This proposed 170-room extended stay hotel also includes 96 deed-restricted employee apartments plus 331 underground parking spaces, located in West Vail at the site of the former Roost Lodge. The project has been recommended for approval by the Vail Planning and Environmental Commission (PEC) and is scheduled for a vote by the Vail Town Council on Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
The project is endorsed by the Vail Valley Partnership Board of Directors, the VVP Government Affairs Committee, the Vail Local Housing Authority, the Vail Chamber and Business Association and numerous local businesses and residents.
The Town Council is currently evaluating this privately financed workforce housing project, and they need to hear from you NOW how important this project is to the economic vitality of Vail and Eagle County. This project could be denied without a significant show of support.
Read the article from the initial hearing on January 3rd here.
Download information on the project: MRI project info 1-12-17.pages
Email all Vail Town Council members at towncouncil@vailgov.com
Here’s what you can do to make your voice really stand out:
– Make sure to somehow identify the project. Call it the Marriott Residence and employee housing, or the Marriott workforce project, or the Marriott Residence Inn Special Development District, or whatever name you think will be most clear in the council’s understanding. But lead off with a reference to the project.
If you can let them know why you personally think it’s a good thing, that helps. Here are a few talking points:
– If you are a resident, or a voter within the town of Vail, let them know.
– If you employ workers who would love this project, say so. And ask them to write the Council too!
– If you can send a paper letter, or a fax, please do so! It lets you add something handwritten at the bottom of the letter: just some sort of exclamation point. “Thanks for your consideration;” “I really support this strongly;” “This will be great for Vail; “This is very important;” or anything else. Those little notes really have an outsized impact. They are personal in a way that email will never be.
Mailing address: 75 South Frontage Road, Vail, CO 81657
Fax: 970-479-2157
Email: towncouncil@vailgov.com
Show your support by attending the Vail Town Council meeting on Tuesday, January 17th at 6:00pm (find the agenda HERE)
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