Research & Resources
Supporting Documents
Resources
Housing
- Housing Needs Assessment & Strategic Plan (2023)
- Housing Needs Assessment (2016)
- 2016 Housing Needs Assessment Recommendations
- Housing Authority Possible Use for Fees letter to Town Trustees
- Housing Needs vs. Construction from the Estes Park Housing Authority
- HB22-1282 - The Innovative Housing Incentive Program
- Vail Resorts fights Town of Vail on Affordable Housing
- Peak View Costs, Sources, Uses
- Registered vacation homes in town limits
Childcare
- Childcare Needs Assessment (2018)
- Dedicated Larimer County Funding for Early Childhood Exploratory Work Final Report
- 2017-18 CO Child Care Market Rate Study
- Hunt Institute-Early Childhood Landscape Colorado
- Price of Child Care in Colorado
Taxes & Funding
- Colorado Tax Rates
- CO DMO Funding Matrix
- 150 urban Center Lodging Tax Rates
- Consolidated Sales Tax and Lodging Tax rates - CO
- Visit Estes Park Lodging Tax Collections Since 2015
- Stifel Public Finance presentation
- Changes in Lodging Taxes over the Past 5 Years table
- Room tax collections with annual analysis
Studies & Reports
- CHTF Report and Recommendations
- The effect of lodging tax increases on US destinations
- The Rise and Fall of Colorado Tourism
- Visit Estes Park 2021 Annual Report
- VIDEO: Interview on Changes in Lodging Taxes Over Past 5 Years
- Report: Changes in Lodging Taxes in Colorado Destinations in the Past 5 Years
- Census Profile for 80517 Zip Code
Draft Plans for Reference
- Visit Estes Park Lodging Tax Exploration Task Force Using HB22-1117 Funding for Workforce Housing and Childcare, A Draft Model of Plans for Discussion
- Organizational Plan for the Use and Management of HB22-1117 Funds
- Early Care and Education in Estes Park
- After the Visit Estes Park Lodging Tax Exploration Task Force: Some Thoughts on Next Steps
- Summary of What Could be Created at Varying Bed Tax Increase Via Leverage thru Bonding Different Bed Tax Income Streams
