When did things change in Aspen anyway? Change, of course, is constant, as emphasized by Clark Anderson, who runs the Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit Community Builders, which has a mission of helping build more livable communities and was featured in our eighth installment of Paul Andersen’s In Search of Community series. Failing to recognize and respond […]
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The Roundup | Crystal River, community and coexistence
Happy Friday and welcome back to The Roundup. To the charge of having gone too long since last sending this newsletter, we must plead guilty, begging for leniency given the mitigating factor that it has been a busy couple of weeks with many in depth stories — including the latest on the Crystal River Wild […]
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The Roundup | Bauhaus, Bayer and the recycling symbol
In the last week as Aspen Journalism, we had the privilege of publishing work from Tim Cooney and Andrew Travers, telling stories relevant to Aspen History. Cooney, whose local history coverage for AJ spans volumes and who last summer authored a three-part series on the experience of the Northern Utes when white settlers arrived, now […]
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The Runoff | Why the Crystal River runs dry
One thing this project uncovered (no surprise to most water experts) is that ditches on the Crystal are very inefficient, posing the question: Does the small amount of water used by the crops justify the large amounts diverted from the river, to the detriment of its ecosystem?
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The Roundup | Hero’s boundary closure a sign of the times
The “unique nature” of the border between resort and adjacent land around the skier’s right and lower portion of the new Hero’s terrain on Aspen Mountain is among the justifications offered by Aspen Skiing Co. as to why a decades-old open boundary policy does not apply there, as reported by Elizabeth Stewart-Severy in a detailed […]
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The Roundup | Why focus on community?
A letter from Paul Andersen on importance of Aspen Journalism’s “In search of community” series.
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The Runoff | Snowpack snapshot, Reclamation announcements and a Troublesome project
Water-related updates from water reporter Heather Sackett and additional context on recent reporting from the Aspen Journalism water desk
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The Roundup | The difference journalism can make
Proposed energy budget for new Pitkin County homes; limiting nonfunctional turf planting in Colorado; rights to Thompson Creek reservoir voluntarily canceled
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The Roundup | Historic losses of community echo today
When considering today’s hand-wringing over the vanquished spirit of Aspen, it is important to note that throughout Aspen’s history, laments of loss are nothing new. In a continuation of our new series, “In search of community” by Paul Andersen, we began to look at the history of Aspen’s sense of community, divided up into five […]
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The Roundup | In search of community, wrapping up our urban landscapes series, and a warmer, thirstier future
Happy new year, and welcome back to the Roundup, Aspen Journalism’s newsletter sharing our most recent stories and insight from the newsroom. Thank you for bearing with us through our end-of-year campaign and helping us to raise donations to fund much of our 2024 reporting. Thanks to readers and funders who believe in this work […]