Kit Geary

1 week ago | kunc.org | Kit Geary

Gigi Sandoval-Long has a knack for supporting and bringing together the community around her. It’s always been her thing. Nursing seemed to fit that mold perfectly, so that’s where she started her career. Decades out from starting her professional career, she is still community building. These days, though, she’s not doing it from the inside of the hospital — she’s doing it from inside a hot-pink food truck sporting a Rosie the Riveter-inspired cartoon chicken.

1 week ago | kunc.org | Kit Geary

The town of Breckenridge is 10 years out from its target date to have 100% renewable electricity used community-wide, and it is currently formulating initiatives to get residential real estate in line with that goal. It is working on a similar timeline as Summit County -- which adopted a nearly identical initiative for its unincorporated areas -- and joins other mountain towns like Frisco and Park City in working toward community-wide electrification.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

Consistent reports from the local workforce about housing affordability struggles ignited Breckenridge’s elected officials to make it a top priority — one that has cost millions. Breckenridge’s 2025 budget document details expenditures from its workforce housing fund totaling around $15.7 million in 2022, around $38.4 million in 2023 and around $28 million in 2024. This year’s expenditures are forecast to total $22.7 million.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

June is just around the corner and Summit’s trails are beginning to defrost. Organizations across Summit County geared toward maintaining trails and nature areas already have their calendars full of volunteer opportunities. Friends of the Dillon Ranger District Program Manager Lizzie Morrison said Summit County’s trails provide access to the area’s picturesque wilderness, and it’s one of the county’s biggest draws, but the trails don’t take care of themselves.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

The team behind the development set to alter the base area of Keystone Resort is now shooting for a winter 2025 opening as opposed to the previously planned summer 2025 opening.  Talks around the development have lingered in Summit County for over 25 years before the Kindred Development Team began bringing the ideas to fruition in 2022. The project encompasses three buildings, including a 107-room hotel, three restaurants, 95 luxury condos, a ski school, event space and more.