The recommendation for denial was based on numerous factors, according to the staff report, including concerns and noncompliance issues related to the developer’s proposed housing density and plans for commercial usages, water, wildlife, affordable housing, public transportation access, and impacts to traffic and other public infrastructure, among others.
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Developers are selling the Harvest project as a boon for workforce housing. Others see a burden.
One project skeptic said he doesn’t doubt the developer is genuine about wanting to help address the valley’s housing needs. “I think he believes he can make money and solve a social problem, I’m not going to bet the farm on that.”
Posted inSocial justice
Garfield County commissioners pick former City Council member Tony Hershey to fill library board seat
Although the commissioners thanked former trustee Use for her service, they also expressed disappointment that she and other members had not made certain changes in response to a citizens petition led by two local residents to restrict or remove books with parental advisory warnings.
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‘Free-For-All’ book fair in Glenwood Springs aims to increase community access to a diversity of books
Although Percy did not intend for the book fair to be a political statement against book-banning, she acknowledged that with local and national efforts to restrict certain books from libraries, it’s hard to separate an event that celebrates free access to a diversity of books from the controversy.
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Garfield County commissioners appoint two new library trustees amid book restriction controversy
Amid ongoing controversy over Garfield County’s library board appointment process and whether book restrictions should be considered at the county’s six county’s six libraries, officials received 27 applications for three seats that were open or up for reappointment by the end of this year.
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What would it take to achieve an equitable transition to clean energy in Garfield County?
According to a recent Garfield County Economic Update from the Davis School of Business at Colorado Mesa University (CMU), oil and gas jobs grew significantly in the county in the mid-2000s, and have since been declining over the past 15 years, falling below 1,000 in 2023 from roughly 3,000 jobs in 2008.
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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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Agencies from Pitkin County to Glenwood Springs are collaborating on a regional recreation, conservation planning effort
The 3-year-old Roaring Fork Outdoor Coalition, headed up by Pitkin County Open Space and Trails, is looking for expert and community involvement to help establish a plan for natural resource conservation and recreation in the Roaring Fork Valley.