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Parachute Colo Battlement Mesa aims for a new company town
In Parachute Battlement Mesa rises as a planned 3000 acre community for the Colony shale oil project led by Exxon and Tesco. With 8000 buildings eight schools eight churches and a $5.5 million recreation center the site will house up to 25000 people and include 432 apartments initially renting 450 to 600 dollars monthly. Officials emphasize a self contained town not a pure company town while building a large school system and multiple housing options amid private contractors and a western architectural theme.
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Battlement Mesa
Parachute
Colony
Huntington Hartford
Charles L. Pence
Exxon Corp
Battlement Mesa Inc
Wyoming
Tesco Corp
Bob King
Tesco
Union Oil Co. of
California
Pence