Eleanor Bennett
Social Justice ReporterEleanor 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 efforts to protect mobile home park residents as investors buy up properties to a rise in local ICE arrests amid federal immigration crackdowns.
Her reporting has been featured on NPR, Here & Now and The World, and she has received several statewide, regional and national awards including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her features on labor rights concerns raised by seasonal workers at a well-known Aspen resort and an immigrant family who cut down their first Christmas tree together. She earned “Best News Feature” four years in a row from the Colorado Broadcasters Association, including for her stories about an innovative job-training program for students with disabilities and an education initiative to bring more Ute history to local schools. She also contributed to several award-winning series, including Raîces (Roots), Adaptation, and In The Woods.
In her previous role as Morning Edition host, Eleanor pioneered the station’s award-winning Outdoor Report, which highlights local flora and fauna, recreation opportunities, and environmental causes in the valley. Eleanor also previously served as producer of Aspen Public Radio’s teen-focused podcast, Gen Z Tea.
Eleanor is delighted to be home in the Rocky Mountains working to shine a light on the critical issues and community voices that shape our valley. Connecting with people from all walks of life and creating empathic spaces for them to tell their stories fuels her work.
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The city has sued a Florida-based landlord that owns part of the Midland Center where ICE operates a short-term holding facility. The lawsuit alleges JG Housing Solutions is breaking city zoning rules by continuing to allow its federal tenant to detain people after the facility’s permit was revoked in April. -
La organización Roaring Fork Conservancy es una de las varias empresas locales que han comprado una combinación de departamentos con restricciones en la escritura y de libre mercado para alquilarlos a su personal en un nuevo conjunto de departamentos en Basalt. Matthew Anderson, quien trabaja para la organización, será uno de los primeros residentes en mudarse a las nuevas unidades. -
The Roaring Fork Conservancy is one of several local employers that have purchased a mix of deed-restricted and free-market condos to rent to staff in a new apartment complex in Basalt. Matthew Anderson, who works for the conservancy, will be one of the first residents to move into the new units.
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A city in Colorado is suing the landlord of an ICE processing facility there, saying its detentions there violate local zoning codes.
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Los líderes locales elogiaron, en un foro público celebrado el 3 de agosto en la Capilla de Aspen y organizado conjuntamente por la Congregación Judía de Aspen, la Capilla de Snowmass y el Proyecto Mountain Voices, la creciente iniciativa para conservar los parques de casas móviles como vivienda asequible, considerándola un ejemplo de colaboración entre el sector público y privado y entre distintos sectores que podría ayudar a resolver otros retos más amplios en materia de vivienda. -
A growing effort to preserve mobile home parks as affordable housing was praised by local leaders at a public forum Aug. 3 at the Aspen Chapel co-hosted by the Aspen Jewish Congregation, Snowmass Chapel and Mountain Voices Project as an example of public-private, cross-sector collaboration that could help solve wider housing challenges.
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Un centro de detención temporal de ICE situado al oeste de Glenwood Springs podría estar un paso más cerca de su cierre después de que la ciudad votara el jueves a favor de demandar al propietario del inmueble, con sede en Florida, por presuntamente infringir la normativa municipal al permitir detenciones de inmigrantes en una zona comercial sin el permiso correspondiente de la ciudad. Ni ICE ni su propietario respondieron a las notificaciones de infracción anteriores ni apelaron la decisión de la ciudad, adoptada en abril, de revocar su permiso de uso especial. -
A short-term ICE detention facility in west Glenwood Springs could be one step closer to shutting down after the City Council on Thursday voted to sue the property's Florida-based landlord for allegedly violating municipal code by allowing immigration detentions in a commercial zone without a city permit. ICE and its landlord did not respond to previous violation notices or appeal the city’s April decision to revoke its special use permit.
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Dos exresidentes del conjunto de apartamentos The Homestead presentaron una demanda colectiva contra la empresa propietaria alegando malas condiciones de vida, amenazas de desalojo y comisiones ocultas. El presidente de la empresa inmobiliaria propietaria del inmueble calificó la demanda de `frívola´, dando a entender que tienen la intención de impugnar las acusaciones. -
Two former residents of The Homestead apartment complex have filed a class-action suit against their corporate landlord alleging poor living conditions, eviction threats and hidden fees. The president of the real estate company that owns the property called the lawsuit “frivolous,” suggesting they intend to challenge the claims.
