While Summit County’s real estate sales have improved over the past few years, the nature of the resort market is holding things back compared to other residential areas.
“What we have here is non-distressed sellers that are holding onto property and waiting for prices to get better, said Chuck Leathers, the broker/owner of Chuck Leathers Real […]

Final winter season tallies show destination mountain lodging business was up on most fronts based on the recent data released by the Mountain Travel Research Program.
Overall occupancy for the winter season finished up 5.7 percent compared to last season and average lodging rates were up 1.5 percent, closely following early projections and ending as expected. […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — Home Depot has renewed its proposal to build a big box in Silverthorne, modifying its plans to include a “boulevard” entrance intended to ease the concerns of officials worried about access over a narrow bridge.
  The building-supply chain wants to build a 100,000 square-foot store just south of Interstate 70 near the […]

  Arapahoe Basin ski area will open on Wednesday, marking the third consecutive year it’s been first to kick off the nation’s ski season.
  With an 18-inch base, the intermediate High Noon run and some features of the High Divide Terrain Park will be open to visitors at 9 a.m, according to A-Basin spokes­woman Leigh […]

The Summit County commissioners have placed Referendum 1A on the November ballot, asking voters to approve a tax hike that would raise about $5.9 million annually to establish a wildfire fund and to pay for open-space protection, affordable housing and other government services.
  Property-tax bills would rise about $11 for every $100,000 of assessed valuation, […]

 SUMMIT COUNTY — Sen­ate candidate Don Ytterberg believes it’s time for less talk and more action when looking at potential solutions for con­gestion on Interstate 70.
  Democratic incumbent Sen. Dan Gibbs thinks that to gener­ate solutions, you have to be a part of the discussion — but that some steps should be taken immediately.
  The […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — The candi­dates for the Senate District 16 seat offer subtly different approaches to dealing with the pine-beetle infestation that has left millions of dead trees in Summit County and throughout the mountains. Incumbent Sen. Dan Gibbs, a Democ­rat from Summit County, touts his record of securing money for protecting target­ed high-value areas […]

Hope for a big snow year may offset some losses, but reservations down
  Our president calls this a “pivotal moment for America’s economy.” Alan Greenspan describes the events of the week of Sept. 15, as “once in an hundred years” referring to the domino of financial institutions failing, merging or being res­cued by federal intervention.
  […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — Ski towns in Colorado’s High Country — including Summit County — may have some short-term immu­nity from predicted global-warm­ing impacts that could drive down resort real-estate values by more than 50 percent in some parts of the country.
  A recent study by the San Francis­co branch of the Federal Reserve concluded that […]

                            
 Holidays (ARE) on Us” THIS WINTER FROM VAIL RESORTS AND ROCKRESORTS
Vail Resorts unveils the ultimate lodging deal for the 2008-2009 winter season with a free night of lodging on the busiest holidays at top-rated Colorado ski resorts
The “Holidays On Us” package is valid at all of its owned and managed properties, including nine of the […]