The mixed results among states, on top of the reelection of former President Donald Trump, probably mean even more people will be traveling for care.
Category: Social justice
Posted inSocial justice
New openings on the Garfield County Libraries’ board renew debate over book restrictions and government oversight
“There’s enough controversy about this that my perspective is we want to see some diversity of opinion on the library board, where there’s discussion back and forth, instead of what I would call, I guess, ‘like-think,’” Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky said in an interview.
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Mobile home park water-quality testing program gets underway, but residents will have to wait for fixes
Although it’s too early to know the full scope of water quality issues at mobile home parks across Colorado, Hosie expects that problems are more likely to be found in communities such as Apple Tree that have their own water system.
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Mobile home park residents to ask Garfield County to opt-in to state funds for affordable housing
Proposition 123 funds are only available to local governments, including towns, cities and counties, that opt-in to the program, and Garfield County is one of 21 out of 64 counties in the state that hasn’t opted-in.
Posted inLocal Public Data
‘We’ve never really been older before’
Full-time residents are getting older in the Roaring Fork Valley, as in most of the United States, but the local economy and its challenges are highlighting this generational rebalancing. The midvalley area has seen the most dramatic demographic shift in recent years with the older-adult population growing faster and in some towns now outnumbering children.
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Habitat for Humanity’s latest project in Glenwood Springs aims to make homeownership more attainable
Pueden encontrar la versión en español aquí. People working in the Roaring Fork Valley could soon have a new opportunity to buy a condo at a more affordable rate in Glenwood Springs. Local nonprofit Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley (Habitat RFV) has plans to turn an already existing apartment building near the Glenwood […]
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AJ and Aspen Public Radio partner on multimedia Social Justice Desk staffed by Eleanor Bennett
ELEANOR BENNETT REJOINS ASPEN PUBLIC RADIO ON NEW SOCIAL JUSTICE DESK IN COLLABORATION WITH ASPEN JOURNALISM ASPEN, Colo. (October 1, 2024) – Eleanor Bennett is rejoining Aspen Public Radio this week as the reporter on a joint Social Justice Desk in collaboration with Aspen Journalism. Bennett was an Aspen Public Radio reporter and the host […]
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All you need is luck: Playing the odds in APCHA ownership lotteries
From 2002 through 2023, a total of 32,846 bids were made for 1,278 sales of local affordable housing units that went through an APCHA lottery where the number of bids was recorded.
Posted inIn search of community
Housing solutions are many and challenging
The housing issue has become a pressing concern throughout the region, where necessity becomes the mother of invention as seen in varied approaches striving to address a growing community crisis.
Posted inIn search of community
Housing: Where social justice confronts economics
“This is a social justice issue when you have people traveling long distances and leaving children to fend for themselves. It is wrong for our region. Affordable housing is the underpinning of our success as a community, long term.”
