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🌱 Why are fewer Aspen residents planning to stay long term?

Aspen, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Aspen! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why are fewer Aspen residents planning to stay long term?
  • What’s new now that the Aspen Recreation Center is back open?
  • Why Colorado’s top transit officials are looking to RFTA and Aspen

Also on today's calendar: Happy Birthday Jessi and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Sunday: An afternoon shower in spots, temps: high: 73, low: 40.
  • Monday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 73 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Affordability, loss of local businesses among biggest concer... (aspendailynews.com) — Aspen’s latest community survey shows fewer residents expect to stay or raise children here over the next five years, largely due to affordability concerns and loss of everyday local businesses. While childcare ratings and city services improved, many still feel tension between Aspen’s tourism appeal and its ability to support full-time families, prompting city leaders to keep affordability and family needs in focus.
   

2. Aspen Recreation Center reopens following renovations (aspentimes.com) — The Aspen Recreation Center is fully open again after a summer-long closure for major pool deck, drainage, and mechanical repairs that bring the 20-year-old facility to its best condition yet. All regular programs have resumed, and residents can now check schedules and buy passes online to get back to swimming, workouts, and family activities in town.
   

3. CDOT executive director joins local transportation leaders i... (aspendailynews.com) — State and local transportation leaders gathered in downtown Aspen to spotlight RFTA as a model for rural transit and to discuss how public transportation supports livable communities and the regional economy. With Aspen’s mayor and Aspen One’s community engagement lead on the panel, the conversation emphasized local commitment to funding buses and explored future opportunities for expanding successful transit programs across Colorado.
   

4. Planned Parenthood to reopen in GWS on Monday (aspendailynews.com) — With Planned Parenthood’s Glenwood Springs clinic reopening Monday, Aspen-area residents who relied on Aspen Community Health for contraception and family planning may soon see some pressure ease on local services. The story details how Aspen Community Health has acted as a safety-net clinic for mostly uninsured and Medicaid patients, while regional providers worked to maintain abortion access and gender-affirming hormone therapy during the closure.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hi neighbors!
    I’m a local here in Aspen and am looking to pick up some babysitting gigs in the valley! I’m 23 and have plenty of babysitting experience, love kids… (Nextdoor Aspen Core II)
  • Kroger posted a job opening for Cashier in Aspen. Apply here.
  • Hillstone Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Prep Cook in Aspen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aspen here.

Ok Aspen! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Aspen

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Aspen

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.