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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

Snowmass works toward sustainability

courtesy of twitter.com/TownofSnowmass

Snowmass Village council has identified environmental sustainability as a top priority for the town, and council members will hear about progress Monday.

 

The town’s Environmental Advisory Board sees ten areas where it can improve sustainability efforts, including things like waste reduction, energy conservation and green building.

Snowmass Village’s extensive snowmelt systems on the roads accounts for about 60 percent of the town’s energy use. Travis Elliott, assistant to the town manager, says the town will begin improvements to that system this summer… which could result in significant energy and cost savings.

Snowmass Village has also secured grants to improve energy efficiency in affordable housing complexes and is working on diverting more waste from the landfill.

Council will hear an update at its meeting Monday at 4 p.m. at Snowmass Village Town Hall.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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