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The Lake Christine Fire on Basalt Mountain: information resources
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Information sources to track the fire.
Local Public Data
The Aspen 50: billionaires of Pitkin County
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There are now more than 1,600 billionaires in the world, and at least fifty of them have stakes in the Aspen area — primarily through their ownership of real estate in Pitkin County.
Land Use
Build and let live: 40 years of affordable housing in Aspen
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“We totally invented the concept of a dual market: a second, more affordable pool of housing that would be traded among local residents and that would be insulated from market forces.”
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Who owns employee housing in Pitkin County?
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A list of the owners of all of the ownership units under the jurisdiction of the Aspen Pitkin County Housing Authority shows what buyers paid for their unit, when they bought it, and what it’s worth as of May 2014.
Featured Stories
Giving big: Aspen-area nonprofits and their economic impact
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Nonprofit tax return data from the IRS via ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer tool.
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Aspen nonprofits: the public data table
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Public data on Aspen’s nonprofits in one big searchable table.
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Disease without a cure: comparing the cost of hospital care in the Aspen region
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Of 23 treatments tracked at five Western Slope hospitals in 2011, Aspen Valley Hospital had the lowest average charges in eight of the treatments. Knee joint replacements, however, usually come with higher prices.
City approves 2013 grants to arts and community nonprofits
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The Aspen City Council approved its 2013 budget Monday night on second reading and in so doing approved $756,200 in grants to over 50 local arts and community nonprofits. The city also approved another $106,250 worth of in-kind grants, mainly to sports-centered nonprofits, such as ice time for Aspen Junior Hockey and the Aspen Skating Club. The city’s grants to arts, community, open-space and sports-related nonprofits are separate from its funding of health and human services organizations, a process it shares with Pitkin County. The city is discussing revising its funding of those organizations, according to recent stories in the Aspen Daily News and The Aspen Times. At the City Council meeting on Monday, former Aspen Mayor Helen Klanderud asked about the amount of funding in the 2013 budget for health and human services organizations.
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The Aspen 50 – Forbes billionaires in Pitkin County
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At least 50 billionaires on Forbes’ most recent wealth lists own property or have strong ties to property in the Aspen area.
Local Public Data
Local donors to Colorado congressional races
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Public information from the Federal Election Commission shows that in 2011, Aspenites made 99 donations to Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Cortez), totaling $50,322. In the same year, they made 79 donations totaling $20,585 to Sal Pace, Tipton’s Democratic challenger. Between September 1 and Dec. 31, 2011, Tipton had 14 donations from Aspenites totaling $8,375, while Pace had 69 donations from Aspenites worth $18,855. Information such as this can be gleaned from the searchable database above.