Here’s a look at the Vail Resorts-owned parcel in East Vail that the company is eyeing for workforce housing since it was annexed into the town of Vail.
Vail officials aren’t yet done with approvals to move the Children’s Garden of Learning
, but the clock is ticking.
The Vail Town Council on Jan. 19 approved spending $760,000 for a new, modular facility to be located on the southeast corner of the Lionshead parking structure. That’s the current site of the town’s parking area for charter buses and RVs.
The Children’s Garden now sits on town-owned land just east of the Middle Creek Village apartments. That’s been identified as the best site for new workforce housing in town. The idea to use the Middle Creek lot for housing sprung from a Vail Town Council initiative to replace the need for housing at Booth Heights in East Vail. That idea is currently the topic of a dispute between the town and Vail Resorts, which owns the East Vail site.