Crescence

Crescence is a 1,464-acre master-planned residential community in Elbert County, Colorado, set within the region’s meandering high prairie landscape.

Planned as a conservation-minded community, Crescence will include a diverse mix of housing, from single-family detached homes and paired homes to townhomes and multi-family buildings, along with neighborhood shops and shared amenities. Up to 2,850 residential units are planned across the site. Six distinct neighborhoods are clustered around central parks — each lending its name to the surrounding homes — and tied together by an extensive public trail network. With at least 50 percent of the land preserved as open space, daily life here is shaped by wide prairie views, dark nighttime skies, and neighborhoods carefully arranged around the site’s rolling hills and natural drainage patterns. First phases focus on a village center, a temporary sales and information center, core infrastructure, and initial residential filings, with future development unfolding over multiple decades.

Redland has played a central role in planning, entitlement, and infrastructure coordination for Crescence, providing Land Planning, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, and Construction Management services. In partnership with the developer, Craft Companies, and working closely with county officials and local residents, they secured approvals for the Planned Unit Development and the preliminary plat across the entire site. A defining element of the project is its fully onsite water strategy, including adjudicated groundwater, potable water facilities, and a non-potable water reuse system that supports irrigation and conservation goals. Streets, utilities, and open spaces are designed alongside native prairie grasses and water-wise plantings consistent with the site’s high prairie character. Across the project, Redland helped put a framework in place that aligns the developer’s conservation vision with the county’s housing needs and long-term goals, allowing Crescence to grow deliberately while protecting its land, water resources, and rural character.