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Little information released on conservation-program proposals

River District says it’s impossible to provide meaningful review

But in addition to redacting the applicants’ personal identifying information, nearly everything else has been blacked out as well: the location of the projects, such as which streams and ditches are involved; details of the water rights involved; and how much the applicants are asking to be paid for their water.


The Runoff | Winter in the shade

I think it was Charles Dickens who described a March day as summer in the light, and winter in the shade. This year there’s been a lot more of winter in the shade, a welcome circumstance for water managers. All those overcast days could even be part of the reason for more snow accumulation at low-elevation SNOTEL sites,…

Tracking the Curve

Eagle and Garfield counties have each reported over 18,000 COVID-19 cases since March 2020 when the pandemic started. Pitkin County has recorded about 8,000 cases since 2020.

UINTA BASIN RAILWAY COVERAGE CONTINUED

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ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY DATA SERIES

APCHA’s RO category supports a growing number of million-dollar homes 

Rules and pricing can vary by neighborhood in second-largest subset of local ownership affordable housing.

The concept of RO — housing locals who don’t otherwise fit into the numbered categories and accommodating properties that also couldn’t easily be categorized — is an important one in one of the country’s most robust affordable-housing programs. But, is it working?

Inventory shows who lives in APCHA deed-restricted ownership housing

1,652 units serve a wide swath of the community

The APCHA ownership inventory can be viewed in two market segments. One, with fewer restrictions on owner qualifications and valuations, is managed under the “resident occupied” (RO) category. The second, larger segment, with price caps determined via a set of categories based on buyers’ income and assets, saw median pricing in 2021 that was less than half of the median RO sale price.

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