No comparison to Crested Butte

Gunnison County has updated its workforce housing linkage fees to reflect more current economic realities in the Gunnison Valley. The result is a decrease in linkage fees for both residential and commercial properties. Read More »

Waiting for the entire magnificent seven

Given the absence of Crested Butte councilperson Dan Escalante from the April 18 meeting, the council has pushed off the ordinance making changes and adjusting fees to its affordable housing regulations. The council will now vote on the ordinance at its first meeting in June. Read More »

 The fees aren’t going to get cheaper

The Crested Butte Town Council is ready to make some major revisions to the town’s affordable housing ordinance. Fees for affordable housing will rise for new commercial and residential construction, but the ultimate idea is for developers of new projects to build actual affordable housing units instead of paying any fees. Read More »

Housing Authority to help with financing for Paradise Park completion

The Crested Butte Town Council and the Gunnison Board of County Commissioners sat down for a joint work session on Monday, November 15 to talk about the overlapping issue of affordable housing at the north end of the valley and an impending intergovernmental agreement between the two entities. Read More »

At least it’s not $171 per square foot

Affordable housing fees charged in lieu of providing physical affordable housing could double in some instances in Crested Butte as part of the 2010 town budget. But even adopting the proposed increases would keep the town’s fees well below some other resort communities. 

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Foothills discussion

The Crested Butte Planning Commission wants a lot of affordable housing in any new annexation. They sent that message loud and clear to the proponents of the Foothills of Crested Butte annexation at a work session held Wednesday, July 1. Read More »

Award is $225,000 for 10 Mutual Self-Help-Built homes

The county still has the chance to get a $225,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program to cover the administrative costs of a Mutual Self-Help Building (MSHB) Project, according to housing director KT Gazunis. Read More »

Clarks to convene a exploratory group

Butch Clark and county officials are going to “start thinking about how to think about” the process of developing at least one affordable housing community on what is now federal land. Read More »

A swap that can protect land and provide affordable housing

For Gunnison County residents Butch and Judy Clark, leaving a legacy of land preservation and making room for affordable housing aren’t conflicting ideas, as it might seem. Read More »

Suit alleges that housing fee would have to be voter approved

Gunnison County will have to defend a fee it levies on builders to pay for local affordable housing programs in district court. The Gunnison County Contractor’s Association filed suit Thursday, June 12, seeking an end to the fee, claiming it is a tax requiring voter approval and is therefore currently illegal under state law. Read More »