“One of the central components that stood out for me — when I read through this ‘Roadmap’ — was the target, between now and 2025; we want to build 100 affordable housing units….”
Category: Opinion/Letters
EDITORIAL: Frustrated, Again, by a Housing Discussion, Part Four
I suppose our current US President can get his supporters fired up by promising that “America will never be a socialist country. Ever.” But if we look around us with open eyes, we’re already half-way there…
EDITORIAL: Frustrated, Again, by a Housing Discussion, Part Three
Unless the Town government does something, no one else will step up. That was Mr. Adams’ assertion…
EDITORIAL: Frustrated, Again, by a Housing Discussion, Part Two
“This morning, I spoke with Laurie Best, the senior planner with the Town of Breckenridge. Basically, I called her, and told her I was frustrated….””
EDITORIAL: Frustrated, Again, by a Housing Discussion, Part One
The report was funded by the Town Council last summer, as part of a $50,000 grant that also paid for a community housing survey and subsequent analysis of that survey, plus training for PHP staff…
EDITORIAL: CDOT Dreams About Fixing Our Highways, Part Two
What happens in four years, when the highway maintenance needs to continue — but we’ve already put every government building in hock for 20 years?
EDITORIAL: CDOT Dreams About Fixing Our Highways, Part One
CDOT noted that, if Pagosa Springs continues to grow its population, and those new residents continue to drive cars rather than riding bikes, the parking situation downtown will only get worse in the future…
EDITORIAL: Yet Another Forest Service Approval for ‘Village at Wolf Creek’… Part Two
“The Village at Wolf Creek, located atop Wolf Creek Pass, would house up to 10,000 people in as many as 2,000 housing units…”
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Springs, Part Five
…So they approached then-mayor Ross Aragon and his administration, and negotiated a geothermal pipeline to be hung below a future pedestrian bridge. The bridge would be located between the County Courthouse and the Springs Resort….
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Springs, Part Four
“We view ourselves as ‘stewards’ of a resource. It’s tough to think that ‘ownership’ of a resource like this is even possible. So we view ourselves as stewards….”
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Springs, Part Three
“We’re going to be talking, in a minute, about the idea of a ‘gathering place’ for the community. Not necessarily for tourism… not necessarily…”
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Springs, Part Two
“We started this project with what we call ‘data harvesting’ which is really to understand ‘what is.’ So we’ve made a series of maps, and we’ve spent time here. Day and night….”
EDITORIAL: The Once and Future Springs, Part One
“I want to introduce Mike Moore and Shawn Mathers of Tres Birds Workshop, out of Denver. And they’ve done projects all over the world…”
EDITORIAL: Growing Water Smart? Part Five
Another way to become smart about water is to admit that Mother Nature is fickle, and that the American Southwest is a desert…
EDITORIAL: Growing Water Smart? Part Four
At this point in time, the main function of the San Juan Water Conservancy District is to hold and protect certain water rights. But SJWCD is also charged with overseeing the development of the Dry Gulch Reservoir…
EDITORIAL: Growing Water Smart? Part Three
A desert. A place of little rainfall. A place where water is very hard to come by. This is northern Mexico, and the landscape and environment is very similar to most of the American Southwest…
EDITORIAL: Growing Water Smart? Part Two
So we might ask: why is the Tucson-Arizona-based Sonoran Institute involved in generating a population estimate in Pagosa Springs?
EDITORIAL: Growing Water Smart? Part One
I can imagine the wife, looking out the kitchen window at the shiny new 1965 Mustang in the driveway, was probably not smiling…
EDITORIAL: Go To Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Part Four
Gosh, I just looked back over this editorial, and it makes it sound like I’m disappointed in our three County Commissioners…