The month of March was more of a slam-dunk than a rebound for Aspen retailers, which combined to produce a record-setting $150.1 million in taxable sales, according to data released Thursday.
Aspen’s hot housing market lifted the city’s real estate transfer tax collections to new heights in 2022, with a record amount of $22.1 million injected into the affordable-housing coffers and $10.8 million to the Wheeler Opera House fund.
Aspen’s arts and culture organizations are asking city voters this fall to lift a $100,000 cap on grants from the real estate transfer tax that funds the Wheeler Opera House.