Five Colorado counties—Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Routt, Summit—will set a combined record of $8.56 billion in real estate sales this year, even with a recent cool-down in the market. Combined total sales in 2006? Over 7.41 billion.
For those looking to improve their hospitality skills prior to the winter season, the Aspen Chamber is offering a variety of courses, including the popular “Magic of Guest Services”, on December 4.
The Con Man used to joke (ha-ha) about the People's Republic of Aspen becoming nothing less than a classic Communist state under Mayor Mick Ireland. Now people are telling him the same thing.
"Workers of the world should know the new jobs for Aspen are gonzo," he blogs. "Instead they are left with Mick's 'vision' of what should be, regardless of who owns what--and who exactly is going to foot the bill.... The Council, in other words, was petrified that the voters might actually get a chance to decide what happens in Aspen. That idea was rejected in closed session as unacceptable. Worker housing. Master planning. Officious office building for the state. No public accountability. Redistribution of wealth. What do you call it?"
I don't care if you are Red or Blue. I don't give a flying flip if you are Republican or Democrat. I could care less if you are a Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, etc, etc. Why can't we just all agree that we have a very real opportunity here to tap into the scientific options on the table. Via science, we have the opportunity to turn the tide on incurable diseases.
Mayor Helen Klanderud is still trying to find out who is behind a survey about the future of Aspen taken over the phone under false pretenses.
Sitting outside Zele’s Café Monday afternoon, the Mayor told the story of talking to a survey firm named CRG—CRG Research, as it turns out—taking a survey for the Aspen Planning Commission. Her Honor informed the market researcher of two important facts.
“I’m the Mayor of Aspen,” she said, “and there is no such commission.”
With sales of fractional real estate growing like topsy in Aspen and sundry luxurious locations, the Ritz-Carlton Club announced Thursday the concept is being extended once again into additional locations, including a third skiing property—to go with Aspen Highlands and Bachelor Gulch at Beaver Creek—at the Northstar at Lake Tahoe resort in California.
