🌱 How high could Aspen-Basalt mobile home park rents climb by 2026?

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In today's newsletter:

• How high could Aspen-Basalt mobile home park rents climb by 2026?
• Why is Basalt’s stretch of Highway 82 a top wildlife danger zone?

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 47 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 47, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 42 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rent remains steady at recently purchased mobile home parks — until late spring 2026 (aspentimes.com) — Residents of the Aspen-Basalt and Mountain Valley mobile home parks have secured ownership of their land, but higher monthly payments are coming by late spring 2026 because fundraising fell $4 million short. Rents will stay level through 2025 under Colorado law, while a local housing nonprofit works to build a rent-assistance fund that could ease the jump for Basalt-area families most in need.
   

• Roaring Fork Safe Passages discusses plans with Aspen (aspentimes.com) — Wildlife advocates are pushing a major safety plan for Highway 82 that specifically flags the Basalt stretch as one of five top collision hot spots in the valley. The group hopes to tap new federal funding for wildlife overpasses, underpasses, and fencing, but will eventually need local dollars and political support to bring these protections to Basalt-area drivers and animals.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Live Music at the Hoffmann!
  The Hoffmann Hotel Basalt Aspen, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Basalt
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Live Music with Dustin Lutomski
  Basalt Chamber of Commerce , 30 Kodiak Dr , Basalt
  5:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Fish Fridays at Mezzaluna
  Mezzaluna , 941 East Valley Road , Basalt
  4:30 pm
• The Queen Bees “Bee” Merry Holiday Show
  The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW)
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Prime Rib Night at Mezzaluna
  Mezzaluna , 941 East Valley Road , Basalt
  4:30 pm
• Django Carols W/ LAPOMPE
  The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW)
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Sunday Roast at Mezzaluna
  Mezzaluna , 941 East Valley Road , Basalt
  4:30 pm
• Comedian Pete Lee
  The Arts Campus At Willits , 400 Robinson Street , Basalt
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Concentric Recovery Monthly Meetings at True Nature
  True Nature , 100 N 3rd St , Carbondale
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• West Section Holiday Happy Hour
  Carbondale Clay Center , 135 Main St , Carbondale
  5:30 pm
• TRIVIA — El Dorado Bar & Lounge
  El Dorado , 358 Main St , Carbondale
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Deck the Walls Holiday Market
  Carbondale Arts , 76 S 4th St , Carbondale
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser & Display Installer in Basalt. Apply here.
• Colorado Staffing posted a job opening for Sales Arborist in Carbondale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Basalt here.

🗞 Nearby News

Carbondale

• ACES provides list of winter programming (aspendailynews.com)
• New charges in assault, kidnap case (aspendailynews.com)
• Local news in brief, Dec. 15 (aspendailynews.com)

Snowmass Village

• Plan Your Last-Minute Family Holiday Vacation At These Locations (forbes.com)

Aspen

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