Aspen Community Vision

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State of the Aspen Area

Welcome to the State of the Aspen Area: 2000 - 2008

Did you know that the City of Aspen issued almost 10,000 building permits worth more than $2.4 billion since 2000? Or that there are 207 retirees in affordable housing?

For many readers, this report contains more information than you'll ever need to understand the major issues facing the Aspen area today, from housing to growth to transportation. Our executive summary will give you a good foundation to understand the various issues detailed in the report.

Executive Summary (656 KB)

If you are interested in a particular chapter, please visit the chapter pages, located to the left.

For others, who are more deeply engaged in public policy matters, we hope this document answers most of your questions. Because the document is quite large, we have divided it into a number of sections for easier download.

Over the next six months, this website will help guide you through a new kind of public process for the Aspen Area. The theme of this public process is "Direct Democracy," and the goal is generating a visionary document by tapping into the core values of a well-informed citizenry.

To find out how the public process will work and how you can get involved, Click Here. If you or your group is interested in a presentation of the State of the Aspen Area report, please send us an email at info@aspencommunityvision.com.