Located 25 miles south of downtown Denver, and 12 miles from the Denver Tech Center, The Canyons is minutes away from major employment centers. And yet the place itself feels far removed from the I-25 corridor and city life. Nestled in the rugged canyonlands formed where Colorado’s high prairie gives way to the foothills of the Rockies, it makes you feel as if you’ve entered another world. The real Colorado.

There is indeed something inspiring about the land, something primal and unruly, that gives it a character all its own. And it leads to equally inspiring ideas about what kind of community — and what kind of people — would feel at home in this landscape.