Stop the Hive! Preserve our open space!

UPDATE  10/5/2022

The Hive is BACK,  this time they want 221 units (with 86 parking spaces) and a 52' tall building.   180 sq ft studios (smaller than your average parking space) will start at $1,750/mo.     No hearing date has been set yet and the developer is asking to remove the plat  notes and build on the land that he dedicated to recreation, infrastructure and open space.

In 2020 the planning staff recommended denial of the project, but now we have a whole new planning staff and their decision is unknown at this point.

We have noticed some confusion that people are thinking this project is connected  with Edwards River Park, it is not  This project is behind Edwards Corner.  Edwards River Park is a 594 unit development with 85' tall buildings to be located at the old B&B gravel pit at Lake Creek Road and Hwy Six.   For info and the petition to stop River Park please click below.

After paying virtually no taxes for over 30-years (in exchange for keeping the space open space), they want to remove the restrictions and make millions off developing the parcel.

They want to build a 7-story dormitory like 263 unit 'affordable" employee housing project called "The Hive".  The units would be dormitory style 180-300 sq feet (keep in mind a small parking space is 162 about sq feet, or 18 sq feet smaller than the proposed "units" in comparison) and rent from $1750 to $2,150 per month plus an additional charge of $650 for a second person in the room.  But only 70 % of the total units would be restricted to employee housing, the other 30% (79 units) could be rented out to weekend skiers who want to rent monthly during the season, or possibly short termed out like hotel rooms.

Remonov Companies are asking for a long list of things, including abatement of road impact fees, a temporary property tax exemption, waiver of review fees and possibly low interest loans from government entities. These requests could cost the tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

They are also asking that the maximum building height in Edwards be increased from 35' to 75' and a reduction in parking requirements.

No, the issue here is the integrity of the Eagle County Land use process in terms of abating property taxes in exchange for developers giving up development rights.  the developer cut a deal with the taxpayers and the neighboring community, he needs to honor that deal.  

This is also about honoring and abiding by the Edwards Master Plan.  To blatantly ignore it would be to diminish the work of those citizens who collectively vested hundreds of hours of volunteer time in crafting a plan for the communities future.