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• Inflation Shoots Higher, Economy Still Looks Strong

  Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

  The Associated Press - August 17, 2005
  WASHINGTON - Consumer inflation shot up in July as rising gasoline prices pinched drivers’ wallets from coast to coast. But the rest of the economy kept pushing forward with industrial output rising and housing construction staying at a supercharged level
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• Real Estate Activity Heating Up

  Thursday, July 7th, 2005

  By Kim Marquis - July 7, 2005
  SUMMIT COUNTY — In the face of torrid sales volumes in nearby mountain resort communities over the past 18 months, Summit County’s real estate market could have been considered tepid.
  But the market here is beginning to heat up, according to sales figures for the first five months of the [...]

• Breck Skyway Skiway Breaks Ground Today

  Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

  By Kim Marquis - June 1, 2005
  BRECKENRIDGE - Ceremonial shovels will hit the dirt today as the much-anticipated Skyway Skiway project groundbreaking is celebrated in Breckenridge.
  The project will provide a skiers’ link from Peak 8 at Breckenridge Ski Resort to parking lots in town, eliminating the need to take the bus from the base area [...]

• Aspen Sets Record for Home Sales

  Tuesday, May 31st, 2005

  The Associated Press - May 31, 2005
  ASPEN - Slow economy or not real estate sales continue to sizzle in the Aspen area.
  Sales for the first two months of this year beat last year, itself a record for the period.
  “After two months, (combined) 2005 dollar volume for Pitkin County real estate is up nearly 28 percent [...]

• Name Game Underway at Creste Butte

  Sunday, April 3rd, 2005

  By Allen Best - April 3, 2005
  BRECKENRIDGE - The Breckenridge Town Council suggested Tuesday that the county put more teeth in some parts of its draft Countywide Comprehensive Plan and double-check its numbers on Upper Blue Basin build-out projections before giving the document a final OK.
  According to Mayor Sam Mamula, if the numbers are true, [...]

• 2004 Real Estate Sales Top $1 billion

  Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

  By Kim Marquis - March 3, 2005
  SUMMIT COUNTY - Real estate sales in Summit County broke the $1 billion mark in 2004 for the second time in history.
  The total dollar volume of $1.1 billion for the year represents a 29 percent increase over 2003, but did not beat the all-time record set in 2000.
  Read more [...]

• Scientists Disagree About Gondola Impacts Along Cucumber Gulch

  Friday, February 25th, 2005

  By Jane Stebbins - February 25, 2005
  BRECKENRIDGE - Nick Roe, a biologist with IRIS Environmental Systems, says a gondola through Cucumber Gulch will not result in “;substantial degradation”; to the wetlands or the animals that live there.
  Robert Henke of Scientific Applications International Corp. says it will.
  And residents who attended a public hearing about the Breckenridge [...]

• Skiway is a Go

  Friday, February 18th, 2005

  By Kim Marquis - February 18, 2005
  BRECKENRIDGE - Vail Resorts announced Friday that it will begin the much-anticipated Skiway project this spring.
  The Skyway Skiway will allow skiers and snowboarders to take a ski run from Breckenridge’s Peak 8 to day-skier parking lots, eliminating the need to stand in line at the base area to catch [...]

• Commission Seeking Public Input on Snake River Master Plan Update

  Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

  By Nicole Formosa - February 15, 2005
  KEYSTONE - Affordable housing, development projects at Summit County’s quaintest ski area and guidelines to preserving the county’s backcountry are all addressed in the Snake River Master Plan Update, which will be displayed during an open house and public hearing Thursday.
  The plan, which serves as a guide to making [...]

• Ten Mile Plan to be updated

  Monday, February 14th, 2005

  By Jennifer Huffman - February 14, 2005
  COPPER MOUNTAIN - Updates to the Ten Mile Master Plan could help Intrawest scribe future development at Copper Mountain Resort.
  A community open house and public hearing will be held March 17 to gather input on the resort’s planned unit development (PUD), which sets out parameters for future development.
  Read more [...]

• Mining Claims Gaining in Value

  Saturday, February 12th, 2005

  By Allen Best - February 12, 2005
  MONTEZUMA - Small parcels of 10 to 20 acres litter Colorado’s mineral belt from Georgetown to Durango in Summit County, a legacy of the mining boom of the 19th century. Even in the 1980s, those old properties, first claimed from the general domain because of their mineral potential, could [...]

• Summit’s Population Keeps Growing Like the Tortoise … Slow and Steady

  Monday, December 27th, 2004

  By Jennifer Huffman - December 27, 2004
  SUMMIT COUNTY - Jim Shields has been in Summit County since 1973, so he’s seen the growth in both local population and visitors, many of them from the ever-expanding Front Range.
  “I like the old days better,” he said. “There were fewer crowds and everyone in the county knew one [...]

• A Good View of Buildout Issues

  Monday, December 6th, 2004

  By David Rossi - December 6, 2004
  This past spring, during his election bid, a wise town official reminded a few citizens of the importance of their involvement in the activity of surrounding lands, and that once this land is gone, it’s gone forever.
  He was elected overwhelmingly.
  Tonight, during an important hearing regarding the development of one [...]