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Vol. 142. No. 3
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Finalists emerge for city manager position Council’s decision expected by February Bella Biondini Times Editor Jacob Spetzler
Addicted to the ice Anglers from all across the Western Slope gathered near Elk Creek on Blue Mesa Reservoir for the annual Ice Addiction fishing tournament on Saturday, Jan. 14. The tournament is put on through Tightline Outdoors with support from the Gunnison Country Chamber of Commerce. The angler who captured the heaviest fish went home with $7,500. For more, see A20.
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TODAY NEWS: County distributes hundreds of doses of life-saving drug, A3
COMMUNITY: Two decades of Never-Ever hockey, B1
SPORTS: GHS basketball teams both split over the weekend, B6
OBITUARY A3 OPINION A4-A5, A19 CLASSIFIEDS A14-A17 SPORTS B6 ONLINE GUNNISONTIMES.COM
Gunnison City Council has selected three finalists for the city manager position, which has sat vacant since late October. Staff expect a new manager to be in place by April 1. City manager A6
Sawtooth to open RTA bus ridership doors by summer soars in 2022 Affordable housing development offers relief to ‘missing middle’ Abby Harrison Times Staff Writer
Gunnison County’s next affordable housing development is just months away from welcoming new residents. Dubbed “Sawtooth'' by Gunnison County Commissioners — in honor of the landmark mountain south of Gunnison — the complex will be located on South 14th Street, just west of the Gunnison County Fairgrounds, on land that has historically been used for overflow parking during
Cattlemen’s Days. By making Sawtooth units for rent only, instead of for sale, the county hopes the development will address the “missing middle,” which refers to residents who earn too much to qualify for a mortgage on housing that is deed restricted, said John Cattles, assistant county manager for operations and sustainability. Federally subsidized housing like Garden Walk and Palisades Apartments serve those around 70% of the area median income (AMI) and below. The city offered units from 80% to 140% AMI for their affordable housing development Lazy-K, and many on the higher end of the AMI limit have been difficult to fill. “One of the reasons why this project won’t be for sale is that we’re concerned that for-sale, Sawtooth A6
Jacob Spetzler
Gunnison transit center in the works Bella Biondini Times Editor
bus ridership skyrocketed in 2022, with the organization reporting its “biggest year” on record — only one bus load short of a quarter of a million passengers. The RTA’s numbers have continued to rebound as pandemic impacts fade. Ridership was up a little over 40% in November,
G u n n i s o n Va l l e y R u r a l Transportation Authority (RTA)
RTA A7
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