The Buffalo Mountain Fire in June 2018 prompted the county and local towns to join into an intergovernmental agreement, which unifies language in fire restrictions. As the county adopts Stage 1 restrictions Friday, June 18, so will local towns, including Breckenridge, and the U.S. Forest Service.
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct that the county voted to abolish year-round fire restrictions in May.
During a Summit Board of County Commissioners work session meeting Tuesday, June 15, the board approved a resolution to move the county into Stage 1 fire restrictions, which prohibit open fires, fireworks and smoking in undesignated areas, among other things.
The Summit Board of County Commissioners met Friday, June 11, for a short work session meeting to discuss what it should do with the funding it received from the American Rescue Plan. During the meeting,.
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The community is mourning the death of Jeffrey Flynn, a longtime resident and 16-year employee with Summit County government who died in a suspected boating accident on the Eagle River on Sunday, June 6.
Flynn moved to Summit County nearly 30 years ago, according to County Manager Scott Vargo, who called him a friend as well as a co-worker. He began his time with the county government in June 2005, working his way up from combination inspector to senior inspector and plans examiner.
Vargo said his colleagues at the county government, as well as in the greater community, would be deeply impacted by Flynn’s death and that all would remember him fondly.
The parcel of land known as the Fiester Preserve in Frisco was at the center of the housing development debate in the Bill s Ranch neighborhood in February 2020. Now, key stakeholders have identified another parcel close to the preserve that is most preferred if development were to happen for a housing project.
Since it was formed in 2018, local nonprofit Staying in Summit has been focused on advocating and creating plans for a senior housing development in Summit County.
After assembling data, identifying potential parcels of land and working with two different developers, the organization presented its potential development to the Summit Board of County Commissioners during its work session meeting on Tuesday, June 1. But local officials are laser-focused on workforce housing needs, and it’s unclear whether this project will come to fruition.