The Town's Comprehensive Plan identified a need for 383 additional workforce housing units to meet the demand identified in 2018, before the dramatic market changes initiated by the pandemic. The Town currently has 280 Village employees on a waiting list for our 300 rental apartments, representing a wide variety of workforce and family types. The Council has consistently named creating new affordable housing as one of its top priorities and set a goal in 2023 to create 185 new units for people working in our Village. In 2021, the Town adopted a Workforce Housing Master Plan that identified five (5) town-owned sites that could support housing development.

In late 2022, the Council directed staff to pursue development at the Town Hall Draw. The site was selected because it has the greatest potential for unit development, is well-located close to transportation and town services, was called out for affordable housing development in the Comprehensive Plan and has historically been identified for future housing development. Led by the design firm of Site Architects, a design team was engaged in the fall of 2022. Taking a "site first" approach to the site, an extended team of site specialists performed a thorough site analysis identifying site constraints and considerations to inform the design. Since then, multiple design options have been presented to the Snowmass Village Town Council for consideration and modification.

Due to the projected cost of developing workforce housing at the Draw Site, the town was required under the Town Code to secure a vote of the electorate before allocating the estimated funding needed to build this project. In November 2024, Snowmass Village voters authorized, by a vote of 61% in favor and 39% opposed, a housing development of up to approximately $86 million and up to 79 units.

View the survey results below:

Draw Site Workforce Housing Community Survey Results (PDF)

S Share your thoughts on the Draw Site Workforce Housing Project!