“Prowers County presents rural life at it’s finest. The wholesome vitality of our friendly, attractive communities reflect the diversity of our agricultural heritage coupled with the opportunities of modern technology and exportation of renewable energy.”

The City of Lamar (County Seat of Prowers County-see map) serves as the industrial and retail center for the southeastern region of Colorado. Located in the midst of the fertile Arkansas River Valley, our surrounding agricultural landscape features wide-open spaces with panoramic views of irrigated corn and alfalfa fields, as well as dry-land wheat fields. This semiarid climate is very favorable to livestock production and offers an average of 340 days of sunshine annually.

Colorado Green (Shell WindEnergy and PPM Energy) has located the fifth largest wind farm in the world in Prowers County, as has Xcel Energy in it’s location of the AC/DC Electricity Converter Station, one of the seven in the nation. Plans are underway to make southeast Colorado the northern hemisphere location of an observatory of high energy cosmic rays, which have strong potential as a renewable energy source.

Lamar Community College provides a full range of liberal arts and science course work to enable transfer to four year institutions.  LCC also provides several vocational, certificate and life-long learning programs which serve regional needs for training.  LCC offers the country’s finest Horse Management and Training Program. 2401 South Main Street - Lamar, Colorado 81052 - 719.336.2248, member of Colorado Community College System, email.

Pierre Auger Observatory, an international facility to study the highest energy cosmic rays. Southeast Colorado has been chosen as the site in the Northern Hemisphere to house a world-class observatory. Read about it here.

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