A line of cars parked along Colorado Highway 9 near the Quandary Peak Trailhead outside of Blue River is pictured Tuesday, July 20. Parking along county roads near the trailhead has presented public safety concerns, and local officials are in the midst of ironing out details to help mitigate the issue.
When Summit County officials met last week to discuss some of the measures that will be implemented at the Quandary Peak Trailhead, concerns about how visitors, and especially locals, would access the McCullough Gulch Trailhead nearby were raised.
Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence asked the county’s Open Space and Trails Department, Summit County Sheriff’s Office and other stakeholder groups to collaborate and brainstorm potential strategies. At Tuesday’s Summit Board of County Commissioners’ work session meeting, Lawrence said she still felt “uncomfortable” with the solutions presented.
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Summit County’s lack of workforce housing is an issue that cannot be solved overnight, and one that will take multiple partners and solutions to fix. Local leaders and business owners continue to identify potential short- and long-term strategies, and one of those is turning hotel spaces into long-term rentals.
This isn’t a new concept in the region. In nearby Eagle County, a hotel was converted into an apartment complex in 2018. Called The House, the property has 54 studio units that have about 300 square feet of space, including a living area, bathroom and kitchenette, according to the property’s website
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Hello, Summit County! I am back. Did you miss me? In October, Summit Daily News Assistant Editor Steven Josephson and I sort of switched roles, with him covering the arts and entertainment beat while I took a behind-the-scenes position of copy editing and page design. Now, the time has come to switch again, and I’m your new/old arts and entertainment editor.
Michael Spry owner of Sunshine Cafe, member of Silverthorne Town Council and legislative affairs chair of the Summit Chamber of Commerce is pushing government officials to use creative solutions from other parts of the country to help businesses here in Colorado. Specifically, Spry caught wind of a program in Minnesota that gives businesses a break on their energy bills, and Rep. Julie McCluskie thinks a similar program is feasible in Colorado.
Spry wrote a letter addressed to McCluskie and Sen. Bob Rankin explaining the program and asking them to consider a similar one in Colorado. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune