Posts Tagged ‘breckenridge’
Renewable Energy by 2035
Breckenridge is striving to be powered entirely by renewable energy by 2035. So how did we get here? A task force was created in March of 2017 by the direction of the Breckenridge Town Council. They instructed staff to form a panel and ...
Hello Epic Discovery
On June 9th, Breckenridge Ski Resort welcomed its first batch of guests to its brand-new, state-of-the-art theme park in the mountains - Epic Discovery! Breckenridge Epic Discovery is modeled after similar projects at Vail Mountain — h...
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...
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...
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...
Population Boom in Colorado
In the 1820’s Breckenridge was first populated by fur trappers, in which people trapped everything from Otters to Bison. With a relatively small population, it wasn’t until the late 1850’s that Breckenridge saw a real increase.&n...
Colorado Classic Coming to Breckenridge
The newest professional bike race, the Colorado Classic will be rolling through Breckenridge on August 11th. The Colorado Classic, a brand-new, pro-level cycling race starts in Colorado Springs, moves to Breckenridge and ends in Denver this ...
Record Snowfall Graces The Rockies
Record snowfall has graced the rockies for the past two months which is creating talk of extending local ski area closing dates. Keystone Resort announced last week they are extending their season through Easter Sunday, April 16. That�...
