Solaris at Vail sells 3 units in July, leading slow Vail Valley real estate recovery

Solaris at Vail led the slow sales rebound for the Vail Valley real estate market in July, selling three units at the new residential and retail complex where a high-end movie theater and bowling opened earlier this summer.

According to analysis by Land Title Guarantee Company, Solaris has now sold 12 units at an ave...
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Sunlight ski area GM seeks county commissioner seat on pro gas-drilling platform

A Republican ski area general manager challenging an incumbent Democratic county commissioner in gas-rich Garfield County says winter sports, outdoor recreation and tourism there are no more threatened by drilling than other parts of the state are impacted by alternative energy.

Originally from Sterling on the state’s wind-rich eastern plains, Tom Jankovsky, the GM of Sunlight Mountain Resort...
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As Vail preps for 2015 worlds, some look ahead to 2022 Winter Olympic bid

Government officials from Vail to the Front Range foothills agree it will take an Olympian effort to fix winter weekend skier traffic snarls and summer tourism gridlock on Interstate 70 between Denver and Colorado’s most popular mountain resorts.

But with a price tag of $9 billion for high-speed rail from Denver to Vail, some observers say it will literally take the Winter Olympics coming to Col...
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Fannie and Freddie freeze Vail's green home initiative

A program aimed at retrofitting more homes with solar panels, improved insulation and other environmentally sound strategies has been put on ice in Aspen, Vail and elsewhere around the nation.

Dylan Hoffman, energy program manager for Pitkin County, issued a statement Tuesday announcing that the local Smart Energy Program has been put on “an indefinite hold” due to federal decisions having an “immediate and detrim...
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