Vail in big trouble, will they sell Breckenridge and Park City?

Vail in big trouble, will they sell Breckenridge and Park City?

  Take a look at the stock chart of Vail Resorts, which has lost almost 60% of its value in the last five years while the S&P has returned an approximately 90% gain.  The vultures are circling with a Utah billionaire proposing a sale of Park City to stop the...
Is affordable housing worth 2 million a unit?

Is affordable housing worth 2 million a unit?

Over the last 30 years I continue to hear about the “affordable housing crisis”.  Do we really have an affordable housing crisis or a leadership crisis within the ski towns.  A recent proposal in Steamboat pegs the build cost of one affordable housing unit over 1.7m....
Colorado joins tax increase line

Colorado joins tax increase line

  The Colorado legislature just voted for the largest tax increase in Colorado’s history.  As you suspect they are framing this as a tax increase “without increasing taxes”.  Essentially the new ballot initiative will allow the state to eliminate the taxpayer...
Colorado Fire season explodes: will you lose everything?

Colorado Fire season explodes: will you lose everything?

The Pueblo wildfire grew from 40 acres to 30 thousand acres in one day at the same time fire weather watches are up and winds are howling throughout the state.  Two fires start near Campgrounds/lakes and yet the fire chiefs proclaim they have no idea how the fires...
Colorado snubbed in ‘best places to live’ report

Colorado snubbed in ‘best places to live’ report

This week, U.S. News and World report again released its popular ‘best places to live’ ranking, and once again, Colorado got snubbed in a big way. Just two short years ago Colorado Springs ranked as the 3rd-best place to live in the United States in the same report...