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Eagle County Voters Asked To Continue Open Space Tax

www.pitkincounty.com/1103/Glassier-Open-Space

Eagle County’s open space program is asking for continued support this election. The program is funded through 2025; ballot measure 1A asks voters to extend the property tax through 2040.

 

The Roaring Fork Valley representative on the open space advisory committee, Bob Schultz, said the extension now would allow for long-range planning. The county is focused on acquiring new properties that provide access to rivers and other public lands, and securing conservation easements to protect local agriculture.  

Eagle County’s open space program has helped conserve 1,600 acres in the Roaring Fork Valley, including properties in Emma and at Glassier Open Space.

 

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.