Mountain Town Economics, Pt 2: Housing, Community, & Core Values
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🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week we are talking again about a number of the logistics facing most mountain town communities — and discussing a number of potential solutions. So if you are someone who lives in a mountain town or you are someone who loves to visit them, you ought to listen to this conversation. Our guest is Troy Russ, who is the community development director of Crested Butte. Troy has a long history in community planning and development, so is able to provide an incredibly well-informed perspective on these big topics.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Troy’s background in community planning (2:08)
- Thoughts on our previous Blister Podcast on housing (4:31)
- Linear Thinking vs. Comprehensive Thinking (8:52)
- Importance of identifying Core Values (12:41)
- Affordable housing & short-term rentals (17:07)
- Development solutions: pros & cons (20:00)
- Deed restrictions (21:58)
- ADUs: Accessory Dwelling Units (24:23)
- Creating & maintaining a sustainable economy (31:02)
- Evaluating various tax initiatives: pros & cons (36:04)
- Case study: the Brush Creek Project of Crested Butte (39:04)
- Nostalgia (47:16)
- Protecting & preserving uniqueness through change (50:50)
- Importance of community participation (54:33)
RELATED LINKS
- Mountain Town Economics, Pt 1: Affordable Housing, Short-Term Rentals, & More
- Mountain Town Economics, Pt 3: Developing Housing, Addressing Climate Change, & Mitigating Megafires
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, |
| 0:08.6 | and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:16.2 | This week, we are discussing again a number of the logistics facing most mountain town communities, |
| 0:23.1 | and we are discussing a number of the potential solutions. |
| 0:27.6 | And I said this about the conversation that I had with Dr. Jenny Stuber when we had a conversation |
| 0:33.6 | about these topics. |
| 0:34.6 | Well, I can honestly say it again that if you are someone |
| 0:38.2 | who lives in a mountain town or you are someone who loves to visit them, I am confident that our |
| 0:44.6 | conversation today will help you better understand and think through the various factors |
| 0:49.3 | and forces at play in many of these mountain communities and also think better about some of the potential |
| 0:56.2 | solutions. Now, our guest today is Troy Russ, who is the Community Development Director |
| 1:02.4 | of Crested Butte. Troy has a long history in community planning and development, so is able to |
| 1:09.1 | provide an incredibly well-informed perspective on |
| 1:12.5 | these topics. Troy also happens to be a passionate skier, a beer officinado, and my neighbor, |
| 1:21.2 | and I truly believe that you are going to enjoy and appreciate getting to hear Troy's take |
| 1:26.7 | on a number of these very big |
| 1:28.1 | topics as much as I do. And so with that, let's go ahead and get to my conversation with |
| 1:34.2 | Troy Russ. Here we go. Well, I am very happy to be here in Blister headquarters with my neighbor. |
| 1:45.9 | Troy Russ. |
| 1:47.0 | Troy, first of all, welcome to Blister HQ. |
| 1:49.6 | I'm glad you get to finally check out headquarters. |
| 1:53.2 | And I guess you both get to see it for the first time |
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