The workforce housing issue for nearby ski resorts is a continuing problem as clearly stated in the guest opinion from Hilary Cooper, a San Miguel County Commissioner, and Kelly McNicholas Kury, a Pitkin County Commissioner, that ran in the April 10 edition of the Vail Daily. Real estate is going to find its highest and best value and the Vail Valley is certainly a testament to that. Somehow it just seems that affordable employee housing in Vail and Avon is like putting a square peg in a round hole — it’s not a good fit.
Former Vail Town Council member Greg Moffet states that he feels remote locations is not an answer to employee housing. As a five-year seasonal employee faced with a 70-mile commute to work, I would agree with him as things are currently — remote commuting can be problematic.