Conversations with developers taint approval of vesting rights for Related’s Base Village.
Category: Snowmass
Publication of Snowmass ice age findings due this month
Thousands of bones and myriad plant matter covering a 60,000-year span of time have provided scientists with reams of valuable data about climate at high altitude during the ice age
Visiting with the new director of Snowmass Tourism
Rose Abello, a former spokesperson for Aspen Skiing Co., takes new job as head of Snowmass Tourism, a publicly funded department within the town of Snowmass Village.
Ice Age discovery project picks up momentum
Between the town’s general fund and the Snowmass Tourism marketing budget, more than $279,000 has been spent to date on studies and the operation of a small museum.
No decision on Base Village future until after Oct. 6
Elected officials and town staffers had asked for additional time to review what has grown to be a 200-page “minor amendment” to the Base Village development.
Roundabout at Wood Road/Brush Creek is overdue and complicated
Originally conceived as part of the 2004 Base Village approval, the traffic circle’s challenges are now becoming apparent as the project design enters its home stretch.
Majority of Snowmass council favors Base Village vesting extension
Related Colorado, the master developer of Base Village, received preliminary approval for a four-year extension of its vesting rights on Sept. 8 by a divided Snowmass Village Town Council.
Base Village developers questioned at community meeting
As currently envisioned, the Viceroy’s second building and the Limelight Snowmass, which already has completed some of its planning, would be the first buildings to rise in the restarted base area.
Base Village lawn now a special events venue
The Snowmass Planning Commission agreed to eliminate the need for special use permits on the Base Village lawn.
‘Jetsons house’ is latest valley structure to raise ire of locals
Designed by Skylab Architects of Portland, Ore., the 4,300-square-foot home is one of just a handful within all of Snowmass Village that wasn’t reviewed by the powerful Snowmass Homeowners Association, which first incorporated in 1966.
