Posts tagged as “NIMBY”

(Photo: A mostly abandoned Silver Cliff in 1972. Denver Public Library Special Collections, Z-12892, publication rights purchased) (Originally published 01/18/2023) Editorial by Jordan Hedberg For half a century, local sentiment has focused on wringing its hands about avoiding becoming the next Aspen, Breckenridge, or Vail. Anytime the topic of repairing a street, replacing a waterline, or adding to the school, letters to the editor inevitably revert to fears that “if this is done, our town will be overtaken by outsiders and become Aspen!” I was surprised at how even talk about a $250,000 grant to the town of Westcliffe, received for Main Street repairs, spiraled on social media into a conversation about how some people don’t want Westcliffe to change, and the state grant was…