Iterations of the idea have failed at the Capitol in recent years, but the 2024 version has the backing of Gov. Jared Polis and comes after Proposition HH opened the door for the change
Summit County
Posted inEquity
Colorado’s county-administered SNAP system is flawed, advocacy groups say
But a transition from a county-administered system to a statewide one would be long, complicated and expensive
Posted inHousing
More than 100 Summit County homeowners sue over crackdown on short-term rentals
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court seeks to overturn “misguided and unlawful” regulations. “We want to make Summit County ground zero for this fight.”
Posted inEnvironment
Want a hot tub at your Colorado ski town home? You might have to offset its emissions first.
Breckenridge — and soon Summit County — is adopting a “renewable energy mitigation plan” to offset greenhouse gases from outdoor amenities
Posted inOutdoors
Colorado ski town emergency dispatch centers fielding dozens of automated 911 calls from skier iPhones
911 calls are never ignored, but sorting out which alerts from Apple iPhone 14s and watches are real is “a tremendous drain” on resort town resources.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Housing wins elections and Latinos need better housing
That’s a politically potent combination, but it requires broadening access to people who don’t fit the traditional molds.
Posted inHousing
Western Slope voters overwhelmingly passed taxes on short-term rentals to fund affordable housing
Colorado’s Western Slope communities could generate about $40 million in new tax revenue from vacation rentals to support affordable housing
Posted inElection 2022
Voters across Colorado’s high country will weigh in on new taxes on short-term rentals, affordable housing proposals
As many as 14 Colorado municipalities and counties will ask voters next month to increase or repurpose taxes on short-term rental properties — offered on sites by Airbnb and Vrbo — to help fund affordable housing
Posted inClimate, News
Summit Stage gets $35 million federal grant for electric bus operations center that will serve ski country
Summit Stage, the transit lifeline linking ski areas, workers and mountain towns in three counties, will get nearly $35 million from the federal infrastructure law to build an electric bus operations center and edge toward Summit County climate change goals. It’s the largest federal grant Summit County has ever seen, and funds most of the […]
Posted inClimate, News
Can Copper Mountain do something about climate change using its own slopes?
Ski area officials in the West know they will lose up to 25% more of their snowpack between now and 2050, after suffering through 20% losses already in a decadeslong drought. Through snowmaking from local river water and isolated geographic luck, Colorado ski areas have managed so far to avoid devastating impacts from climate change […]