With the usual influx of summer visitors in full swing, a typical conversation with folks from out of town will likely include talk of real estate: Prices, locations, new developments, old houses and the like are all par for the course. With several non-traditional developments in the works, the discussions between Buena Vista [...]

One of the larger issues facing our area today is the influx of people. Buena Vista is on the map, and people want what we have. Fresh air, clean water, beautiful scenery, outdoor lifestyle, friendly community, no traffic…the list goes on. The state demographer warned of the incoming tide of people from all over the [...]

Yesterday at the Chaffee County courthouse focus groups who have worked over the past year to reshape the county zoning plan met and watched as Marjo Curgus of the Sonoran Institute and her team presented a “stab in the dark” of a plan that was based on the information gathered from previous meetings. It provided [...]