Tuesday February 23, 2010
A meeting at the Viceroy Hotel in Snowmass Village on Monday was attended by sub-contractors in the construction industry in the Roaring Fork Valley—in addition to dozens of government representatives from Pitkin County and the City of Aspen.
Al Wallace, a green developer who is currently building the Wild Pointe Ranch housing project in Elizabeth, Colorado (just south of Denver)—which will be the largest platinum LEED certified housing development in the U.S, was the keynote speaker on “Synergy”. Construction managers, energy audit specialists and planning and zoning officials with Pitkin County and the City of Aspen considered the Energy Star Program of efficient building methods.
On Monday March 15th, crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation and workers with Villabos Concrete of Denver begin repaving Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. The work will be done between seven a.m. and six p.m.
Plan for an extra 30 minutes for the commute as the going will be slow for about six weeks.
The work will cost about 2.5 million dollars to complete.
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