Preserve Our Mountain Community (P.O.M.C.) was formed in 1996 by a group of citizens who believed that the community needed a voice for the middle ground in areas of land-use and development. We saw a lot of people like us who were neither rabid-growth nor no-growth, but that voice was drowned out by the influence of big money politics.

Our bylaws state that our objectives are to analyze issues that may affect or impact our mountain community then take appropriate action to:

• Provide effective and accurate communication on issues concerning our community
• Conduct positive interactions with County, State, and Federal governmental agencies
• Guide community development so the mountain area’s valuable esthetic resources are preserved

 We use the Highway 285 Corridor Community Plan as our guideline in assessing development and how it fits into the community. We have strived for that middle ground and have supported development that meets our objectives for the community. We’ve also opposed many that didn’t meet our criteria. Many developers now come to us before filing with the county to mitigate any concerns that we have so that we can publicly support the development.

In addition, we worked with state and local government agencies to the same ends. For instance, the reason that there are not continuous streetlights from Foxton Road to Meyer Ranch is that we worked with CDOT to change their original plan and balance safety versus light pollution.