At the next meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees, the board will get updates on a GOCO grant proposal to fund the building of new pickleball courts, discuss the public improvement agreement for phase 2 of the Farm and get an update on the first quarter financial report from treasurer Michelle Stoke.

Angel of Shavano Recycling completed its final day of service for Chaffee County’s recycling on April 8. The closure of the business reaches across the county’s municipalities and surrounding towns.

Regarding a long-term solution, Chaffee County Public Affairs Officer Beth Helmke said, “At this time, the county (government) does not have a specific countywide service plan established, and thus no timeline.”

Buena Vista code enforcement officer Grant Bryans submitted a report on short-term rental activity in the first quarter of 2021 to the town board of trustees Tuesday, finding that 118 total licenses for STRs were issued in town.

Here’s what you missed from the April 13 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

When the Buena Vista board of trustees meet on Tuesday, April 13, they’ll hold a work session about a local property owner’s plans that could double the size of the Rodeo Grounds.

On April 8, Angel of Shavano Recycling will terminate its contract with Chaffee County and close its Poncha Springs recycling plant, according to a news release Tuesday from County public affairs specialist Beth Helmke.

Buena Vista treasurer Michelle Stoke presented the first sales tax reports of 2021 to the board of trustees this week, and for the 29th month in a row, returns were up in January 2021 compared to the same month last year.

Here’s what you missed from the March 23 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

At the next meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees, the board will hold a public hearing on an amendment to Chapter 14 of the municipal code creating a fee for new development intended to help the town’s water rights portfolio keep pace with the growth of Buena Vista.

The deadline for phase 1 applications for the second of two licenses for marijuana sales in the town of Buena Vista closed Monday, March 8, with town having received 21 applications.

John Albert Daugherty, 46, a nurse practitioner at the Buena Vista Health Clinic, died Thursday morning, March 4, on his way to work from Salida in a head-on collision with a Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow.

A prominent, if rough around the edges, feature of Buena Vista’s streetscape at the corner of U.S. Highway 24 and East Main was demolished Monday to make way for a public park space and the eventual construction of a welcome center building.

Here’s what you missed from the March 9 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

When the Buena Vista board of trustees next meets March 9, they’ll hear reports on Chaffee County trash and revisit the town’s ordinance on barking dogs.

Buena Vista closed out the year 2020 with a year-to-year increase of 20.7% in sales tax returns in the month of December.

At the town trustees next meeting Feb. 23, the board will hear reports about increasing bear problems in town, as well as an update on the town’s municipal courts.

The Buena Vista Historic Preservation Commission approved a 180-day stay of the demolition permit filed for the building on the corner of Chestnut and Railroad Streets, known in planning documents as the German Property after its previous occupants, but more commonly known as the Depot building.

Here’s what you missed from the Feb 9 meeting of the Buena Vista board of Trustees:

Buena Vista’s board of trustees approved Architectural Design Guidelines for Historic East Main Street Jan. 26.

Here’s what you missed from the Feb 9 meeting of the Buena Vista board of Trustees:

Buena Vista’s board of trustees approved Architectural Design Guidelines for Historic East Main Street Jan. 26.

The Buena Vista board of trustees is scheduled to have an open-ended discussion on the subject of short-term rentals in town at its next meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9.

In a quickly called special meeting Monday evening that culminated discussions that began just last week, the Buena Vist board of trustees voted unanimously to approve an assignment of a contract to buy real estate north of town for $1,385,000.

New construction in Chaffee County dropped slightly, roughly 20 percent during COVID-stricken 2020, with total building permits filed with the county building department last year numbering less than in 2019, 2018 and 2016.

Sales tax returns for the town of Buena Vista were up 9.81% in October and 18.04% in November 2020, town treasurer Michelle Stoke said in a memo to town trustees.

Here are three things to take away from the Jan. 26 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

At the next meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees, the board will begin discussion on how to allocate the costs to do maintenance work on the alley between South Court and Beldan streets, and will also vote on whether to adopt architectural design guidelines.

The town of Buena Vista gave the green light Jan. 6 for interested parties to begin submitting applications for the second of two licenses to operate a retail or medical marijuana establishment within town limits.

Was your New Year’s resolution to attend more meetings of the Buena Vista board of trustees? No? Here’s what you missed from the Jan. 12 meeting:

The first meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees begins Tuesday with a work session with the Central Colorado Regional Airport.

Throughout 2021, the town of Buena Vista is going to be “busy as usual” with capital improvement projects, said town administrator Phillip Puckett.

The Historic Preservation Commission will review a demolition permit application by Cheryl Richmond on behalf of Sharon Young of Mount Princeton Investments, LLC, for the Depot property at 305 East Chestnut St. at its 3 p.m., Zoom meeting Jan. 7.

The final day of 2020 brought unexpected news to the Upper Arkansas Valley with the announcement that a rail company was making moves to resume service on the Tennessee Pass Line, renewing the possibility that trains may again travel the rails for the first time in decades.

The Buena Vista board of trustees voted unanimously, to approve the town’s 2021 budget Tuesday night.

Here’s four things to take away from the Dec. 8 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

The Buena Vista board of trustees will close out 2020 with their final meeting of the year Tuesday, where they’re set to vote on the 2021 budget and hear updates on the town’s three mile plan, fire department, and an update on The Farm development as it moves into phase 2.

After serving on the Buena Vista Fire Department since 2001, first as a volunteer and eventually as the town’s first full-time paid fire chief, Dixon Villers retired last week.

Here’s what you missed from the Nov. 24 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

Sales tax returns for the month of September jumped by 19.44% compared to the same month last year, according to Buena Vista town treasurer Michelle Stoke.

The Buena Vista board of trustees will discuss appointments to the Chaffee Housing Authority board, vote on retail marijuana ordinances, and hear from a member of the Southern Colorado Economic Development District, an organization with an interest in large capital improvement projects, espe…

Here’s what you missed from the Nov. 10 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

Scheduled for discussion are possible changes to the town’s water rights policies, the 2021 fee schedule and the amounts associated with a group of penalty assessments passed last meeting at the Buena Vista board of trustees next regular meeting set for Nov. 10.

The second time was the charm for a measure allowing businesses to sell retail marijuana in Buena Vista, as unofficial results from Nov. 3’s election show that ballot question 2B was approved by BV voters.

Here are the highlights from the Oct. 27 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

At the Oct. 27 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees, the board is scheduled to discuss a lease agreement for the Texaco building at the corner of East Main and Highway 24, as well as code changes that would allow the town’s code enforcement officer to issue fines for certain violations.

Last Thursday, policymakers gathered in Thonhoff Park in Salida for the signing of an Intergovernmental Agreement officially forming the Chaffee Housing Authority, a new organization that will change the way Chaffee County addresses its lack of affordable housing.

Here’s what you missed from the Oct. 13 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

Buena Vista was named as one of the 46 municipalities in Colorado to be awarded grants through the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Revitalizing Main Streets program.

Sales tax returns are in for July, the highest-earning month of the year in Buena Vista, with receipts rising 8.85% over the same month in 2019.

Here’s what you missed from the Sept. 22 meeting of the Buena Vista Board of Trustees:

When the Buena Vista board of trustees next meets on Sept. 22, they’ll consider adopting an intergovernmental agreement that would create a multijurisdictional housing authority in the county.

In a brief specially called meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Buena Vista Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a change of contract to Dibble Engineering that will extend seal coat work along Taxiway A of the Central Colorado Regional Airport.

Here are three takeaways from the Sept. 8 meeting of Buena Vista board of trustees

In the spring, Earl Richmond, director of Buena Vista’s recreation department, anticipated that the summer would be “slower than normal” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trustees will get an update on, and potentially consider adoption of, the architectural design guidelines drafted by the town’s Historical Preservation Commission at the next meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees on Sept. 8.

Sales tax returns for June were up by 8.52% over that month last year, according to the latest report from town treasurer Michelle Stoke.

Here’s what you missed from Tuesday’s meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:

When the board of trustees next meets Aug. 25, it will hold public hearings for the annexation of the Sange de Cristo Electric Association property into Buena Vista town limits, and will vote on whether to approve two questions for the November general election ballot related to allowing retail cannabis sales in BV.