March 2012
03/15/12
Spring has arrived in Telluride and with the recent time change we’re enjoying long, classic blue sky days and great spring skiing and looking forward to seeing many of our friends who visit this time of year.
As expected, the influx of visitors for the winter has also driven up real estate sales and activity. According to the Telluride Multiple Listing Service over $29.4M worth of properties sold in February 2012 (including one Mountain Village home for $12.5M). An additional 36 properties have contracted since February 1, including seven Town of Telluride homes and a number of notable condominiums priced at $1M and above.
As always, please feel free to stop by the office or contact us online or at 970-728-0213 with any questions you might have, real estate related or other.
Top 5 Ski Resorts by Forbes!
02/29/12
Telluride, Colorado (PAF = 89): If you’ve been to Telluride, you understand why it’s on this list. Seeing this town’s main street framed against one of the more magnificent box canyons in the world, the spire of its old courthouse saluting a battalion of serrated San Juan peaks, pays for the plane ticket. As for that plane ride, Telluride has a reputation for being hard to reach. It’s a tag that gets Dave Riley, the CEO of the resort, bristling. “It’s simply not true,” he says. “It’s easier to get in here than a lot of other Colorado resorts, and the drive is better.”
To read full FORBES article click here
National Geographic Features Telluride in Top 25 Ski Towns in the World
02/16/12
Best For: Big-lunged skiers and boarders with a taste for fine wine and the mountain high life
Remote and unrelentingly beautiful, Telluride may be the most picturesque ski town in North America, a Victorian-era silver-mining hamlet set deep in a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. The steep runs of Telluride Ski Resort spill right into the edge of the town’s National Historic District, where a gondola whisks skiers back up into the area’s almost 4,000 vertical feet of absurdly scenic skiing. Only 12 blocks long and with no stoplights, neon signs, or billboards, this charming town of 2,325 people combines fine wine lists and funky bars with a spirited culture of diehard mountain lovers. The town sits at a gasping 8,793 feet above sea level, and lifts reach to over 12,500 feet, so come prepared to acclimatize.
To read the full Article from National Geographic click here
Fox News: Top 5 Things To Do In Telluride
02/16/12
Want to know what to do while in Telluride? Check out the video below from Fox News.
February 2012
02/15/12
The weather gods have been smiling on Telluride. The snow started falling in late January and our snowpack has been steadily increasing every since. Weve had 23 inches in the last seven days on top of roughly 30 inches the week before and we now have some of the best conditions in the country.
With the snow comes more great press. Telluride made National Geographics list of the Worlds 25 Best Ski Towns and Fox Travel produced a great 5-minute video on Telluride as a year-round destination in late January.
Not to be outdone, to better serve our clients we recently launched an updated website. The address remains the same www.TellurideAffiliates.com but the content, layout and organization has changed and well be using our blog more. We encourage you to take a look and let us know what you think good, bad and otherwise.
Real Estate sales have also picked up with over $23.6M closed YTD in the MLS, including a $6.5M home in Mountain Village and some notable luxury condominiums. Weve also just listed another FDIC-owned property on South Townsend in Montrose and expect to have pricing on the South Oak Street property any day now.
As always, please feel free to stop by the office or contact us online or at 970-728-0213 with any questions.
Telluride Middle School Receives Academic Recognition
02/14/12
On February 7, Steve Smith, Principal of the Telluride Intermediate/Middle School announced that Telluride Middle School has been recognized for academic excellence by the Governor’s office.
“Once again, the Governor’s office has recognized TMS’ continual trajectory of student achievement and growth. While this award cites the Telluride Middle School, it really is a result of K-8 teachers’ caring, instruction, program development, support mechanisms like IMAP, and the parental and community connections we have in place. This team approach helps us all keep our collective “eye on the prize” and keeps our kids achieving at high levels.”
Congratulations to all!
Telluride Receives 7 More Inches of Snow!
02/09/12
This makes for 26″ of new snow since Saturday! The skiing and boarding is fantastic.
The Ski Resort is also hosting a Salomon Skis Demo this weekend – February 10, 11, 12. In the mountain village core near the base of lift 4. Come try out skis daily from 9am-4pm. Look for the Salomon tent!
Gearing up for the Pro Cycling Challenge
02/07/12
Local organizing committee starting to piece together massive event
By Katie Klingsporn
Editor
On Monday, Aug. 20, a pack of some of the world’s most elite cyclists will race up the Spur and into Telluride, where they will loop through town before turning westward down Colorado Avenue for a push to the finish line at the San Miguel County Courthouse.
Awards will follow, then festivities. There will be podiums and tents, stages and news vans. The town will teem with media and spectators and the entourages of Tour De France-caliber racers. Telluride will be in the national sports spotlight.
This is the vision for stage one of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the epic seven-day stage race that will see cyclists pedaling across some of Colorado’s most beautiful stretches. The race, which is heading into its second year, begins with a stage from Durango to Telluride.
To read full article click here.
Town, Telski talk about restarting Lift 7 discussions
02/04/12
Telski CEO: ‘I want to have a dialogue with this town council to help the right solution emerge.’
By Katie Klingsporn
Editor
In 2007, the town of Telluride began a master plan for the Lift 7 subarea — a quiet and relatively undeveloped neighborhood in west Telluride around the base of the aging Lift 7.
The idea behind it, according to town officials, was to draft a cohesive vision for one of the town’s last developable neighborhoods that could bring benefits like affordable housing, parking, childcare, a new lift and lodging.
To read full article click here
Building a more resilient community
01/31/12
TNCC holds events to discuss slow money, transition towns
By Brian Selogie
Planet Contributor
The New Community Coalition’s monthly Green Business Roundtable series will return to the Telluride region with a special two-day event this week to talk about building community self-reliance.
In partnership with the Wilkinson Public Library and funded in part by the American Library Association and the Fetzer Institute, this week’s roundtable events will feature Michael Brownlee of Transition Colorado and Woody Tasch of the Slow Money Alliance.
A community roundtable, entitled “Transition to a Slower Future: How Community Resilience and Slow Money could Lead to Less Work and More Fun,” will focus on ideas and tools to build and enhance self-reliance and community resilience in innovative and productive ways. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday with a potluck style dinner and presentation at the Wilkinson Public Library. The second event — the monthly Green Business Roundtable — will occur at the library at 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
To read full article click here.
