Category: Opinion/Letters

The Town Council discussed this project behind closed doors, with Town staff, but no details of the plan have been shared with the public…

“We believe that we have more work to do, to build the necessary collaboration, and work ‘cross communities’. Especially post-pandemic…”

The application was 39 pages long. 27 of those pages consisted of an Operating Agreement for Aspen Village Ventures LLC, a company registered with a Bentonville, Arkansas mailing address…

According to Smart Growth America’s calculations, our community will wind up $78 million in debt over the next 20 years by continuing our ostentatious, sprawling growth pattern…

I bring up these two terms, because this editorial series has concerned itself with a $3 million “affordable housing” grant submitted by the Town Planning Department to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs…

Here’s a map I drew, which shows a lake about twice the size of our existing Stevens Reservoir…

Last July, the Planning Commission recommended four policies aimed at addressing the housing crisis in Archuleta County…

“And I would say that this property, that Town Council is considering… you know, there’s a lot of properties with topography challenges. Geologically challenged properties. And it’s rare to find something this large…”

“Probably not best that we’re in the development business. There probably was a better way. There have been mistakes made along the way… Could we have been more transparent? Most likely….”