Posts Tagged ‘Summit County’
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...
$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 ...
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...
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�...
Summit County Colorado has the lowest cancer rate in the US
An extensive study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Summit County, Colorado has had the lowest cancer mortality rate in the nation for more than 30 years. Summit County had the lowest cancer mortality r...
Skier Traffic Improvements
Ski season is approaching and the Colorado Department of Transportation (C-DOT) has been making some major improvements to help ease skier traffic in the mountains! New options and strategies for transportation are expanding; ...
$2 Million Open Space Purchase
Summit County, Colorado just closed on the purchase of the 273-acre Doig Homestead Ranch. Purchased for $2 million, the open space is situated off Heeney Road and Highway 9 – approximately 20 miles north of Silverthorne. Currently not ope...
