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Mountain Communities Reaching All Time High Tax Collections

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...

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Expanding Hotel Development

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...

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Frisco Transit Center Moving Full Speed Ahead

Summit County has been working with members of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) in moving the planning along for an improved Frisco Transit Center. The county estimates that altogether the redesign of the Frisco Transit Cente...

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Summer Tourism Increases in Colorado

As our summer season in the mountains is quickly coming to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on what a wonderful season it was! According to data collected by Denver-based DestiMetrics whom measured lodging statistics in the summer ...

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Arapahoe Basin’s Expansion Nears Final Approval

Arapahoe Basin’s Expansion Nears Final Approval

On August 4th the preliminary approval for Arapahoe Basin’s expansion proposal was announced, kicking off a 45-day objection period.  So long as no new obstacles appear, the ski resort will then begin its expansion and complete changes by ...

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Fourteener Foot Traffic = Huge Economic Impact

  Outdoor recreation in Colorado is boosting state revenues significantly. In July, the Colorado Tourism Office reported that 2015 hosted another record-breaking year with 77.7 million visitors who spent $19.1 billion (and $1.13 in taxes �...

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Rainbow Trout Population Recovery

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, CPW, officials announced last month that the rainbow trout population is recovering in most major rivers!  Statewide, good-sized rainbow trout catches have been reported.  State emploees stock the rivers with addi...

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Mesa Verde National Park

Mesa Verde National Park was awarded the title of best cultural attraction among 13 western states by Sunset magazine’s first ever 2015 Travel Awards program! The new program aims to promote western travel, recognizing achievements and ex...

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