April 2, 2024
Open Letter to the Community regarding The City of Black Hawk’s Lodging Tax Increase and Conditional Offer to Support the Gilpin County Parks and Recreation Department with $1,000,000 in 2025, with annual adjustments thereafter and Gilpin County’s interest to start negotiations.
The offer was not declined.
DRCOG staff are now accepting applications for the spring Denver Regional Council of Governments Civic Academy until Friday, March 29.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 14, 2024
CONTACTS:
Cherokee Blake
Gilpin County Sheriff Public Information Officer
Read the Gilpin County newsletter, the Gilpin Observer: March 2024.
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If you have any questions or suggestions for future content, please reach out to Melanie Bleyler, Community Engagement Officer, at mbleyler@gilpincounty.org.
Research regarding tax rates in each of Colorado's 64 counties was presented at the February 27, 2024 Board of County Commissioners Meeting.
Among other findings, Gilpin County has the 4th lowest property tax rate in the State, the lowest property tax of counties without a sales tax, and a below average sales and property tax both within the State and across the nation.
Read the first edition of our Gilpin County newsletter, the Gilpin Observer: February 2024.
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If you have any questions or suggestions for future content, please reach out to Melanie Bleyler, Community Engagement Officer, at mbleyler@gilpincounty.org.
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has withdrawn their Record of Decision that would have authorized the issuance of a special use permit for the Uinta Basin Railway.
Gilpin County Commissioners have sent several letters of opposition for this project along with other local, state, and federal officials.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Maverix Broadband Secures $8.67 Million Grant to Expand Fiber Optic Broadband in Nederland, Gilpin County, and Unincorporated Boulder County
The Colorado Legislature and Governor Polis recently enacted changes to laws to accommodate property tax relief, which will delay Colorado counties certifying their tax roll. The new tax roll deadline is January 24, 2024, which is two weeks later than previous years.
This extra time will allow taxing authorities sufficient time to certify their mill levies
and county assessors more time to compile newly required data.