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Posts Tagged Development

American Rivers ranks Green, Crystal among nation’s most endangered waterways

By | 05.15.12 | 5:39 am

Water withdrawals are threatening the Green River as potential dams and diversions are putting fish, wildlife and recreation at risk on the Crystal River, according to a new report.

Report: ski areas becoming greener as flow of green decreases

By | 12.07.10 | 12:53 pm

Colorado ski resorts seem to be getting much better environmental marks these days from a grassroots activist group that ranks them based on recycling programs, development projects, energy efficiency and terrain expansion – but that may just be because of…

Sentinel series dubs Energy Alley along I-70 western Colorado’s ‘Road to riches’

By | 12.28.09 | 9:15 am

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel on Sunday did a good job of painting the big picture in terms of the massive scale of energy resources under the arid ground of western Colorado and eastern Utah in an area dubbed “Energy…

Vail-area developer, GOP backer sued for tax delinquency

By | 10.15.08 | 11:03 am

One of the least-known but biggest private landowners in the state, Swedish shipping magnate Magnus Lindholm, is embroiled in a lawsuit filed by the mountain town of Avon for non-payment of taxes and fees associated with his massive Village at Avon project at the base of Beaver Creek.

Eagle County Fights to Hold Down Housing Prices as National Market Plummets

By | 05.07.08 | 9:47 am

While the rest of the nation watched home prices plunge precipitously in the first quarter of 2008, officials in Eagle County – where the median price for a single-family home was $650,410 in 2007 – are doing everything in their

In Longmont: 5,500 Names And Counting

By | 09.24.07 | 4:37 pm

They needed 4,021 signatures, on petitions to force the Longmont City Council to either revisit their approval of a megachurch-driven annexation or take it to a vote of the people.

They’ve got 5,500 signatures – and are still counting.…

Western Slope Round-Up: Don’t Drink, Breathe, Live or Be a Mountain Here

By | 05.08.07 | 1:00 pm

Colorado Confidential perused recent newspaper headlines across the Western Slope to give you a glimpse of current issues. Water, air quality, growth impacts…it’s definitely a land of transition and loss.