Author: Bill Hudson

As currently presented, the Trails project will consist of one 26-unit apartment building and one 24-unit building, a new street, landscaping, and parking lots…

“During the months of July-August 2024, public transit agencies around the state of Colorado … will join together to take part in the collaborative, statewide initiative…”

The County currently has no limits on the number of STRs they will license, nor does the County have caps on the number allowed in a particular neighborhood…

“Vacation Rentals are land uses that have potential for causing adverse impacts on others because of such factors as proximity to other homes…”

“We are very much at a tipping point where insurance companies are having to weigh their risk…”

“It came as a surprise to everybody in the room,” Mayor Groff recalled. “None of us saw it coming at this point….”

Currently, La Plata County must spend its $1 million in annual lodging tax revenues only for “tourism marketing and advertising”…

“This is a huge trust issue, and trust is the biggest thing, whenever you have a ballot issue…”

I wasn’t here in 1969, when Aspen Springs was platted, but the story I’ve heard is that the original developers put in absolutely horrible roads…

“How much are we spending on that ethics violation?… I think we’re at $35,000 already, and it’s grown.  Who’s recommendation was that?”

But I am sympathetic to the people driving on substandard roads in Pagosa Lakes.  Is there a better way to fund the necessary road maintenance?

“I’ve lived in that house for 43 years now. And in those 43 years, the roads have never been touched, where I’m at…”

The crisis is painfully apparent here in Pagosa Springs, with workforce families struggling to find affordable shelter…

Last year, that wastewater CIF had been $1,179 per EU (Equivalent Unit). The fee is now $15,697, and will increase further, probably this month…

Would everyone benefit if the two separate sanitation districts were consolidated into a single district? Another question under consideration…

I am thinking about some instances where local governments, businesses, and non-profits are showing signs of cooperative effort, perhaps around issues that were previously divisive…

What type of foot traffic can we expect at First Street, if a bridge is constructed there?

When I visited the site of the proposed pedestrian bridge last week, I found an area on the river bank where the earth had been disturbed…