August 19, 2021
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 8 | ISSUE 52
Douglas County housing prices continue to soar Median home value +20.1% since 2020 • Median sales price 2021: $656,281
Commissioners name 11 appointees to help find path forward BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Source: Zillow
Graphic by Kayla Cornett/Colorado Community Media
Families being priced out of local housing market ‘California problem’ is impacting inventory and prices BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It is no surprise that local families are feeling frustrated and
burned out in the current housing market, as national economist Elliot Eisenberg says Colorado is going through a “California problem.”
In January, Eisenberg, of econ70. com, compared the Colorado housing market to a car cruising down the interstate. Before the pandemic in 2019, all signs were stable and cruise control was set at 65 mph. SEE HOUSING, P18
Castle Rock looks to voters to ‘de-Bruce’ for 10 years TABOR pause would pay for road improvements, police and fire personnel BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In November, the Town of Castle Rock will ask taxpayers to pause
County chooses public health advisory board
TABOR for 10 years. TABOR, known as the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, was approved in the 1990s, changing the state’s constitution to require all tax increases be
approved by voters, limiting how much local and state government can spend. SEE TABOR, P21
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Among the people chosen by Douglas County commissioners to help them find their next public health solution are a local town council member, a former mayor, a health department attorney and a one-time leader of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Seven of the 11 appointees have had greater or lesser professional ties to a health-related field, with almost all of that experience coming from the business and administration side. None of the appointees has a hands-on medical background. The board, formally created in an Aug. 10 meeting, will provide input to the commissioners regarding their future public health services. The board plans to have an initial recommendation by the end of the year. The committee will “assist in evaluating the feasibility of transitioning to an independent, local public health agency for Douglas County,” according to the group’s bylaws. The commissioners have been considering leaving their current SEE BOARD, P20
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