After over eight months of planning, the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Peak 8/Gold Rush Lot development is nearing the finishing line as officials plan to solidify a final development agreement soon. Breckenridge Grand Vacations presented a near-final.
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to all of its tenants.
The program works like this: Each Breckenridge Terrace unit receives a food scrap recycling bucket, which was supplied through the High Country Conservation Center. Tenants fill the bucket with food scraps, including spoiled food, fruit pits and peels, coffee grounds and bones. The tenants then dump their food scraps into a food scrap pile located on the property.
The food scrap pile is hauled away for a fee, similar to a recycling or trash fee.
The project was started in March by one of the residents living on the property, according to Sara Lococo, spokesperson for Breckenridge Ski Resort.