A rendering shows the planned Space to Create building on the corner of Clinton Street and Laura Street. The building will have 3o apartments for residents making under 8o percent of Ouray Countyâs Area Median Income, and is intended to provide housing for people who live and work in the community. Courtesy photo
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Housing project inches ahead
Ridgway’s long-awaited Space to Create apartment building, the first affordable housing project in the county, is expected to break ground this spring, and the first tenants are expected to move in early in 2022.
Revised plans for the $9.8 million project, which has been in progress since 2016, call for 30 apartments and about 2,000 square feet of “community space” which will be leased to the town. Andrew Michaelson, director of property development for the nonprofit developer Artspace, exp...