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  • Local Government

Grand County Commission Budget Hearing & Meeting – July 1, 2025

Moab Sun News5 months ago5 months ago

Commissioners disagreed on Grand County’s financial prospects at the July 1 County Commission meeting. Debate included the 2025 budget and a revision to the HDHO ordinance, which ultimately passed.

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  • Local Government

Grand County Commission, June 17, 2025

Moab Sun News6 months ago6 months ago

The Commission approved tourism-related funding policies, voted to fund an economic impact study on Arches National Park’s timed entry system, made changes to TRT spending rules, and updated to the Tourism Advisory Board structure.

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  • Local Government

Grand County Commission Meeting-at-a-Glance, April 1, 2025

Moab Sun News8 months ago8 months ago

Voted on arena improvements, McKnight rezone, search for new airport director, resignation of planning commissioner. Discussion of High Density Housing Overlay.

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Commission to reexamine housing ordinance

Moab Sun News3 years ago4 months ago

The HDHO was created in 2018 to promote affordable housing for the Grand County workforce.

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Commission meeting notes: Housing, Mill Creek and a Spanish Valley bike path

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

The Grand County Commission approved a letter to the Bureau of Land Management regarding plans for future management of Mill Creek Canyon, after tabling the issue at its last two meetings. The commission…

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Grand County Commission discusses renewable energy, tourism promotion, and housing ordinance

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Notes from the Grand County Commission’s June 15 meeting The Grand County Commissioners unanimously approved a move to put eight of the county’s 37 power meters onto a subscriber solar program offered by…

  • Housing & Development
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Intended to increase housing access for residents, HDHO code hits a snag

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago8 months ago

Grand County staff and elected officials spent many hours in research, meetings, and discussions in the months leading up to the passing of the High Density Housing Overlay in January 2019. The overlay…

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