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County staff outlines strategic plan focused on affordability, housing trust fund and workforce supports
Summary
Melissa Jeffers presented Grand County’s economic development strategic plan centered on four pillars—affordability, livability, resiliency and competitiveness—with affordability and a proposed housing trust fund highlighted as immediate priorities to address a local ALICE population estimated at about 50% and an average sales-price–based homeowner income need of $122,000.
Melissa Jeffers, economic development staff for Grand County, presented a high-level strategic plan to the Economic Opportunity Advisory Board on Jan. 28 that frames county work for 2026 around four pillars: affordability, livability, resiliency and competitiveness.
Jeffers emphasized affordability as the top priority. "We're sitting at about 50% of our residents who are ALICE residents," she told the board, using the United Way’s ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed) metric. She said an affordability audit is the first…
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