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As a resident of East Vail for over four decades, I have taken joy in seeing “our” herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in their winter habitat north of the East Vail exit. In the…

Let’s talk about employee housing.

The Ever Vail project may be coming back, but not as first proposed.

About 10 years ago, at an evening Vail Council meeting, there was an agenda item that allowed ordinary folk to present their crazy views to satisfy workforce housing needs. Its the last time I remember such an open-ended, free flowing forum at a council meeting. One pipe dream idea sticks in my mind. The notion was 3,000 beds in a structure over I-70! While this was a bit of a stretch, there is an opportunity to come close to that on a site not over, but adjacent to I-70. It’s the notion of r...

Daily file art When Vail Resorts first proposed it in 2005, Ever Vail was going to bring a lot to Vail. It’s uncertain now what the future holds for the roughly 12-acre property. Key town approvals have expired for the property between Lionshead and Cascade Village, and any new development will have to start essentially from scratch. The biggest missed milestone was relocating South Frontage Road. A key to the project was routing the road around the north side of Vail Resorts’ shops, which ...

I am in full support of the position that the Booth Heights property must be preserved as important for the mountain sheep survival and for our reputation as being environmentally proactive. I put more reliance, concerning the sheep, on the opinions of former Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees than developer-paid experts. Based on my experience on Town Council during the Gillett Holdings bankruptcy, I am confident that the town has the power to condemn the Booth Heights property for public...