Homebuilding is just one facet of the company's impact on the Pikes Peak region. Under the umbrella organization of Tibbetts & Company, the family also operates Pikes Peak Excavating and Mountain Management Company; and to its credit has just about every kind of building project under it belt, from light commercial projects and extravagant custom homes to full neighborhood developments and affordable housing complexes.

The company began when Ron Tibbetts, a master carpenter, custom homebuilder and baker from Butte, Montana, moved his family to Colorado Springs in 1968. He quickly received his general contractor's license and soon involved his wife, Shirlee, and three sons, Dan, Gary and Don, in his business. While they were in high school, he taught his sons the importance of learning many trades, staring with cabinet installations, framing and trim. They helped put the finishing touches on hundreds of apartments and houses before all three committed to attend Colorado State University. Through college, they continued to help with the family business, while earning degrees in civil engineering and industrial construction management.

By the 1980's, on top of its already thriving single-family home business, Tibbetts & Company was also one of the largest builders of affordable multi-family housing complexes in the state. The family began constructing apartment complexes in 1979 in Colorado and New Mexico, and soon expanded their scope to include Montana and Arizona. The company took responsibility for all phases of the complexes, from gaining city zoning and approval to building, managing and maintaining the structures. Working with government rural housing projects, it built 22 affordable housing complexes with more than 700 dwelling units in 15 communities. Tibbetts created the mountain Management Company to oversee the complexes and Shirlee overtook the general manager/owner responsibilities, which she still maintains today.

An example of the company's attention to quality is the extensive soil investigations it does on potential building sites. Because the stability of the ground is crucial to long-term structure durability, and because soil quality is a big concern in Colorado, Tibbetts & Company formed its Pikes Peak Excavating division just one year after establishing Legendary Homes. By bringing excavating in-house, the company can keep control over quality, ensuring every project starts on a solid foundation and will stand the test of time.

The quality of work that Pikes Peak Excavating performs, combined with its vast fleet of heavy equipment, have made it a competitive force in the excavating and earthwork industries. Along with its projects with Legendary Homes, the company works extensively with other developers on housing, light commercial and development projects, and performs investigative and technical work for soil engineers.

During its years of service in Colorado, the Tibbetts family has kept its commitment to the region, maintaining its presence through ups and downs, including the gas moratorium of the '70s and the economic slowdown of the '80s. And while they've enjoyed the strong market of the last decade, they don't plan on doing business any differently should that change.