Opinion | Rosmarino and Underwood: Dowd Junction shows how Colorado can build housing for its workforce

In Eagle County, like so many mountain communities across Colorado, the people who teach our children, care for patients, maintain roads and keep businesses running increasingly struggle to find attainable housing near their jobs. The county estimates it will need 6,375 additional affordable workforce housing units over the coming decade, nearly half of them in the Avon-Vail corridor. If the people who make our communities work cannot afford to stay, those communities lose more than workers. They lose the vibrancy, character and the foundational stability that dedicated community members provide. The town of Avon and the Colorado State Land Board are working together to change that at Dowd Junction. Following years of planning with neighboring governments and service providers, the State Land Board agreed to transfer trust land to Avon so the town can build desperately needed community housing.

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