SCOTT MILLER

4 days ago | vaildaily.com | SCOTT MILLER

Despite a 300-inch snow year at Vail Mountain, things can change quickly, so it’s never a bad idea to think of ways to save water on landscaping. That’s one reason the folks at Boulder-based Resource Central have started working with Western Slope partners to move the Garden in a Box program to this side of the Continental Divide.

5 days ago | vaildaily.com | SCOTT MILLER

Easter’s arrival varies from year to year; it’s the first Sunday following the first full moon following the spring equinox. Easter is about as late as it can be this year. A late Easter can be tough news in the ski resort business, since people tend to start picking up golf clubs and garden tools. That’s kind of the case in Vail.

6 days ago | vaildaily.com | SCOTT MILLER

With Gypsum preparing for a big roundabout project at the intersection of Valley Road and U.S. Highway 6, several of the town’s food trucks have to find new homes. Most of those trucks will move to a town-owned site near the Interstate 70 interchange. That site was once the site of the Gypsum Grill. The town tore down the old building in 2023 in hopes of luring a buyer. That hasn’t happened yet. For now, the site will be used for the food trucks that now occupy the Valley Road/Highway 6 intersection.

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | SCOTT MILLER

The Eagle County Board of Commissioners this week got its first look at the latest housing needs assessment. The good news is we’re largely keeping up with demand. The bad news is we’re still behind. Rachel Shindman of Economic & Planning Systems said that with units in the pipeline, the current shortage hasn’t gotten worse. “We are making progress,” Shindman said.

1 week ago | vaildaily.com | SCOTT MILLER

Those in the local real estate industry have talked for years about the lack of homes to show prospective buyers. That may be changing a bit. The latest data from the Vail Board of Realtors shows there was a 5.9-month supply of homes on the market during March. That’s almost at the level real estate professionals deem a market that “balanced” between buyers and sellers.