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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 4-7, 2006 The Park Record A-22 PARK CITY REAL ESTATE Prudential MOUNTAIN TOWN NEWS from ^rWestemisfd:, K War brings prosperity, not suffering, to resort towns Utah R u l Estflto SUSAN CATENACCI Associate Broker, GRI ., Professional, friendly real estate service for •fbuyers and sellers in Park City & Deer Valley 435 655-8574 888 655-8574 (toll free) sasanc@xmission.com View all listed properties for sale at www.parkcity4sale.com * ASPEN, Colo. - Several years of dependency on foreign oil conago U.S. President George W. tinues to overlap that of climate Bush said American citizens change. That became apparent in should not have to sacrifice Durango, where the city council because the country is at war. has joined the U.S. Mayors' Indeed, the economy has roared in Climate Protection Agreement. the aftermath of the U.S. invasion While the vote was unanimous, of Iraq. Councilman Doug Lyon insisted In Steamboat Springs, for on language in the city's resolution example, sales tax collections that states that continued dependdeclined in 2002 and rose by less ence on foreign fossil fuels poses a than 1 percent in 2003. Since then, threat to national security. reports T h e Steamboat Pilot, i t s The commitment to rolling back been all gravy, with increases of 7 greenhouse gas emissions in and 8 percent and, during the first Durango to 1990 levels, as specihalf of this year, 12.5 percent. fied by the mayors' agreement, In Aspen, even as the national may be relatively painless. Bob real estate market cooled, the Ledger, the city manager, said he surge in prices has been breathtak- believes no substantial costs will be ing. The average price of a single- incurred. For example, the city had family home has risen from rough- already set aside money for next ly$3 million to $4.5 million in the year to tap the methane captured from wastewater, past two years alone. At the prodding of town resiThis has produced a vast amount of real-estate transfer tax dents, the city is also planning to receipts, some $11 million proba- seek green-building certification, bly this year alone, reports The under the Leadership in Energy Aspen Hmes. Altogether, the real and Environmental Design proestate tax collections have doubled gram, for the new municipal library. The LEED certification in the past three years. But Paul Menter, the finance quantifies energy savings, but the director in Aspen, says the town certification also helps projects expects the market will cool. "We obtain grants. The certification is don't expect it to continue at its "not frosting on the cake," said current level over the long term," Mayor Sidny Zink. "It's the cake." he said. The local real estate market tends to move in spurts, and •Swimmer finishes dips in all the most recent spurt has lasted of named Teton lakes longer than any of the previous ones, he noted. Menter also JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. explained that while the national When Avery Resor was in eighth real estate market generally grade, she set a goal of swimming reflects the national economy, in all 44 named lakes located withAspen's market is more closely tied in Grand Teton National Park that to the investment market. were open to the public. (A handful were closed for restoration and •Durango in mayors' pact, other reasons). To qualify as a swim, she figured she needed to get hoping for green library immersed and perform at least sevDURANGO, Colo. - The issue eral strokes. New ShtptHeH Just Arrived October 30tfi Park City has eve a stunning premier collection of affordable fine Asian furniture & accessories, too! 15% off ANY item in our store until November 15th, 2006. 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Because of a revenue-sharing agreement, the town will get about 10 percent of revenues, but at least hatf the traffic impacts. With that in mind, some locals found poetic justice in the fact that independently scheduled work on a new traffic roundabout delayed some travelers intent on getting to the store's grand-opening. The 1-70 corridor has been •Bicycles push Whistler to adding big boxes rapidly in recent new summer record years. From Silverthorne to Rifle, a distance of 110 miles that was WHISTLER, B.C. largely rural two decades ago, two Responding to lagging business. Wal-Mart Supercenters, two Whistler knocked down its prices, Targets, and one Lowe's have using the code-word "value." And opened within the last three years, the market really responded this as well as a multitude of smaller summer. but still large national retailers like Tourism Whistler reports that Bed, Bath & Beyond. Yet more are expected. In room nights are projected to be up 13 percent from last year. The Carbondale, located between record for room nights was set in Glenwood Springs and Aspen, res2002, before the increasing idents rebuffed proposals for bigstrength of the Canadian dollar box development, instead indicatbegan making Whistler vacations ing a desire for scaled-down more expensive. But even against national retailers. Nothing of the that record year, Whistler expects sort has emerged, however, and The Aspen Times reports some to gain by 9 percent. Mountain biking is partly town truste'es are worried about a responsible for this surge. The growing imbalance between resiInternational Mountain Bicycling dential development and commerAssociation held a major confer- cial development. In Colorado, ence in June, and the Whistler owners of residential property tax Mountain Bike Park again showed pay almost nothing to support an increase of 10 percent, continu- municipal services. ing a streak of double-digit growth that began in 1999. Finally, the •Population orojected to burCrankworx freeridc mountain bike geon in Garnekf festival produced 24,000 people per day. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, As well, two new excursion Colo. - Growth projections for trains from Vancouver began deliv- Garfield County continue to proering customers to Whistler this vide a stunning view of population summer, and the conference center growth along the 1-70 corridor durwas far busier than the year before. ing the next quarter century. Golf numbers were also up. Garfield County includes Coming off several slower and Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, even disastrous winters. Tourism and Rifle, all considered "downWhistler projects a better winter valley" bedroom communities for this year, if still 11 percent less than Aspen, but also for Vail. Now at the resorts benchmark season 50,000, the county's population is recorded during 2001 -02. projected to reach 139,000 by the year 2030, according to a study by •1-70 corridor sprouts yet BBC Research and Consulting. That projection assumes no expananother big box sion of oil shale production. If that GYPSUM, Colo. - A Costco is does occur, numbers are likely to now open in Gypsum, located rocket even more. between Vail and Glenwood Because of geographic conSprings. With that new store, seven straints, the Glenwood Springs big boxes of at least 100,000 square area is projected to no more than feet can be found along the rapidly double in population, to 22,000. urbanizing 1-70 corridor. Far larger growth is projected for Drawing customers from Aspen the Rifle area. The town itself had to Breckenridge to Steamboat Please see Life, A-24 GOING INTO BUSINESS SALE! 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