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Units are under construction at the Smith Ranch neighborhood May 31. Silverthorne is at the tail end of building the workforce housing neighborhood and is already discussing new ideas for development because of an ongoing shortage of workforce housing in the county.
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The Silverthorne Town Council threw out ideas for affordable housing solutions at its work session Wednesday, June 9, amid countywide conversations about an increasingly scarce supply of affordable workforce housing.
Town Manager Ryan Hyland said that while Summit County, Frisco and Breckenridge were considering an emergency declaration, there was concern about whether such a declaration would be appropriate. He said the county is considering drafting a proclamation instead to raise awareness about the problem Summit County is experiencing.
The men who started a March 2020 avalanche above Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment. “It would have been ridiculous to pass up 20 hours of community service and gamble with a financial loss for the rest of our lives. So it’s sad to bend over and get strong-armed by the DA, but that’s what we had to do,” one of the men said after the sentencing.
The town of Dillon is set to begin work on some long-awaited improvements at the Town Park this month. In April, Dillon entered a contract with Columbine Hills Construction to complete work on the next.
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