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It’s the housing shortage, stupid. That’s the chief culprit for the labor woes hitting Aspen and other mountain-town communities in the West, anyone will tell you. The shortage has made it even more difficult for local employers — whether they need people to fit ski boots or pour cocktails — to find workers.
Visitors enjoy the gondola plaza area at the base of Aspen Mountain on Friday, July 9, 2021. A recent survey and study of mountain town residents and visitors examines the impact of the influx of people to the Colorado mountain towns and what it could mean for locals in the coming years. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) Pitkin County has lots of bragging rights when it comes to its expensive housing market, like that flashy $72.5 million home sale on Red Mountain last month, or the 650-acre Snowmass Falls Ranch that recently hit the market for $50 million. But for all of the furious action ov...
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the survey URL. A regional research project funded by the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments and Colorado Association of Ski Towns is pushing out a survey...