Xcel Energy is investing in high-res cameras that talk to algorithms trained to identify wisps of smoke long before they erupt into wildfire
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Posted inHousing
Telluride readies $857 per-bedroom “regulatory fee” on short-term rentals as replacement for moratorium
Three other Colorado communities charge annual per-bedroom fees for short-term rentals as more than a dozen other communities have increased license fees or passed excise taxes
Posted inCulture
A big idea about feeding people straight from the farm gets center stage at Original Thinkers festival
6th annual festival of ideas almost didn’t happen, but it’s on and the lineup includes a documentary about state Rep. Elisabeth Epps’ bail reform work
Posted inHousing
Telluride is among the first Colorado mountain towns to consider easing short-term rental restrictions
After two years of analysis, the Telluride town council appears ready to end a voter-approved cap from 2021 and impose higher taxes on short-term rental homes.
Posted inOutdoors
Telluride Via Ferrata could get first-ever Forest Service trail designation
Climbers are raising funds for upgrades to the alpine route that would make it the first via ferrata in the Forest Service national trail system
Posted inOutdoors
Sick bear in Telluride euthanized to avert “horrific death” from eating too much human trash
Wipes, paper towers and plastic food wrappers created a blockage preventing the 400-pound black bear from digesting food, officials said
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 inBusiness
How to retain resort employees? Colorado ski areas are building workforce housing — at the resorts
Like nearly every Colorado ski hill, Winter Park needed big money to help fix its employee housing problem. Enter its deep pocketed operator, Alterra, with a blueprint others can follow.
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A modular home community near Telluride may become a national model. But getting it open hasn’t been easy.
Pinion Park residents are settling into Norwood. Among the lessons learned: don’t ship, assemble and finish the homes in winter.
Posted inEnvironment
The government will pay you $30 an hour to sort through Telluride’s trash in the name of social science
Picking through what’s left behind by high-season tourists will help towns in San Miguel County figure out how to change what people toss and why