Record Setting Revenue-Based Rent
The 2015-16 ski season was another banner year for Colorado ski resorts. For the fourth season in-a-row, 23 Colorado ski resorts that operate on public land sent record-setting rent checks to Washington. The U.S. Forest Service and...
Intrawest Resorts (and more!) Acquired
Early this week, Aspen Skiing Company and the Denver-based private equity firm KSL Capital partnered and acquired Intrawest Resorts. This $1.5 billion deal gives Aspen Skiing Co.-KSL Capital Partners control of Steamboat and Winter Park ski...
All Time High Tax Collections
Visitors and locals are spending record amounts in Colorado’s mountain communities. Sales tax collections are again reaching all-time highs in 2016. For the fourth year in a row, sales in the high country smashed tax collection records...
Expanding Hotel Development
Summit County is starting to see more and more hotel conglomerates building high-end resort type hotels; expanding hotel development in the mountains. In the past, hotel developers have been tentative to build in mountain communitie...
$33 Million Granted to Protect Our Forests From Wildfires
The From Forests to Faucets program will receive $33 million in funding toward forest restoration projects aiming to reduce the risk of wildfires over five years. The resources will help treat more than 40,000 acres of forests near watershe...
Summit Foundation Grants More Than One Million
In December of 2016, the Summit Foundation Board of Trustees gave over one million dollars to local nonprofits within Summit County and other nearby communities. By the end of 2016, the Summit Foundation community grant allocations for the ...
Summit Sky Ranch
The newest development in Silverthorne, Summit Sky Ranch is headed into its final stages of planning. Silverthorne Town Council voted to approve three resolutions for final plats within the subdivision allowing for the last phase of lots...
Fremont Recpath Approved
The Fremont Recpath was approved last week. It will take bikers and pedestrians from Copper Mountain to Fremont Pass where it will connect with the Mineral Trail into Leadville. With the help from the U.S. Department of Transportation...