Word: aspen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rights laws, the inspiration for a nationwide boycott when voters passed it in 1992, was struck down by the state's Supreme Court. The grounds: it denied gays an equal voice in government. The notorious Amendment 2, which would have voided anti-discrimination ordinances in Denver, Boulder and Aspen, was never really enforced and has been in and out of court ever since. Supporters plan to revive the case before the U.S. Supreme Court...
...called hospitality business, where workers typically start as waiters, maids and bartenders at about $6 an hour. In the five counties that account for most Colorado tourism, 45% of all births in 1992 were to low-income families, according to local health departments. In Pitkin County, where Aspen is situated, the number of births to families on Medicaid quadrupled -- to 16% -- in the three years ending...
...town does; up and down the Rockies you find municipalities struggling with the problem. Telluride's San Miguel County requires developers to set aside 15% of their sites for affordable housing. In Aspen, where resistance to more new "monster homes" has great zeal, there is a proposal to raise the amount of new development that must go for modest housing from 40% to 60%. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where a 14,000-sq.-ft., three-bedroom log cabin is going up, building inspector Dennis Johnson says a campground for low-wage earners might not be a bad idea...
Harvard will receive $18.3 million from the last month's sale of the Aspen Highlands Skiing Corporation, the University announced yesterday...
Jones, who founded Highlands in 1959, was reportedly trying to sell it for $30 million before he donated a portion of it to Harvard, according to Aspen Magazine. It is unclear how large Harvard's stake in the resort...