A neighborhood advisory committee consisting of residents along Homestead Drive has been working with the Basalt Police Department (BPD) and Town Staff to address traffic and parking concerns ahead of this year’s summer season. However, after two monitoring periods, Town Staff has yet to gather sufficient data to make a policy decision and intends to […]
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Basalt Report: Town seeks input for public services building, considers sales tax
The Town of Basalt is currently seeking community input on its new public services building, which will jointly host the police and public works departments. The Town is seeking input through surveys sent by mail, as well as an anonymous survey online at letstalk.basalt.net “Basalt is at an inflection point where we need to make […]
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Basalt Report: Potential development leads to traffic discussion
During this week’s regular meeting, Basalt Town Council held a second public hearing for a potential residential and storage unit development in Southside, and, once again, found it lacking community benefit. “This is a departure — completely — from what the Master Plan envisions for this parcel,” said Mayor David Knight. However, discussions around the […]
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Basalt Report: Three elected to Basalt Town Council
After a municipal election held on April 7, the Town of Basalt welcomed three new members to Basalt Town Council for four-year terms beginning April 28. Angela Anderson, Greg Shaffran and Elyse Hottel were elected to serve as councilors through mid-April 2030. During this week’s meeting, the council discussed new construction guidelines in Historic Basalt […]
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Basalt Report: Council hesitant on storage/housing in Southside
Basalt Town Council showed apprehension on Tuesday during the first public hearing for the development of 54 commercial storage units and 47 residential housing units at 555 Basalt Avenue, citing concerns about traffic and necessary amendments to Town policies. The development, located just south of the Basalt Avenue/Highway 82 intersection, would be on the current […]
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Basalt Report: Council discusses plan for Willits housing and community space
For nearly two years, the Town of Basalt has been making conceptual plans and conducting outreach to plan a new community space and affordable housing complex in the Willits Town Center. The approximate 1.5-acre site is referred to in Town documents as Parcel 2E, and sits across from TACAW at the corner of Lewis Lane […]
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Basalt Report: Town to pursue speed cameras to slow traffic
This week, Basalt Town Council discussed a new form of automated speed enforcement technology that may come to Highway 82 in the near future in order to slow traffic at exits. The presentation was led by Lieutenant Aaron Munch of the Basalt Police Department (BPD) and Brendan Knox, a representative of municipal-enforcement software company Dacra […]
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Basalt Report: Town finds its footing in regional housing needs
This week, the Basalt Town Council was provided with a decades-long look at housing needs across the Roaring Fork Valley and where Basalt stands among trending rises in home vacancy rates, median home prices and rental costs with an assessment that projects the Town may have to construct over 600 units in the next 10 […]
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Sopris Sun requestsThe Sopris Sun is seeking local restaurants and catering companies interested in participating with our 17th anniversary wine tasting fundraiser at the Thompson Barn in River Valley Ranch on Feb. 17. In exchange for appetizers, The Sopris Sun and Sol del Valle will offer $600 in advertising credit. For details, contact Elizabeth Phillips […]
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Basalt Report: Councilors and Eagle County Commissioners share pizza, plans for the future
During this week’s regular Tuesday meeting, Basalt Town Council held a shared meal and joint work session with the Eagle Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to discuss updates concerning wildlife, childcare, land use and housing, both in Basalt and the greater county. The first topic of discussion concerned recent county-funded efforts to reduce wildfire risk. […]