The Frisco Town Council is working to amend a development agreement to allow plans for a major affordable housing project at 602 Galena St. to move forward. Originally planned to include office space for the.
The Frisco Town Council honored Maggie Cox with the Frisco’s Finest Award during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 14. The award is presented to residents who’ve made the communities of Frisco and Summit County as a.
Photo by Ashley Low / Ashley Low Photography
Community members, town staff and elected officials are split on where they want to see Summit County fall in Colorado’s redrawn congressional districts.
On Saturday, July 31, the Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions visited the Summit County Community and Senior Center in Frisco to hear testimony from over 30 people. Individuals from Summit and surrounding counties were given the chance to speak about the preliminary maps for congressional and legislative districts drawn by the nonpartisan committee.
Colorado is one of six states that will get at least one new congressional seat in 2022 due to population gains. In June, the nonpartisan committee released preliminary maps, but these are to be tweaked once the latest U.S. Census data is released, which is expected to happen later this month.
Photo by Michael Yearout / Michael Yearout Photography
The goal of last week’s Summit County Housing Action Initiative was to bring various stakeholder groups together to brainstorm initiatives, programs and projects that would help curb Summit County’s affordable housing issue. At the Summit County Commissioners’ work session meeting Tuesday, July 27, county staff and elected officials discussed the six main strategies stakeholders valued the most and identified key players and next steps to move these solutions forward.
The six strategies that were most valued at the housing summit were:
Launching an online clearing house for locals to find housing in and around the county
Business owners, elected officials, town staff and other stakeholders meet Wednesday, July 21, for a breakout discussion during the Summit County Housing Action Initiative at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center in Breckenridge. The event was focused on identifying actionable steps for how various groups could work together to help mitigate the affordable housing shortage.
Coffee cups were filled, name tags were pinned and the room at Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center was buzzing with chatter from leaders across Summit County on Wednesday morning. This week, Keystone Policy Center coordinated a half-day housing summit, gathering over 90 nonprofit leaders, business owners, elected officials and town staff to brainstorm and collaborate about potential strategies that could be used to mitigate the county’s workforce housing shortage.