SNOWMASS VILLAGE — The owners of the Aspen Skiing Co. submitted a bid Wednesday to buy the stalled Base Village project from the German government, but Skico executives declined to say how much the bid was for.
Author Archives: Brent Gardner-Smith
Brent Gardner-Smith founded Aspen Journalism in 2011. He also served as AJ’s first executive director, from 2011 until 2021, and as its first editor, until 2020. He's also been the news director at Aspen Public Radio and a reporter at The Aspen Times and the Aspen Daily News. Brent also worked at ProPublica in 2010, as a communications intern, while earning his master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
Posted inSnowmass
Germans weighing value of Base Village
Officials at a German organization may find out Wednesday, Oct. 5 what potential buyers of the stalled Base Village project think it is now worth. Or at least, what they think the $400 million note on the project is worth.
Posted inEnvironment
Biomass in Germany and in Austria … and in Colorado?
On Wednesday, Sept. 28 the Roaring Fork Biomass Consortium hosted a regional biomass summit at Carbondale town hall. The day included a number of presentations on the feasibility of biomass in the Roaring Fork River valley region. At the biomass summit, Aspen Journalism presented an audio slideshow with photos and audio captured during an educational […]
Posted inEnvironment
Should Colorado move from beetle-kill to biomass?
Below is the transcript for the radio story that is posted above and was produced in collaboration with KDNK public radio in Carbondale:
Posted inWealth and Property
“The Slums of Aspen”
Taking a hard look at some of the workers who make Aspen work.
Posted inWater
Opposition against Placita dam on Crystal River grows
Six different parties have filed statements of opposition in state water court against the Colorado River District and the West Divide Water Conservancy District, which are seeking to solidify their rights to someday build a dam on the upper Crystal River.
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Al Gore calls "bullshit" on climate propaganda
Former Vice President Al Gore spoke Thursday at a communications and society seminar at the Aspen Institute (FOCAS). He primarily addressed the subject of how citizens can exercise their democratic duties in the networked world, although he also gave a long overview of media and communications history. Gore spoke off-the-cuff for about an hour and […]
Posted inWater
PitCo opposes potential dam on the Crystal River
The proposed Placita dam would back up 4,000 acre-feet of water. The prior Placita dam would have held back 62,000 acre-feet.
Posted inTransmountain Diversions, Water
Silencing the Roaring Fork River
About 47,000 acre-feet of water has been diverted each year of the last decade off the top of the Roaring Fork River drainage and sent through Tunnel No. 1 under Independence Mountain.