Elizabeth Milias:
"Editor:
The memories of those on City Council are frighteningly short. Either that, or they weren’t paying attention to big local news stories in 2008. That was when 27 members of our community spent hundreds of hours meeting in mediated sessions to hash out a master plan for the Lift 1A area. Remember the COWOP? The neighbors, the developers, Aspen Skiing Co. representatives, then-Councilman Dwayne Romero, community development director Chris Bendon, Mayor Mick Ireland, as well as other interested Aspen residents, participated in the formal city process. Public comment was encouraged, welcomed and appreciated....
.....Landowners have recently proposed building 14 townhomes and 10 subsidized housing units on a section of the site, but council now wants them to build a lodge there. And ironically it’s Mick and Skadron leading the cry! Skadron feels that the proposed townhome/subsidized housing project “is not in the interest of the community.” (Apparently for Skadron, nothing is.) Mayor “hot bed” Ireland wants the developers to now find some “middle ground” so he can finally get some lodge rooms built. It would be funny if it were not true.
As George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I remember, and I bet you do to. Here we go again.." (Read more? Click title)
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May 30, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "City Council pushes for lodging over townhome development"
Heaven forbid that Aspen City Council would ever do an OK right off the get-go on a development project that makes a hundred times over more sense than simply building more lodging rooms.
Building townhomes and average folks housing at the base of Aspen Mountain is a phenomenal concept that will really bring cash revenues into Aspen's coffers and at a higher rate of speed than catering to the lifestyles of the rich and famous. After all.......how many 'Hemeter Houses' and Little Nells do we need?
Here's a clue, Aspen.
Build mid-to upper tier chain lodging out at the AABC, push for high density residential that can turn over as vacay rentals by owners in downtown and watch Aspen come to life in the real world.
Turn Base Village into an ultra level casino complex that is unique in every way and watch prosperity for everyone come to Aspen.
win win.
Are we 'sick of mick' yet?
Dorothy Atkins:
"A development project that would build townhomes at the base of Aspen Mountain instead of a lodge got a contentious initial reception from Aspen City Council Tuesday night.
Council voted 3-to-1, with Councilman Steve Skadron dissenting, to pass the first reading of a proposal to build 14 townhomes and 10 affordable housing apartments on the 2.4-acre South Aspen Street parcel, once planned for the Lodge at Aspen Mountain. “No” votes are a rarity on City Council first readings, which are typically a formality and precede the second reading, where a public hearing is held.
The proposal also includes building eight additional affordable housing units at the Aspen Airport Business Center, and the developers would pay $475,000 into the affordable housing fund to mitigate city housing requirements.
A previous owner of the land originally received an approval for 14 townhomes and 17 affordable housing units in 2003. Those approvals were put on hold while the former developer sought to build a project known as the Lodge at Aspen Mountain. The controversial project was never approved and the developer eventually declared bankruptcy. ASV Aspen Street Owners LLC, a group of Boston and Chicago investors, bought the site in 2010.
While Skadron was the sole dissenting vote, Mayor Mick Ireland and councilmen Torre and Adam Frisch agreed that they would prefer to see a lodging project over townhomes. (Councilman Derek Johnson recused himself from the discussion, because he lives within 300 feet of the site.)...."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Building townhomes and average folks housing at the base of Aspen Mountain is a phenomenal concept that will really bring cash revenues into Aspen's coffers and at a higher rate of speed than catering to the lifestyles of the rich and famous. After all.......how many 'Hemeter Houses' and Little Nells do we need?
Here's a clue, Aspen.
Build mid-to upper tier chain lodging out at the AABC, push for high density residential that can turn over as vacay rentals by owners in downtown and watch Aspen come to life in the real world.
Turn Base Village into an ultra level casino complex that is unique in every way and watch prosperity for everyone come to Aspen.
win win.
Are we 'sick of mick' yet?
Dorothy Atkins:
"A development project that would build townhomes at the base of Aspen Mountain instead of a lodge got a contentious initial reception from Aspen City Council Tuesday night.
Council voted 3-to-1, with Councilman Steve Skadron dissenting, to pass the first reading of a proposal to build 14 townhomes and 10 affordable housing apartments on the 2.4-acre South Aspen Street parcel, once planned for the Lodge at Aspen Mountain. “No” votes are a rarity on City Council first readings, which are typically a formality and precede the second reading, where a public hearing is held.
The proposal also includes building eight additional affordable housing units at the Aspen Airport Business Center, and the developers would pay $475,000 into the affordable housing fund to mitigate city housing requirements.
A previous owner of the land originally received an approval for 14 townhomes and 17 affordable housing units in 2003. Those approvals were put on hold while the former developer sought to build a project known as the Lodge at Aspen Mountain. The controversial project was never approved and the developer eventually declared bankruptcy. ASV Aspen Street Owners LLC, a group of Boston and Chicago investors, bought the site in 2010.
While Skadron was the sole dissenting vote, Mayor Mick Ireland and councilmen Torre and Adam Frisch agreed that they would prefer to see a lodging project over townhomes. (Councilman Derek Johnson recused himself from the discussion, because he lives within 300 feet of the site.)...."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within the news others make since 2010."
February 14, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Occupancy for Aspen/Snowmass a mixed bag"
via Aspen Daily News:
"...Next weekend is expected to be busy — occupancies are anticipated to be in excess of 85 percent in both Aspen and Snowmass, according to Bill Tomcich, president of Stay Aspen Snowmass, a local central reservations booking agency. That’s partially the result of President’s Day week coinciding with the Brazilian holiday, Carnival. Beyond that week, occupancies for the last week of February and the first week of March are pacing behind last year, according to Tomcich...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"...Next weekend is expected to be busy — occupancies are anticipated to be in excess of 85 percent in both Aspen and Snowmass, according to Bill Tomcich, president of Stay Aspen Snowmass, a local central reservations booking agency. That’s partially the result of President’s Day week coinciding with the Brazilian holiday, Carnival. Beyond that week, occupancies for the last week of February and the first week of March are pacing behind last year, according to Tomcich...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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