Sarah Mulholland

Senior Business and Economy Reporter

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An affordable housing fight in Vail is pitting the ski resort against some residents, the town, and bighorn sheep

Vail resorts and the town are facing off over the development as the need for affordable housing grows more urgent in mountain towns across Colorado. Vail’s city council voted this week to condemn the land where a habitat for bighorn sheep sits, giving the local government the right to seize the land using eminent domain in order to conserve it as habitat for the animals.