gmail.com
GETTING ON OUR NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIST
Please be sure to sign up in PayHOA,our resident management software, and maintain a current email address to receive POA updates and newsletters. Email addresses for multiple members of your household can be added.
Mailboxes and Mailbox Keys
Elk Falls Property Owners’ Association (EFPOA) owns the neighborhood mailboxes, not the US Postal Service. As such, the EFPOA maintains the mailboxes and all requests for key replacements and assignment of new mailboxes should come to the EFPOA. You may contact Wayne Gneiser at 720-261-3155 or elkfallspoaVP@gmail.com for mailbox keying or issues.
Request from our Mail Carrier
Our mail carrier requests Elk Falls Residents to please promptly collect their mail and parcels from the mail and parcel boxes.
She indicated some residents leave mail and parcels in the boxes for extended periods of time. This causes her to run out of room in the mail and parcel boxes for deliveries. When this happens, she has to return items to the Post Office and residents--both innocent and guilty--have to travel to Pine Junction to retrieve them.
Conifer Chamber of Commerce - New Resident Resource Guide
The Chamber has a new resident welcome page with a great deal of useful information. Additionally, you can sign up to receive a FREE new resident Resource Guide with information about the area. Once submitted the information will be emailed to you. Click here to view new resident page and/or sign up.
Helpful Social media sites
There are many sites where residents from our community and other nearby communities share information. Here’s just a few of many:
Facebook - Elk Falls Neighborhood Residents (Note: While this group is specific to Elk Falls Ranch, it was created and is managed by a volunteer resident. Content posted, even by Board members not acting in their official capacity, is not shared, moderated or fact-checked by the Elk Falls POA Board of Directors.)
Staunton Area Broadband Initiative
Facebook - Friends of Staunton State Park
Facebook - Conifer, Bailey and Pine Community
Facebook - Conifer, Bailey and Pine Colorado Community
Facebook - Bailey, Conifer Online Garage Sale
Facebook - 285 Colorado News and Events
Facebook - Conifer CO Neighbors and Friends
Facebook - Conifer Chamber of Commerce
Facebook - Conifer Rotary Club
Read about the area
The Secrets of Elk Creek: Shaffer’s Crossing, Staunton State Park and Beyond
The Elk Creek Chronicles: from Shaffer’s Crossing to Pine Grove
Community Calendars
There are great online community calendars where you can find all kinds of local activities. While many group activities have been postponed or are now being held in a modified manner, you can be sure to find an activity that that you'll enjoy! Please check with the event organizer for any changes to the events due to COVID updates.
Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce
Macaroni Kid: Evergreen, Conifer & Bailey
Internet Providers
Rise Need good line-of-sight to a tower
Viasat Satellite
Starlink Satellite
Neteo Hopefully coming soon
Century Link DSL -phasing out service to rural areas, slow speeds
ANewWayToNet Need decent cell service
Highline - Construction in our neighborhood begins October 2024.
Staunton State Park - Letter from Park Manager
The Park has seen an unprecedented increase in visitors and we are doing our best to ensure that Park visitors are legally entering the park through our main entrance. We ask that if neighbors see suspicious vehicles or witness people jumping fences that they give us a call at 303-816-0912 x 0.
Jefferson County has offered to do more patrols along Elk Creek Road during the weekends. Park County has made more frequent visits to the neighborhood as well.
Neighbors can also call their respective sheriff's departments:
Jefferson County non-emergent phone - 303-271-0211
Park County non-emergent phone - 719-836-4121x 5
Of course, if it's an emergency, please dial 911.
During the busy weekends, you may see our patrol vehicles more frequently traveling around the neighborhood. We do this to check on this type of activity.
We ask that our neighbors respect our boundaries as well. We have come across a number of social trails that come from the neighborhood into the Park. The more that this occurs (from neighbors), the more likely it is that visitors will try to do the same.
We do allow visitors to walk, bike or skip! into the Park (parking is not allowed on Elk Creek Road or in the neighborhood). As neighbors, we encourage you to use the Park that is in your backyard. Please do so through the main entrance!
We hope that our community friends remain healthy and happy.
Zach Taylor, Staunton State Park Manager
P 303.816.0912 X 4, C 303-495-9563, zach.taylor@state.co.us, cpw.state.co.us
WILDLIFE
Feeding Wild Animals: Please do not feed the wildlife (foxes, bears, deer, raccoons, etc). This does more harm than good.
“People” food isn’t good for animals. Human foods aren't nutritious enough for animals and may cause serious health problems.
It makes wild animals lose their natural fear of people. Feeding can make large, potentially dangerous animals become too comfortable in residential areas. Once animals learn they can panhandle for food, they can become a nuisance—or even worse, a safety risk.
When wild animals gather for food handouts, it can cause crowding and competition. These unnatural conditions increase the chances of fighting and injury among animals. It can also increase the spread of diseases, some of which may be transmitted to pets and humans.
Bears
It is common for bears in the neighborhood to get into trash cans. Please be sure to keep your trash cans inside until the morning of trash pick up. For information on living with bears Colorado Parks and Wildlife has a great bear webpage and a Living with Bears brochure.
Mountain Lions
While sightings of mountain Iions are not as frequent as bear sightings, they definitely live among us. Refer to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Mountain Lion webpage and their Living with Lions brochure