Talk about a comeback.
A project that likely will be the last large residential development in Basalt broke ground this month 12 years after the Great Recession knocked it to the back burner.
A company called MSP Development Group will build 64 apartments in four buildings and sell 49 single-family home and duplex lots in a project known as Stott’s Mill. The 18-acre site is between the Southside neighborhood and Basalt High School.
It’s one of the last large, undeveloped parcels in Basalt, said Stefan Peirson, a real estate adviser with Engel & Volkers Aspen, the firm with the exclusive listing for the residential lots.
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The Mountain West has some of the highest suicide rates in the United States. Colorado is no exception; the state has been in the top 10 for highest suicide rates in the country since 2009. Ski towns, in particular, have significantly higher rates of suicide than the national average.
Mental health experts have called it the “paradise paradox,” and the University of Colorado’s School of Public Health cites factors ranging from financial instability, geographic isolation, lack of healthcare, easy access to firearms and the transient nature of resort communities as being some of the reasons communities in rural areas across the Mountain West continue to suffer from high suicide rates. In Aspen, that rate is two to three times the national average, according to CU’s School of Public Health.
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Anna Cole and her husband, Grand River Hospital physician Dr. Dustin Cole, were pretty confident her education career and his medical career wouldn’t cross paths.
Until last March when the pandemic came along.
“Now, we’re both on a standing meeting every Thursday with Garfield County providers and the schools,” Anna Cole mused. “He’s at the hospital, and I’m at home, and the kids are getting ready for school, and they make funny faces when they see dad on the screen … it’s kind of hilarious at times.”
Anna had just stepped into the interim role as executive director of the Roaring Fork Family Services and Resource Center, a nonprofit arm of Roaring Fork School District, when schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hotel Jerome announced the hiring of Patrik Davila as general manager.
Davila’s has more than 20 years in luxury hospitality. At Hotel Jerome, he will lead operations, guests services and innovative programs.
“I am truly delighted to join Auberge Resorts Collection and the iconic Hotel Jerome,” Davila said. “It is an honor to work alongside this talented team to create an enhanced experience that allows guests and locals to continue to create memories in a world-class environment. I look forward to elevating the unique personality of Hotel Jerome by highlighting Aspen’s glorious surroundings and happenings.”
Steadman group adds Kathryn Dziedzic to staff
On the Fly
David Burgher and Brandon Soucie have a good ol time on a guide’s day off on the Roaring Fork River.
Fly fishing serves different people in different ways. For many, getting out on the river and being immersed in nature is all one needs, using the time as a meditation, and landing a fish is just a bonus. Others are addicted to the tug, and will drive miles on end for a chance to tangle with a trophy fish. It is hard to deny that fly fishing holds magic, but where one sees it differs from person to person.