Breckenridge Ranked #1 for Arts
Breckenridge took the top slot in this year's Arts Vibrancy Index, an annual nationwide survey of artistic communities! Started in 2014, the study by the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University ra...
Donation Aids Community Nonprofits in Summit
Rob Katz, CEO of Vail Resorts and his wife Elana Amsterdam donated $1.6 million to community nonprofits across communities where Vail Resorts operates. A portion of the donation was given to The Summit Foundation, which received $250,000. ...
Frisco Affordable Workforce-Housing
Frisco Town Council has approved space for 36 new workforce-housing units to be placed throughout the town of Frisco. The 36 new units will be included in three different housing projects that will provide affordable housing options for loca...
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...