Lucy Peterson

The community land trust aimed at preserving local businesses formed earlier this year. It’s the first land trust of its kind.

The Aspen Police Department will end its contract with Georgia-based Flock Safety after fielding concerns from the community about the controversial license plate readers.

Three members of the Pitkin County incident management team recently deployed to Pueblo County to support response and recovery personnel during the Aspen Acres Fire.

The project is still in the works and a formal land use application is still a few months away from submission, but council members told Theatre Aspen staff that they would prefer to put the project up for a vote at some point to let the public weigh in.

A committee of community leaders is in the process of contracting transportation services to help provide ground transportation to Aspen from other regional airports while the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is closed for eight months next year.

The county estimated the entire project would cost about $31 million. FCI Constructor’s bid came in at around $40 million.

The school district’s teachers union declared an impasse in negotiations on April 10 after the AEA and district leaders could not agree on proposed salary increases in the upcoming academic year.

After several marathon meetings over the last three months to review the controversial project, the city of Aspen plans to work with Aspen Meadows to address ongoing traffic concerns in the neighborhood.

The project will redevelop the property’s existing 25 units into 60, mostly one-bedroom units to house full-time hospital staff. It’s part of AVH’s plan to build 256 housing units in the next 10 years.

The Aspen Education Association requested a 12% base salary increase for teachers. The Aspen School District offered an 8.5% increase.