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Why this small Colorado town is giving away free land

A billboards promoting “Free Land” off of I-70 greet passing motorists in Flagler, Colorado, on Friday Dec. 4, 2020. Flagler is a rarity in the West — it’s offering land without a price tag to someone willing to stake a future in the town and open a business that will provide a much needed infusion of jobs in the small Colorado Plains town of 620 people. Flagler is near Exit 395 on I-70 and about 120 miles east of Denver.

(Marc Piscotty, for the Deseret News)


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For the past 15 years, two billboards have stood on the city limits of Flagler, Colorado, waiting to greet those who may be looking for a place to land. From 10 feet in the air overlooking I-70 and Flagler, the two signs deliver their proclamatory message: "Got Land! Got Water! All we need is you."

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