Question regarding Wheeler money is on the ballot for Aspen voters in November election

Aspen Public Radio | By Kirsten Dobroth,

Eleanor Bennett

Published October 14, 2021 at 10:50 AM MDT

The Wheeler Opera House is located in downtown Aspen. City voters will be asked in the upcoming election whether a cap should be lifted on funds raised from the Wheeler's real estate transfer tax to support a broader range of arts and cultural institutions.

Aspen voters this week received their ballots for November’s election. One ballot question drawing particular attention is 2A, which asks voters to lift a cap on grants to local arts organizations raised from the Wheeler Opera House’s real estate transfer tax.

"Morning Edition" host Eleanor Bennett spoke to arts-and-culture reporter Kirsten Dobroth about what 2A means and about what passage would mean for future arts funding in the Roaring Fork Valley.

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Kirsten Dobroth

Kirsten was born and raised in Massachusetts, and has called Colorado home since 2008. She moved to Vail the day after graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2011. Before relocating to Basalt in 2020, she also spent a year living in one of Aspen’s sister cities, Queenstown, New Zealand.

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Eleanor Bennett

Eleanor is an award-winning journalist reporting on regional social justice issues in collaboration with Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism. A life-long Roaring Fork Valley local, she previously was a reporter, podcast producer and Morning Edition host at Aspen Public Radio. Her stories have ranged from local protests against federal immigration crackdowns to creative efforts to solve the valley’s affordable housing challenge.

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