Aspen Journalism was recently honored by the Society of Professional Journalists with three awards in the Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism competition for long-form, in depth and data driven reporting projects completed in 2023. Top of the Rockies is a regional, multi-platform contest for reporters and news organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah […]
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SkiCo-funded methane-capture project no longer generates electricity
Aspen Skiing Co. had provided most of the capital investment for the system, which was generating 3 megawatts of baseload power. But things didn’t turn out exactly as Caskey and the rest of the project partners had hoped,
Posted inLocal Public Data
New short-term-rental rules limit supply, restrict future growth
Since new permits became available in September and October, Aspen has issued 790 as of April 3 and 111 licenses were issued in unincorporated Pitkin County as of April 20, for a total of 901 licensed STRs between the jurisdictions. That appears to be well below the total number of properties involved in short-term vacation renting prior to the new permit regulations, when neither jurisdiction had strict limits on STR proliferation.