There are many important questions right now with regards to the future of Buena Vista. Significant growth is expected to come in the form of aging baby boomers looking to retire in the mountains. Water resources are becoming more scarce. There is a need for continued economic revitalization. As a community, we need to work [...]

Throughout history, tools have enabled us to leapfrog forward; to increase our productive capacity and to advance as a people. In the same way that the plow allowed fewer people to produce more food in less time, the Internet enables us to produce, communicate and collect more knowledge, more quickly than ever before. [...]

NPR just did a report on plastic bag bans that are spreading across the country and even the world. The story tells of one city, San Francisco, that started it all off. The article lists the cities, including London and Paris, that are now joining in. On average each of us uses 500 plastic [...]

The following three press releases cover the process and progress of the Chaffee County Land Use Focus Groups over recent months:
The Development of Chaffee County’s Land Use Codes
December 12, 2007
by Bob Christiansen, Chaffee County Administrator
Since 2006, several dozen Chaffee County citizens have been participating in an extensive process to update the County Land Use Code. [...]

The Cottonwood Meadows sketch plan was approved at last night’s trustee meeting in Buena Vista. It has been two years since the project held its charrette, a process by which public input is addressed and incorporated into the development plan by architects, designers, and engineers. The public input and approval process of this project is [...]

Residents of the Arkansas river valley have had the ‘Over the River’ project on their radar for quite some time. Conceived and designed by the artistic team of Jeanne-Claude and Christo (Often referred to collectively as ‘Christo’), the project seeks to suspend a shimmering canopy of fabric over several miles of the Arkansas river [...]

Last week, Mike Harvey of Recreation Engineering and Planning spent time making adjustments on several of the river features in the Buena Vista Whitewater Park. Jed Selby says that because of the dynamic environment of the river, it is necessary to make changes over the period of a few years after the construction of a [...]

Many of you are probably aware that the question of home rule in Buena Vista has become a popular topic in recent months.
What is home rule? According to the Silverthorne, Colorado town website:
Municipal home rule is based upon the theory that the citizens of a municipality should have the right to decide [...]

Last night brought a decent crowd to the Community Center for a candidate Q&A forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. There are six candidates running for five available seats on the town board. Questions posed by the audience involved everything from whether Buena Vista has enough water to support incoming growth to the [...]

If you are looking for a last hurrah for the winter ski season there are three events this week you might want to check out.
This Thursday night join the crew from The Trailhead for their final Nocturnal Nordic Night ski of the winter. They will be skiing in the Cottonwood Lake area. Check out the [...]