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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Craft’s open mic series boosts soulful expression
Redstone series to begin Jan. 23 There’s nothing quite like an open mic. Artists of varying skill levels arrive with a common impulse — to share their voice (or playing) with strangers. Whether a seasoned musician, upcoming star or hobby guitarist, all are welcome to take the stage and sing their heart, spit their poetry […]
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Basalt Report: Town celebrates Girl Scouts for making safety fun
During this week’s meeting, members of Girl Scout Troop 17080 were awarded with special new badges and a round of applause from Town Council for their contribution to Basalt’s Safe Routes to School project. Since 2022, the Town of Basalt has been investigating ways to improve sidewalks and pedestrian crossings around Two Rivers Road, Cottonwood […]
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Basalt Report: Front Range and Basalt students connect through shared water
During this week’s Town Council meeting, four students from Basalt Middle School shared valuable lessons they’ve learned about the importance of waterways through the Roaring Fork Conservancy’s semester-long Watershed Pen Pals program. From across the continental divide, students from Basalt Middle School connected with students from Vista Peak Exploratory in Aurora to talk about the […]
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Informe de la Biblioteca: La Junta aprueba política de protección de la información, examina los ingresos
El 2 de octubre, la Junta del Distrito de Bibliotecas Públicas del Condado de Garfield (GCPLD) aprobó en segunda lectura una política para proteger la información personal de los usuarios y del personal de la biblioteca frente a las autoridades federales de inmigración. La política fue redactada en respuesta a la Sección 24–74–103 del C.R.S., […]
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Basalt Report: Council weighs housing and community center at Willits
During a public work session on Tuesday, Aug. 26, Basalt Town staff met with the council to seek direction for the development of a potential housing complex and community center in Willits. The potential development would be located on a town-owned parcel on the corner of Willits Lane and Lewis Lane. Town staff was directed […]
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Basalt Report: Proposed Emma Road development forges ahead
During this week’s meeting, the Basalt Town Council held a reading and public hearing for a preliminary PUD for a residential development at 431 Emma Road. The applicant, Jadwin Park LLC, seeks to construct 64 dwelling units and 12 commercial-lodging cabins. The site for the proposed development is a nine-acre parcel located between Highway 82 […]
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Basalt Report: Divided council passes short-term rental fee
Over the past two months, Basalt Town Council has been discussing a hotly contested ordinance that would establish a fee on short-term rentals (STRs) in order to generate funding to address the affordable housing crisis in Basalt. After several public hearings and despite continued pushback from the community, as well as divided outlooks among council […]
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Basalt Report: BPD seeks to match population growth
This week’s Town Council meeting opened with a status update from the Basalt Police Department (BPD) provided by Chief Greg Knott. He presented on some of the staffing and space strains the small department has been facing as the Basalt community continues to expand. Currently, BPD operates with 14 staff members. Two patrol officer positions […]