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Certificates of occupancy for six apartments built in a decommissioned wastewater treatment facility are days away from being issued to several Snowmass Water and Sanitation District employees.
Kaya Williams/The Aspen Times A proposed workforce housing project at the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District could turn a decommissioned facility into several apartments for district employee use. In the eyes of project architect Scot Broughton, the idea isn’t far off from the “Ships to Reefs” program that turns old ships into hubs of underwater marine life. “I always think of this thing as like a Naval decommissioning of a ship,” Broughton said during a joint interview with District Manager Kit Hamby at the district offices Friday. “They do that and they sink it for housing f...