the online survey<\/a> that’s open to any creatives who live or work within a 100-mile radius of Grand Lake, an area that encompasses places like Summit County, Steamboat Springs and Clear Creek County. <\/p>\nIn its request for people to take the survey, the Grand Lake Creative District is painting \u201ccreatives\u201d with a broad brush, one that covers a wide variety of activities, even if they\u2019re only hobbies.<\/p>\n
Think of it like this, creatives could be musicians, photographers,
\nglassblowers, woodworkers, welders, actors, chefs and writers. So too could they
\nbe architects, fabricators, mentors, class teachers and website designers, just
\nto name a few of the not-so-obvious creative-types.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are interested in learning about your needs for space to
\nlive and work, create, make things, practice, rehearse, display and perform and
\notherwise support your creative work,\u201d the survey tells its takers. <\/p>\n
The results will advance plans for new workforce housing in Grand Lake. Because the survey is so important, explained DiAnn Butler, Grand County\u2019s economic development director, the Grand Lake Creative District is hoping for a massive response.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe especially want people who are needing affordable housing to be taking the survey,\u201d she said, emphasizing that she hopes frontline workers who are looking for affordable housing and creative outlets can find the time to take the survey.<\/p>\n
The project comes as a result of Space to Create Colorado,
\nwhich boasts being the first state-driven initiative for affordable housing for
\ncreative sector workers in the nation.<\/p>\n
The program is the driving force behind nine planned projects
\nin eight designated regions in rural, small town and mountain communities
\nacross Colorado, including Grand Lake. <\/p>\n
The idea behind the program is these developments will stimulate
\ncommunity and economic development by offering affordable housing and workspaces
\nfor people involved creative industries, those who make things and those who keep
\ncultural practices alive so that these people can live, work and share their
\ntalents year-round.<\/p>\n
According to Space to Create Colorado, the nine projects
\nwill culminate in a roughly $45 million investment statewide by multiple
\npartners and agencies in direct capital investment.<\/p>\n
Butler said that Grand Lake\u2019s Space to Create project is envisioned as 3-5 year process, depending on the scope of the project. Grand Lake is one year in and they\u2019ve already gone through a feasibility study and are now working to identify the types of housing and workspace that are most needed. <\/p>\n
Find the survey at GLCreativeMarketSurvey.org<\/a>. The deadline to respond is Aug. 20. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grand Lake is calling on all creatives within 100 miles to take a survey, the results of which will be used to design a workforce housing project for creative-types. The call is growing louder with time waning to take the online survey that’s open to any creatives who live or work within a 100-mile radius […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 04:50:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28834,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28794\/revisions\/28834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}