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state to take a “carrot” approach, encouraging and collaborating — but not mandating. Echoing another familiar refrain that local governments sang last year, he said Westminster leaders “are trying to do our part” and should be given space to do so.

Hott said that she, too, didn’t like the idea of the state stepping into decisions that have long been made by local authorities. But she argued Westminster’s ongoing debate about — and, in her eyes, its lack of a solution for — the housing crisis is exactly why state leaders want to intervene. Westminster, like the entire state, is expected to keep growing in the coming years, and Hott said the city had to meet its changing needs.

Zucker, the developer, said it came down to a question of what Westminster has been and what it needs to be, for current and future residents.

“Westminster has a right and a responsibility — I think that every community does,” he said. “They have the right to say, ‘This is the type of community that we want to be. This is what we’ve been historically, and we want

The Aspen/pitkin County Housing Authority recently completed 79 units in the third phase of its Burlingame Ranch project, and up next is Lumberyard, which will provide 277 deed-restricted units on an 11.3-acre parcel near the Aspen Airport Business Center.

Avon is looking to annex 100 acres of state land to build 700 deed-restricted units and 60,000 square feet of commercial space. Winter Park Resort, with the support of the town of Winter Park, is looking to build dormstyle housing with 330 beds. The Yampa Valley Housing Authority has a 10-year plan to build 1,100 housing units for those earning the median income in the Steamboat Springs area.