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At the Summit Board of County Commissioners work session meeting Tuesday, June 15, staff from the Summit County Housing Department unveiled a robust plan of short-, mid- and long-term strategies to help mitigate the affordable housing shortage.
The primary goal laid out by the county is to get 1,000 additional units on the market within the next 12 to 18 months by implementing some of the short-term strategies.
County officials and staff had mentioned in previous meetings that the workforce housing issue was of top concern and that it’s a complex problem that will take a multitude of strategies to solve.
All four towns and Summit County reported sales tax collections that were up significantly in March compared with the same month in the previous year no surprise since businesses were shuttered midway through March.
Students wear their masks as they return to Silverthorne Elementary for the first day of school Aug. 27. Under the state’s recent announcement, children would still need to wear a mask in school settings if their caregiver or teacher is unvaccinated.
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Summit County officials are ready to make amendments to the local public health order. All that stands in the way is additional information from the office of Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
At the Board of Health meeting Thursday, May 13, Summit County Manager Scott Vargo suggested the county adopt the state’s public health order so that local restrictions are in line with the state. That order did not go into effect as planned Friday, May 14, largely because county officials were expecting the state to make additional changes to its public health order following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement that fully vaccinated pe
Summit County’s essential workers will be eligible to be vaccinated as soon as Friday, March 19, two days earlier than previously planned, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced at a news conference Friday, March 12. In.