Heather Connor, Your Local Crested Butte Realtor. 970.209.8050. HeatherConnor.com. Heather@cbblackdiamond.com.
Good morning everyone, this is Heather Connor, your Local Realtor, sharing the local news for the Crested Butte and Gunnison Community. My goal is to get you updated on the relevant local happenings, in just a few minutes.
In the last five days of November the county has recorded 24 new positive cases of COVID. Public health director Joni Reynolds has implemented to mitigation measures which includes reducing the capacity of gathering, both indoors and out. Outdoor gatherings have been reduced from 250 people down to 50 and indoor gatherings have been reduced from 50 to 25. The second mitigation measure is a seven-day quarantine if you have left Gunnison County for more than 24 hours.
Nationally, we have a new president Biden and locally we had an 88% voter turnout. More than 11,000 people out of the 12, 448 voters in Gunnison County who are considered active voted in this years electrion. District 2 County Commissioner is Jonathon Houck. District 1, Liz Smith retained her seat after she was appointed to replace commission John Messner. Both of their new terms officially being in January.
And there is no question that we are seeing an impact in our backcountry usage. There is a permanent toilet installation in Washington Gulch, which was completed in September. Since tourism and recreation have increased significantly, this should help keep our areas safe and clean for the ever increasing usage, including overnight stays.
Rates, took a dip and real estate is still going under contract. Don't forget to look on our site for all properties that have sold the last week and our community events calendar that is interactive and keeps you up to date on what is happening in Crested Butte. For further information on any of the topics, you can click on the links to the Crested Butte News. As always, if you are considering purchasing or selling your home in this beautiful valley give me a call. Stay safe out there folks, this is your local realtor, Heather Connor, signing off on the local news.
For additional information on any of the above topics, please visit the CrestedButteNews.com
