Snowmass community briefs: $50 rebate; SMV grant application open; Christmas tree composting
Get your $50 rebate
Full-time residents who lived within Snowmass Village town limits during all of 2022 may apply for a $50 sales-tax rebate starting Monday, Jan. 9.
Residents have until March 17 to apply. More information at https://www.tosv.com/313/Refunds-Rebates.
Grant application period underway
The town of Snowmass Village ‘s 2023 grant application form is now available.
Town Council adopted criteria for the Citizen’s Grant Review Board to use for the 2022-2023 grant cycle. Grant applications will be considered for “Health and Human Services agencies that provide a continuum of health care services including prevention, intervention, treatment, education, and outreach programs, regardless of the client’s ability to pay: and/or non-profit organization that addresses significant problems such as, but not limited to, the natural environment, sustainability, health, or welfare of our community and seeks to enrich the quality of life for residents of Snowmass Village”
Applications can be found at https://docs.tosv.com/Forms/CitizensGrantApplication and will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27
For more information on the Citizen’s Grant Review Board, visit tosv.com/106/Citizens-Grant-Review-Board. Contact the town clerk with any questions.
Christmas trees can be composted
Snowmass Village residents can drop off their old Christmas trees at the town’s tree-recycling center for composting.
A composting dumpster will be available at the community rodeo lot until Jan. 9. Users must remove all decorations before dumping their tree; ornaments, tinsel, garland, lights, etc., contaminate the composting process. This service is available to all Snowmass Village residents.
Read more about tree composting at https://www.tosv.com/409/Christmas-Tree-Recycling.
How a 1994 settlement determines what landlords charge Centennial tenants today
Tenants at the city’s oldest deed-restricted housing complex, Centennial Apartments, faced rent hikes as high as 30% in January that sent city, county, and APCHA officials into closed-door meetings with the relatively new landlord, Birge & Held.