Project Phases
State of the
Aspen Area
Speaker
Series
Aspen Economy
White Paper
Random
Survey
Small Group
Meetings
Survey
Results
Large Group
Meetings
Planning &
Zoning Review
City Council &
BOCC Review
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State of the Aspen Area: 2000-2008
September 17

This report contains up to date information on a range of issues that have traditionally been important to the Aspen community, ranging from transportation to housing and growth. Did you know that the City has issued 9,886 building permits with a value of $2.4 billion since 2000? This is just one piece of information contained in this comprehensive report. Included are reader-friendly summaries
of each topic.
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Speaker Series
September 17 - October

Staff visited various groups and organizations in the Aspen area to offer a PowerPoint presentation on the highlights of the State of the Aspen Area report, and the public process for generating a Community Vision for the Aspen Area.
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'White Paper' on the
Aspen Economy
October 20

This is a rare opportunity to gain a new understanding of the unique and powerful resort economy that drives many important issues in the Aspen area. The City of Aspen hired an international resort consulting firm (Economics Research Associates) to draft this 'White Paper.' The report is reader-friendly and accessible to the general public.
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Random Survey
November

A survey has been mailed to random households in the Aspen area, asking a wide range of questions about your vision for the future. This approach has been tested in mountain communities before, and will be a statistically accurate reflection of community values, likes and dislikes. Results will be available in January 2009.
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Small Group Meetings
Oct 27 - Nov 14

More than 150 people recently participated in 11 small group meetings in October and November, offering their visions and goals for the future. These meetings were not intended to produce a consensus of any kind, but to express a range of goals and visions. A summary of notes from these meetings are available on the "Small Group Meetings" page.
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Survey Results
2nd week January

The results of the random survey that was mailed to Aspen area residents in November will be available on the website. This is a values-based survey that can help form the Community Vision for the Aspen area.
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Large Community Vision Meetings
January 27, January 31

Our goal is to have at least 350 people attend each of three public meetings, so more than 1,000 people can take part in drafting a Community Vision for the Aspen Area. We'll use a number of methods, including wireless voting keypads to explore the community's values. For more information and to RSVP and reserve your clicker, please see the homepage.
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Planning and Zoning
Commission Review
March

This will be a more traditional and formalized process where the Planning and Zoning Commissions of both the City and the County will review a draft of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area. This will include legally noticed public hearings that anyone can attend to offer their comments.
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City Council and Board of County Commissioners Review
April

This will be a more traditional and formalized process where the Aspen City Council and the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners will review a draft of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area, while also considering the input of both planning and zoning commissions. This will include legally noticed public hearings that anyone can attend to offer their comments.


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2011 Survey


In late 2010, City Council directed staff to conduct a statistically-valid survey on the AACP.  Using consultants from Design Workshop, a survey was crafted and sent to a random sampling of 2,000 voters and 2,000 property owners in the Aspen Area in January 2011.  

The results of the survey were compiled by the consultants, and are available in sections, below.  Many of the questions in the survey come from the 2010 large group clicker sessions and the 2008 AACP survey.  This was done to help compare the results of the various public outreach methods.  The report includes an analysis of how the responses in the 2011 Survey compare to those past methods. 

The survey results are divided into eight (8) parts.  Please note that the files are best viewed in Internet Explorer.
  1. Executive Summary:  This provides a quick overview of the results.
  2. Question by Questions Results:  This section provides the results of each question in table and graph form.  Where applicable, the results are compared to those from the 2008 survey and the 2010 clicker meetings.
  3. Sampling Methodology:  This section provides an overview of the methodology for generating the random voter and property owner samples.
  4. Survey Instrument:  This is a copy of the survey that respondents filled out.
  5. Scattergram:  The 2011 and 2008 surveys asked respondents to rank how important certain issues are, and how the Aspen area is doing on those issues.  This section provides a table of the responses, comparing the 2008 and 2011 data.
  6. Age Cross-Tab:  This section shows the questions cross-tabulated by age. 
  7. Demographics: This section includes basic demographic information on the Aspen Area.  Most is from the 2000 Census, but the items that have been released from the 2010 Census are included.
  8. Presentation:  The section includes a copy of the presentation that the consultants will present at the work session on March 21st.
The Complete Survey Report is available by clicking here.  This is a large file, so we recommend downloading the files from the links above..