High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 10. Red Mountain miracle http://www.hcn.org/articles/17224 In southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development. No publisher Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson Access And Inholding mining development mining claims second homes conservation Trust for Public Land 2010-02-05T09:40:03Z News Article Ego gates get my goat — and that's just the beginning http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15550 Why do newcomers to the West need to build such obnoxious entrance gates to their brand-new ranchettes? No publisher Linda M. Hasselstrom Communities in Transition Old West New West ranchettes second homes relocating entrance gates National Arbor Day Foundation High Plains cowboys ranch life small town life drought communities 2010-02-05T09:24:59Z News Article As the town hollows out, one Aspen neighborhood thrives http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15083 The Smuggler Mobile Home Park in Aspen, Colo., is a vibrant neighborhood that has survived Superfund status and soaring real estate No publisher Grace Lichtenstein Socio-Economics Aspen Colorado Smuggler Mobile Home Park Mark Hesselschwerdt affordable housing second homes real estate prices ski bums Superfund EPA lead contamination 2010-02-05T09:21:44Z News Article Can Vail find room for its workers? http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15082 Vail, Colo., is facing a crisis about where to house the workers who keep the town running No publisher Grace Lichtenstein Communities in Transition Vail Colorado socioeconomic affordable housing commuters second homes property values cost of living Syvil Navas Rebecca Leonard Middle Creek town planning development Nina Timm Jim Lamont Vail Village Homeowners Association Interstate 2010-02-05T09:21:43Z News Article Former Enron CEO took his money and ran http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15081 Former CEO Ken Lay had to sell some of his Aspen properties when Enron fell apart, but he made a fair amount of money in the process No publisher Grace Lichtenstein Socio-Economics Aspen Colorado Ken Lay Enron property sales resort communities housing prices second homes luxury homes 2010-02-05T09:21:42Z News Article Window Shopping: Part-Time Paradise http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15070 Aspen, Colo., and other mountain resort towns burst with wealthy baby boomers' second, third and even fourth homes. But for much of the year those houses sit empty, and the towns are turning hollow No publisher Grace Lichtenstein Communities in Transition Socio-Economics Resort towns Aspen Colorado Vail demographics baby boomers second homes retirees mountain towns ski towns construction working class commuters affordable housing luxury homes Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Bill Stirling Mick I 2010-02-05T09:21:35Z News Article The noisy democracy of the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16367 The revised edition of Peter Decker’s Old Fences, New Neighbors examines the changes that population growth has brought to remote Ouray County in western Colorado No publisher Steve Weinberg Land Use and Planning Peter Decker Old Fences New Neighbors Ouray County Colorado Western demographics second homes real estate ranching Kent Nelson growth development small towns rural life 2011-11-12T03:03:49Z News Article Blowing bubbles http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16180 In the West, the real estate market is the new gold rush No publisher M. John Fayhee and staff Socio-Economics Communities in Transition Real estate realtors New West real estate bubble housing boom boomtowns boom and bust Spenser Havlick tax breaks federal tax code second homes real estate investment Mountain Living Northern Exposure Outside magazine media exposure small t 2011-12-15T18:00:29Z News Article A Proud Member of PAOBHA http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16689 Today’s rural West with its monster homes and Hummers sorely needs a group like PAOBHA, People Against Ostentatious and Boorish Housing No publisher Laura Pritchett rich people humor rural communities Hummers social equity real estate second homes Al Laura Pritchett Gore monster homes luxury homes Socio-Economics housing 2010-09-14T22:35:10Z News Article Is the great federal land debate over? http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16556 Two trends are almost as dangerous as the idea of directly selling off the public lands: land transfers done in the name of economic development, and the outsourcing of jobs in the federal land-management agencies. No publisher John Freemuth development Public lands selling Interior Department sprawl Dirk Kempthorne Craig hab Zion National Park Utah BLM land swaps growth Forest Service St. George desert tortoise land transfers second homes off public lands federal lands Larry 2010-10-26T22:41:24Z News Article