 e hope you find this portal site helpful in finding information about the communities that make up the Roaring Fork Valley located in western Colorado. Search for lodging or find a Roaring Fork Valley business. Look for a great valley restaurant or explore Roaring Fork Valley real estate and shopping opportunities and more.
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NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon has sold most of the nearly 2,000 acres he owned in Missouri Heights to a development group headed by John McDonald, the man who created the Dallas National Golf Club in Texas. McDonald plans to build a golf club development much like the Dallas project. Gordon, who bought the property in 2006, will retain a 50-acre parcel.
-Aspen Times, 01.05.09
Construction of The Residences at the Little Nell is essentially completed and the $150 million project, adjacent to the Silver Queen gondola at the base of Aspen Mountain, is set for occupancy in early February. It will be managed by the Aspen Skiing Co.’s Little Nell Hotel and has been 8 years in the works.
-Aspen Times, 01.05.09
One of the new laws that went into effect on January 1 was an increase in Colorado’s minimum wage. The new minimum wage in the state went up 26 cents to $7.28 per hour for nontipped workers and $4.26 per hour for tipped workers. The federal minimum wage is $6.55 per hour and will go to $7.25 an hour in July.
-Rocky Mountain News, 01.01.09
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