Buena Vista
Real Estate
Water, growth, housing issues shape daily lives of Buena Vista residents
Along the Arkansas River Buena Vista is a home for the 3,000 or so people who live there and the kind of Colorado place those who visit think, "I'd like to make my home there." In recent years, the population has surged, the downtown has filled in what used to be empty storefronts and expanded. Housing prices have risen along with demand and there are unsettled questions about water use.That has brought a lot of thinking about what the town wants to be. Is tourism a good thing? "I ask myself that question all the time, it's something I struggle with because...
A unique approach to building workforce housing in the Colorado mountains
Inside a busy factory in Buena Vista, workers are hammering, spackling and piecing together an answer. At least part of one. Housing is undergoing an evolution. So-called stick-built homes have risen in price due to a long list of reasons. Into that vacuum walked real estate developer Fading West. The leaders of the company had hoped to help build workforce housing in Buena Vista but found that plan was harder than they thought."We had 22 acres that are just south of the high school here in Buena Vista," said Eric Schaefer, chief business development officer for Fading West. "And really,...
Water, growth, housing issues shape daily lives of Buena Vista residents
Along the Arkansas River Buena Vista is a home for the 3,000 or so people who live there and the kind of Colorado place those who visit think, "I'd like to make my home there." In recent years, the population has surged, the downtown has filled in what used to be empty storefronts and expanded. Housing prices have risen along with demand and there are unsettled questions about water use.That has brought a lot of thinking about what the town wants to be. Is tourism a good thing? "I ask myself that question all the time, it's something I struggle with because...
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