{"id":2456915,"date":"2020-04-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=323972"},"modified":"2020-04-08T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:00:00","slug":"responding-to-concerns-snowmass-center-redevelopment-team-makes-significant-changes-to-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/responding-to-concerns-snowmass-center-redevelopment-team-makes-significant-changes-to-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to concerns: Snowmass Center redevelopment team makes significant changes to project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/snowmasscenter-svs-040820-1-2-1024x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/snowmasscenter-svs-040820-1-2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/snowmasscenter-svs-040820-1-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/snowmasscenter-svs-040820-1-2-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/snowmasscenter-svs-040820-1-2-1536x803.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/snowmasscenter-svs-040820-1-2-2048x1071.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>A rendering of the new views from the proposed &#8220;Main Street&#8221; looking down valley as a result of the changes made to the Snowmass Center redevelopment project.<\/strong><br \/><em>Design Workshop\/courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">At the April 6 Town Council meeting, the Snowmass Center redevelopment team presented a series of extensive changes to the project in hopes of addressing the continued concerns raised about its mass, scale and density.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The changes include removing the two buildings (5A and 5B) between the main center and Woodbridge Condominiums and replacing them with additional commercial parking and a new neighborhood park; adding residential units from 5A and 5B to three of the four buildings (2A, 2B and 3A) located behind the main center building; dropping the overall height of building 6B by 3 feet; and improving loading service, delivery and shuttle loading areas in and around the proposed center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe appreciate your thoughtfulness in this review and we\u2019re really doing all that we can to listen and be responsive,\u201d Jordan Sarick, principal of Eastwood Developments and its Eastwood Snowmass Investors affiliate, which owns the current Snowmass Center and is the redevelopment project applicant, told Town Council on April 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cQuite frankly, we\u2019re hoping to bring closure to this process soon as we work to resolve any of the remaining issues. We believe this plan addresses substantially all of the concerns that we\u2019ve heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Although the various Snowmass Center redevelopment amendments were brought to council all at once, the project team emphasized that they weren\u2019t made overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Instead, Sarick, Eastwood Snowmass staff and Design Workshop officials have worked to listen to each public discussion on the center redevelopment proposal and respond to the concerns and desires of the community as a whole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThese changes are really a result of listening through the entire process,\u201d Sarick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Over the past several months of Snowmass Center redevelopment discussions, <a id=\"N0x204bde0N0x1ffcf00:N0x204bde0N0x2135098\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/snowmass-center-redevelopment-discussions-continue-include-new-voices\/\">Town Council has stressed the need<\/a> for the project team to decrease mass, scale and density, along with improvements to delivery capabilities and more detail on where current tenants and what new tenants may be located in the new center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">During a conference call April 7 with the Snowmass Sun, Sarick and Rob Cairncross of Eastwood Snowmass and Richard Shaw and Jessica Garrow of Design Workshop discussed their efforts to maintain the viability and community hub or \u201cMain Street\u201d feel of the redevelopment project, while also making significant changes based on council and community feedback through the amendments presented to council April 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The team said the goal was use the long process of collecting public and council feedback to help find a balance among the needs of the entire community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cSome of the vitality is less than what we originally proposed, but we feel the overall changes address the positive aspects of the center redevelopment and are a real positive for everybody involved,\u201d Shaw said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIn listening and being a part of the public process we felt the community would have the opportunity to make this project better and think that really has occurred with this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On top of getting rid of two buildings on parcel 5 and adding 10 additional townhome-style units to 2A and 2B located over a new garage along with one unit to 3A as a result, the amendment highlights include reducing density without reducing the amount of deed-restricted housing; adding public restrooms to the main center building; and increasing commercial parking to meet 100% of the town code requirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The redevelopment team also showed council a map of the main Snowmass Center building, which provides more detailed locations for Clark\u2019s Market, Ajax Supply, Sundance Liquor and Gifts and the Snowmass post office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The team is in continued conversation with the current center tenants on the redevelopment project and emphasized there is room for all tenants who want to be in the new center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe believe that all of the tenants and all of the uses currently in the center should and can have a place in the new center,\u201d Sarick said. \u201cWe would expect any tenant in good standing that should wish to have a new home in the new center will have one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After Sarick presented April 6, council voted to approve the project amendments without sending them back to the Planning Commission. That vote keeps the project at the council level, allows town community development officials to review and request more specifics on the amendments as needed, and gives councilmembers an opportunity to further discuss the amendments in detail at a future meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Town Council scheduled continued public discussion on the Snowmass Center redevelopment and its changes for April 20, though town staff acknowledged that date may change if more time is needed to review the project amendments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cJordan, I\u2019d really like to thank you and all of your team for all of the hard work you\u2019ve put into this redesign, it really is substantially much, much better,\u201d Mayor Markey Butler said at the council meeting. \u201cI am eager to hopefully move this process forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:mvincent@aspentimes.com\">mvincent@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/responding-to-concerns-snowmass-center-redevelopment-team-makes-significant-changes-to-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rendering of the new views from the proposed &#8220;Main Street&#8221; looking down valley as a result of the changes made to the Snowmass Center redevelopment project.Design Workshop\/courtesy photo At the April 6 Town Council meeting, the Snowmass Center redevelopment team presented a series of extensive changes to the project in hopes of addressing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 05:25:12","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}