County Commissioner Forum

Heather Connor, Your Local Crested Butte Realtor. 970.440.2975 (Mobile). [email protected]. HeatherConnor.com. Visit us in our downtown Crested Butte location: 309 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, CO. For additional information on the news below: visit CrestedButteNews.com Good morning everyone, this is Heather Connor, your Local Realtor, sharing the local news for the Crested Butte and Gunnison Community. My goal is to get you updated on the relevant local happenings, in just a few minutes. The Crested Butte News Candidate's Forum was held last Sunday evening at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts. There was an audience of approximately 20, all masked up and ready to ask questions. These included questions such as the candidates feelings on a number of topics from affordable housing, to increasing tourist numbers and whether second home and property owners should have a right to vote in the county on issues that impact them. Remember that ballots are in the mail and they need to be returned to the county by November 3rd. The four candidates are Jonathan Houck, Trudy Vader, Liz Smith and Dave Taylor. Moderator Denis B Hall started the questioning asking if there was too much tourism promotion in the county and how was that changing the valley. Houck responded that tourism and recreation was one key part of the local economic base, but said that there needed to be efforts to manage overuse. Vader responded that while TAPP is doing a really good job, it needed to focus on tourism impacts as well as promotion, that the tourism was felt not only on the land, but for local housing as well. Smith responded that as commissioner she has attempted to re-direct. Taylor responded that TAPP is a "bloated organization" that spends too much on salaries and subcontractors on the content used to promote the valley. There was much more discussed and to view the article, please click on the link to the article below. As well, curious if the real estate market is slowing down or if now is the right time to buy? Reach out to me, or follow me on social media to watch the newest Market Update. Don't forget to look on our site for all properties that have sold the last week and our community events calendar that is interactive and keeps you up to date on what is happening in Crested Butte. For further information on any of the topics, you can click on the links to the Crested Butte News. As always, if you are considering purchasing or selling your home in this beautiful valley give me a call. Stay safe out there folks, this is your local realtor, Heather Connor, signing off on the local news.