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The town of Breckenridge has modified the master plan for the McCain property, a 128-acre parcel of town-owned land along Colorado Highway 9 and Coyne Valley Road. It’s the third time the town has amended...

Breckenridge Town Council voted unanimously to approve Rocky Mountain Underground’s application to build a rooftop deck on its new building, noting that most of the concerns members had weren’t directly related to the development code....

Breckenridge Town Council voted unanimously to pass an ordinance capping nonexempt short-term rental licenses at 2,200 on second reading, with a few modifications since the first reading. At the council’s Tuesday, Sept. 28, meeting, Mayor...

Breckenridge Town Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance bringing the town back into the training period of the Zero Energy Ready Homes provision of the Summit Sustainable Building Code. Community Development Director Mark Truckey said...

Photo by Jason Connolly / Summit Daily archives After months of conversation, the Breckenridge Social Equity Advisory Commission finally implemented a vision statement at its meeting Monday, July 19. The commission decided to stick with the working vision statement it came up with at its last meeting: Striving for racial equality, removing barriers to social equity, helping everyone thrive. Commissioners agreed they didn’t want to take any more time to come up with an elongated version of the...

Summit County and local towns are considering an emergency declaration to help address the local affordable housing shortage and emphasize the increasingly dire circumstances of the issue to state and federal partners. Commissioner Tamara Pogue...

Breckenridge Town Council held a special meeting Tuesday, May 18, to discuss ways to increase workforce housing in the town, outlining a variety of potential solutions. The town’s main goal is to increase the proportion...

Photo by Elaine Collins Breckenridge will not bring back Walkable Main, the pedestrian-only Main Street concept that sprung up last summer. The Breckenridge Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday, April 27, to not reinstate the walkway. Community Development Director Mark Truckey explained in a memo to council that there have been numerous inquiries on whether the town would bring back Walkable Main. The town recently surveyed residents and businesses, asking for feedback about the concept. Res...

Photo by Hugh Carey / Summit Daily News archives Breckenridge is tentatively moving forward with planning for a Fourth of July parade. along with several other traditional town events, but as the vaccination rate increases throughout the county, Breckenridge town officials hope events can start to return, even if there are changes to the events’ operations. Bringing back the Independence Day parade is the first major event the town has discussed as a possibility for this summer. While the to...

Breckenridge Grand Vacations’ Grand Colorado property is pictured Nov. 6, 2019. Company CEO and co-owner Mike Dudick said at Tuesday’s Breckenridge Town Council meeting that he feels the company is being targeted by the council legislatively through a proposed amenity club ordinance. Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan Breckenridge Town Council on Tuesday struck down an emergency ordinance intended to regulate amenity clubs. The subject has been a topic of Town Council meetings for nearly a y...