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Hello Epic Discovery
On June 9th, Breckenridge Ski Resort welcomed its first batch of guests to its brand-new, state-of-the-art theme park in the mountains - Epic Discovery! Breckenridge Epic Discovery is modeled after similar projects at Vail Mountain — h...
Breckenridge Ranked #1 for Arts
Breckenridge took the top slot in this year's Arts Vibrancy Index, an annual nationwide survey of artistic communities! Started in 2014, the study by the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University ra...
Frisco Affordable Workforce-Housing
Frisco Town Council has approved space for 36 new workforce-housing units to be placed throughout the town of Frisco. The 36 new units will be included in three different housing projects that will provide affordable housing options for loca...
Record Setting Revenue-Based Rent
The 2015-16 ski season was another banner year for Colorado ski resorts. For the fourth season in-a-row, 23 Colorado ski resorts that operate on public land sent record-setting rent checks to Washington. The U.S. Forest Service and...
Intrawest Resorts (and more!) Acquired
Early this week, Aspen Skiing Company and the Denver-based private equity firm KSL Capital partnered and acquired Intrawest Resorts. This $1.5 billion deal gives Aspen Skiing Co.-KSL Capital Partners control of Steamboat and Winter Park ski...
All Time High Tax Collections
Visitors and locals are spending record amounts in Colorado’s mountain communities. Sales tax collections are again reaching all-time highs in 2016. For the fourth year in a row, sales in the high country smashed tax collection records...
Expanding Hotel Development
Summit County is starting to see more and more hotel conglomerates building high-end resort type hotels; expanding hotel development in the mountains. In the past, hotel developers have been tentative to build in mountain communitie...
Summit Foundation Grants More Than One Million
In December of 2016, the Summit Foundation Board of Trustees gave over one million dollars to local nonprofits within Summit County and other nearby communities. By the end of 2016, the Summit Foundation community grant allocations for the ...
