Trailer park purchase helps Pitkin County preserve affordable housing

Anna Stonehouse, The Aspen TimesPart of the Phillips Mobile Home Park in Old Snowmass, which Pitkin County commissioners agreed to buy Wednesday for up to $7.5 million.By Jason Auslander, Aspen Times
Pitkin County’s commissioners, who have been looking for ways to increase affordable housing options in the upper Roaring Fork Valley, agreed Wednesday to spend as much as $7.5 million to buy the Phillips Mobile Home Park in Old Snowmass.
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