Join the VVP Workforce Housing Coalition! Use the link above to join our workforce advocacy network.

People move out of Eagle County when they reach their early 30’s and don’t stop leaving until their early 60’s. We are losing people in their peak earning years. Many attribute this, in part, to a lack of housing affordable to these employees. Employee turnover costs local businesses a lot of money and creates other community challenges.

We want to ensure our community can remain competitive to keep locals local and to support our business community. Workforce and affordable housing has long been an issue in Eagle County. Addressing our affordable housing issue is essential to the continued success and growth of our business community across industry sectors.

Since workforce housing remains of paramount importance, and we are proud to announce a new workforce housing coalition and invite all interested parties to come together and share thoughts, feedback, and solutions to help address this issue. Modeled after our economic development effort, we will bring together public and private partners to identify opportunities and needs. The workforce housing coalition will meet throughout 2017 to help identify regulatory burdens, rental unit vs ownership mix, potential private industry solutions, and the role of public partners.

Contact Chris Romer at 970.477.4016 for more information.