The city will only spend $97,500 instead of what would have been $296,500 for what was going to be a larger, more comprehensive scope of work, which was agreed to by council last month.<\/p>\n
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Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the local stay-at-home public health order, the design team for the city of Aspen\u2019s planned affordable housing project near the Aspen Business Center is scaling back its work.<\/p>\n
DHM Design, which was hired last year to carry out the conceptual design process for the Lumberyard housing project, is proposing an abbreviated scope of work that Aspen City Council will consider Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Chris Everson, the city\u2019s affordable housing development project manager, said in a memo<\/a><\/i> to council that the reduced work can keep the project moving forward for the next three months while only requiring the design team to perform home-office design work.<\/p>\n The city will only spend $97,500 instead of what would have been $296,500 for what was going to be a larger, more comprehensive scope of work, which was agreed to by council last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nSupport Local Journalism<\/h3>\n