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Parker has a newsletter letting its residents know of the events happening in town. It is sent out to all residents where no mailing list is kept. Another words, if there is a home and a mailbox, you will get the Talk of the Town Newsletter. If youre curious about what goes on in Parker but live outside the area, you can easily go on-line to The Town of Parker website to view the complete newsletter as well as find employment opportunities and learn more about the government actions in Parker. The town of Parker itself is one of the largest employers with over 350 employees.
Today the town of Parker is consistently changing. New shops, new homes, and continued open space make Parker the ideal place to raise a family. Rolling hills, horse pastures and views of the Rocky Mountains makes Parker one of the fastest growing communities in the U.S. Parker has three golf courses including the Black Bear Golf Course. Black Bear is the only public golf course in Parker with 18 holes and views of Pikes Peak. It holds many challenges for golfers of all levels. Pradera Golf Course , a private club has many family activities as well as fitness training and holiday events. And the Pinery Country Club . This is a membership club that offers 27 holes of golf, tennis courts and family activities.
The citizens of Parker have recently seen a new skate park constructed close to the newly remodeled Parker Recreation Center. The center has available to residents an indoor pool, fitness classes and personal trainers with inexpensive admission fees you can sign up to be a member on-line. Parker is also one of the few rural equestrian capitals of Colorado. The city has provided over $15 Million in twelve miles of paved trails, over 400 acres of open space and improvements at many public facilities in Parker. There are many options for shoppers as well such as the Crown Point Shopping Center, Stroh Ranch and the Prime Factory Outlet.
Flying in to the area only requires landing at the Denver International Airport which is only 30 miles away from Parker. The town also has the state of the art health facilities of which Parker Adventist Hospital and Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree are just a part of.
The school district is the Douglas County School District. It takes care of the students in the Parker area. The district has over 5,000 employees and the district office is located in Castle Rock, only a few miles down the road.
There are many dedicated developers building new homes in Parker. We have information on what is available and when. Condominiums as well as Single Family Homes are being constructed now.
History – Most of Colorado was at one time or another inhabited by Indians. Arapaho, Cheyenne, Ute and even one of the oldest groups, the Plains-Woodland Indians and Parker Colorado is no exception. Many early explorers passed through the Parker region including, James Pursely and later John Fremont. Early trappers and traders, gold miners, and famous scout and trapper Kit Carson also came through Parker. As gold was being discovered early in the 1800s, Alfred Butters established a Post Office in the Pine Grove area.
During 1859 thousands of adventuring settlers occupied the region. Homes sprung up around the Cherry Creek and the focus turned to owning land. The Butters Post Office changed hands many times before Mr. James Parker bought it in 1874. By then the building had been moved and was called the “20 Mile House” because of its location, twenty miles from the big city, Denver. Not only could you receive mail here and post messages to family members, provisions, lodging and trade were now a part of the 20 Mile House. Parker expanded it even further by adding a blacksmith shop and general store. The 20 Mile House was now the official post office in Parker.
Mr. Parker also paved the way for the railroad, telephone lines and when his child reached school age, built a school house and paid the teacher. Many of the first families were Scandinavian and started dairy farms and were able to irrigate crops close to Cherry Creek. There are still some family descendants in Parker today. The cemetery where James and his wife along with many other first families are buried, is still maintained in Parker. The town was incorporated in 1981 with a total of 285 residents. Ten years later the town had gone from 1 square mile to 13 and the population increased to over 45,000.
If your curiosity has gotten the better of you and you would like to know more about the town of Parker, please contact our office for all the latest information on housing in Parker
