Summit County and local towns are considering an emergency declaration to help address the local affordable housing shortage and emphasize the increasingly dire circumstances of the issue to state and federal partners. Commissioner Tamara Pogue.
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A bicyclist casually crosses Frisco s main street Tuesday afternoon, April 14, 2020.
Colorado’s housing crisis hasn’t spared the high country. As more and more people are priced out of the market, the mountain town of Frisco is considering officially declaring it an emergency.
Frisco Mayor Hunter Mortensen said emergency declarations are normally reserved for acts of God, such as disease or flood. He thinks the housing shortage is just as harmful as a natural disaster.
“I think for where we are currently in the town of Frisco, it s a true threat to our community and the vibrancy that we have,” he said. “Also, it s starting to affect our economy because without workforce housing, our businesses are suffering from it.”
Photo by Ashley Low
Rep. Joe Neguse is hoping to increase funding for public forest lands by allowing the U.S. Forest Service to keep money generated from ski area permit fees.
Neguse said he plans to introduce the Ski Fee Retention Bill in the next few weeks, a bipartisan effort alongside Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.; Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah; and Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H. and the chair of the Congressional Ski and Snowboard Caucus. The group is looking for another Republican cosponsor, as well.
The Ski Fee Retention Bill would allow national forests including the White River National Forest to retain fees generated from ski areas, which are usually remitted to the U.S. Treasury. The funding is meant to improve the recreation permitting processes, improve visitor services, and support wildfire planning and coordination.
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