Wonder if Lee Mulcahy's 'People4alivingwage' quest will be further vindicated when this new report comes out?
What do you think?
Will the new standard still show higher need than what the Aspen Ski Corp. pays?
"ASPEN — How much must an Aspen worker earn to pay for the basic necessities of life?
The figure might be open to debate, but it and other data related to the cost of living in Pitkin County will be unveiled at a free community presentation at the Pitkin County Library from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Tracey Stewart, family economic security program manager for the Denver-based Colorado Center on Law and Policy, will give the presentation. The organization is a legal-advocacy group that works on behalf of low-income residents across Colorado.
She'll reveal the latest “self-sufficiency standard” for Pitkin County based on a study that is done every three years. The latest data, from 2011, were released recently.
The figures reveal the cost of living in the county and the kind of jobs and wages that are necessary to keep people above the poverty level locally, she said. Identifying the obstacles and opportunities that exist in creating a more self-sufficient community is the greater goal.
Her ultimate purpose is engaging communities around the state in the Take Action Challenge — finding innovative solutions to cut poverty in Colorado in half by 2019...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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