In 2006, Ouray Trail Group Vice President Bob Risch had an idea: What if someone hiked around Ouray to see if constructing a trail around the city was physically possible instead of just talking about it? Now 17 years, 5.8 miles and countless volunteer hours later, Ouray’s Perimeter Trail is now effectively a complete loop with the recently-completed addition near Oak Street.
The Ouray Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the sketch plan for the Waterview Planned Unit Development, an affordable housing development with up to 70 homes on the north end of the city. Rural Homes, a nonprofit project initially launched by the Telluride Foundation in 2021, plans to build the neighborhood on a nine-acre parcel north of the former Biota building, between the Uncompahgre River and Highway 550.