{"id":23089,"date":"2020-05-27T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/alex-taft-is-grand-countys-development-guy\/"},"modified":"2020-05-27T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:13:00","slug":"alex-taft-is-grand-countys-development-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/alex-taft-is-grand-countys-development-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Taft is Grand County\u2019s development guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/ProfileTaft-shn-052720.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Alex Taft, 32, is the office expert on subdivision, zoning and water. He has helped many folks navigate regulations during his time as a planner with Grand County Community Development.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Molly Johnson Photography<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">Alex Taft has become the man to go to when someone has questions about subdividing land or planning a housing development in Grand County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">Robert Davis, director of Community Development for the county, said that Taft has become the office expert on Colorado laws and regulations regarding subdivision, zoning and water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">\u201cHe presents information well, and I see him as being a leader in Grand County,\u201d Davis said in Taft\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">Citizens often seek Taft\u2019s expertise on these complicated topics in a growing community, and he always gives clients his full attention as he helps them through the process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">What made you choose to live and work in Grand County?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">It happened sort of by accident, really. My wife went to high school here, and she wanted to move back up to the mountains. I was looking for jobs and came across the opportunity in Grand County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">Where do you see yourself in 10 years?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">In ten years, I think I still see myself in the planning field, either as a senior planner or director of some department. At this point, I\u2019m not sure if that will be in Grand County or even Colorado, just wherever it happens to take me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">What kind of future do you see for your industry in the high country?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">I think there are always problems with land use and development, especially in these rural counties as we see growth in Colorado. They\u2019re going to go through significant change. I think it\u2019s import to be able to navigate that and maintain character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">How has COVID-19 changed the way your industry does business?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">I would say that the pace of things has changed a little bit, but we\u2019re still doing the same work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">If there were one thing you could change, what would it be and why?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">One significant thing that would make a difference in Grand County would be having more affordable housing or rental housing choices. That way we can have the additional staff I think everybody struggles with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">What do you like to do in your spare time?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">I spend a lot of my spare time working on our house and in our yard attempting to grow somewhat of a garden \u2014 which is difficult in the High Country. Time away from home is spent hiking, mountain biking or skiing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">What advice or encouragement would you offer a young professional trying to make it in the county?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND Factbox Text\">I would say that perseverance is key in making it in Grand County. I think if you figure out what you want to do, put your head down and get into it, then that will help you thrive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/alex-taft-is-grand-countys-development-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Taft, 32, is the office expert on subdivision, zoning and water. He has helped many folks navigate regulations during his time as a planner with Grand County Community Development.Courtesy Molly Johnson Photography Alex Taft has become the man to go to when someone has questions about subdividing land or planning a housing development in [&hellip;]<\/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":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 14:36:45","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":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}